Over-by-over report: Will England defeat New Zealand to secure a series victory? Join Tim de Lisle to find out
in the mellow sunshine, and Tim Southee has thrown the new white ball to himself.Devon Conway, who has had a nightmare, has been left out, so Tim Seifert steps up to open. His eye will be in after keeping wicket. NZ too add a spinner, Rachin Ravindra, who slots into the middle order and gives Tim Southee a second slow left-armer to go with the formidable Mitch Santner.
1 Allen, 2 Seifert , 3 Mitchell, 4 Phillips, 5 Chapman, 6 Ravindra, 7 Santner, 8 Jamieson, 9 Sodhi, 10 Southee , 11 Henry.Buttler’s place goes not to a battery s you might expect, but to the precocious leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed . England have eight bowlers, five of them spinners – not just Adil Rashid and Moeen, but Liam Livingstone, Will Jacks and Rehan too. It’s a team that needs to avoid another top-order collapse.
1 Bairstow , 2 Jacks, 3 Malan, 4 Brook, 5 Livingstone, 6 Moeen , 7 S Curran, 8 Rehan, 9 Carse, 10 Rashid, 11 L Wood.England’s captain wins the toss and opts to bat … and it’s not Jos Buttler. Moeen Ali takes over, as he did for the whole series in Pakistan last autumn. The word is that Buttler is resting himself. Bold move!Evening everyone and welcome to the final act of this mini-series.
Other options are available. When these two teams meet, you can never rule out a tie, and the series does owe us a cliffhanger. The one result that can surely be ruled out is no result, as the British summer, which went missing at the end of June, has suddenly reappeared. As ever, there are plenty of micro-dramas unfolding. Can Harry Brook force his way into the World Cup squad? Can Dawid Malan bring more than a stodgy start? Can Finn Allen hit the ball into the Trent? Can the Kiwis bowl even faster than Gus Atkinson?Topics
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