NZ vs AUS Dream11 Team - 1st T20I 2021 | 22 Feb

International cricket is on in full swing and to prepare for the 2021 T20 World Cup, a lot of countries and hosting T20 series. The latest one is the 2021 Australia tour of New Zealand and this is a T20 only series, with 5 games scheduled between 22 Feb – 7 March 2021. The first T20I of the series will take place at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch.

Australia has won their last 3 T20 games against this opposition but we know that it’s really tough to beat New Zealand at home. Only one previous T20I has been played at this ground and it was an easy chase of 154 by England in that game, so we know that is going to be below par here. Keep reading for our complete BatBall11 (Code “READ123“) fantasy preview of the NZ vs AUS 1st T20I…

Game details

Series: 2021 Australia tour of New Zealand.
When: 22nd February 2021, 11:30am IST.
Where: Hagley Oval, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Capacity: 18,000+
Series position: First game of 5-match T20 series.

Form (recent first)

NZ: L W W W W
AUS: W L L W L

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Stats that matter

Head to head in last 5 games, Australia leads 3-2.
In one previous game here, Mitchell Santner – 3/23.
Jhye Richardson – 27 wickets in recent BBL 10 season.

New Zealand

All-rounders are key in T20 fantasy cricket and that’s why we’re picking Mitchell Santner because he had a good outing in his only previous T20I here and he’s flexible with the ball, even bowling with the new ball at times. One player who you should completely keep an eye out for is Kyle Jamieson who picked up the big bucks at the recent IPL 2021 Auction and he’s sure to be picked in our NZ vs AUS fantasy team.

With the bat, please watch out for Devon Conway who has four consecutive fifties in the recent 2021 Super Smash T20 where he scored 50, 69*, 91* and 93* in 4 consecutive games and he can’t be left out of your NZ vs AUS Dream11 team either. We expect Tim Seifert to be opening the batting and he’s been in good touch as well with a lot of starts and he will also be looking at scoring some runs in this series.

Australia

If there’s Jamieson in New Zealand, we have Jhye Richardson who raked in a massive contract in the IPL 2021 Auction after ending as the top wicket-taker in the BBL 10 season, so he should also surely make your BatBall11 (Code “READ123“) NZ vs AUS fantasy team. Talking about big contracts, Glenn Maxwell will be super happy after his IPL 2021 bid, making the move to RCB; he’s been in good form himself of late.

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With 508 runs in 16 games in the BBL 10 season, Josh Philippe was the third highest scorer in that series with 3 fifties and he should also be picked, as we expect him to bat at the opening slot along with Aaron Finch. If you want another bowling option, we’d suggest picking Adam Zampa as we know spin works on this pitch and Zamps has a habit of putting batsmen under pressure with a lot of tight bowling!

New Zealand vs Australia – 1st T20I 2021 Betting

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New Zealand T20I Squad

Kane Williamson (C), Martin Guptill, Tim Seifert, Devon Conway, Glenn Phillips, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Kyle Jamieson, Trent Boult, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Hamish Bennett, Mark Chapman.

Australia T20I Squad

Aaron Finch (C), Josh Philippe, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Ashton Turner, Ashton Agar, Jhye Richardson, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa, Jason Behrendorff, Matthew Wade, Mitchell Marsh, Ben McDermott, Andrew Tye, D’Arcy Short, Riley Meredith, Daniel Sams, Tanveer Sangha.