It’s a repeat of the CWC 2019 final as England vs New Zealand gear up to kick-off the ICC World Cup 2023 tournament in India. Both teams have been super consistent in white ball cricket in recent years, and we expect this game to be a thriller, considering both teams have players who have a lot of experience playing in the sub-continent. England are defending champs while New Zealand have made the final in the last two editions of the 50-over World Cup.
Since that last World Cup game in 2019, these two have only played one bilateral ODI series against each other, in Sep 2023, which was won by England, 3-1. However, we think New Zealand is the more all-round balanced side coming into this ICC World Cup 2023. Keep reading for our complete MyFab11 (sign-up with code “READAD46“) ENG vs NZ Dream11 predictions, where there’s a 40 Crore grand league waiting to be played…
Match info
- Tournament: ICC World Cup 2023.
- Date: 5th October 2023, 2:00pm IST.
- Venue: Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, India.
- Capacity: 110,000+
- Series status: Round robin.
Recent form
- ENG: W W W W L
- NZ: W W L L L
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Stats
- Head to head in last 5 games, England leads 4-1.
- 127, 96, 54 – Dawid Malan’s last 3 ODI scores.
- Head to head in World Cups, these teams are tied 5-5.
England
They won their warmup game against Bangladesh and the other warmup against India was abandoned due to rain. England is unlikely to try their luck with Ben Stokes, who is slightly unsure for the opener because of injury issues, which means Harry Brook might be selected but he hasn’t had great numbers in India so far. On the other had, 277 runs in 3 ODIs against NZ means Dawid Malan is in red-hot form and should make your team.
One of the bowlers to look out for in CWC 2023 is Mark Wood but he hasn’t played a single ODI since March 2023 and maintaining his fitness may be an issue. So we’d rather pick bowling machine Chris Woakes in our ENG vs NZ fantasy team because he’s more consistent and can add a few runs with the bat if needed too. Since it’s India and a few more spin options may be needed, Liam Livingstone also becomes a handy pick in your side, despite his lack of batting antics of late.
New Zealand
Kane Williamson and Tim Southee are out with injuries, which means only 13 available players to select from. Will Young is likely to get the nod ahead of Rachin Ravindra, and will open alongside the very dependable Devon Conway. But the most consistent with the bat in the ODI format of late has been Daryl Mitchell who has been scoring hundreds for fun and he may be thrown the ball every now and then too.
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Remember, this is the same pitch where Axar Patel picked 4-fers and 5-fers for fun against England in a test series a couple of years ago, which means we’d like to add a similar left-arm spinner like him in Mitchell Santner to our MyFab11 (sign-up with code “READAD46“) ENG vs NZ fantasy team, while Ish Sodhi’s 6/39 in Mirpur recently will give him a lot of confidence going into this CWC 2023 opening game for NZ.
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ENG vs NZ Squads
England CWC 2023 Squad
Jos Buttler (C), Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Joe Root, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood, Harry Brook, Reece Topley, Gus Atkinson, David Willey.
New Zealand CWC 2023 Squad
Tom Latham (C), Devon Conway, Will Young, Daryl Mitchell, Mark Chapman, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Ish Sodhi, Matt Henry, Trent Boult, Lockie Ferguson, Mitchell Santner, James Neesham, Tim Southee, Kane Williamson.
ENG vs NZ fantasy team
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