World T20 2014, 15th Match, Group 1 Live Score card: England Vs New Zealand at Chittagong, Mar 22, 2014.
Match scheduled to begin at 19:30 local time (13:30 GMT).
Event: World T20 2014
Match Teams: England Vs New Zealand
Match Venue: Played at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
Match Time: 19:30 local time (13:30 GMT, 7:00 PM IST)
Toss: New Zealand, who chose to field first
Recent Matches results:
England W L L L L
New Zealand W W L W W
Preview:
New Zealand are usually fancied to at least reach the knockout stages of global events; England are rarely fancied to stay too long. That is pretty much the status quo this time.This is a match between sides that play a similar brand of cricket. Neither side possess the unorthodox spin which is tipped to be eye-catching over the next couple of weeks
Match Stats:
1.Brendon McCullum needs 41 runs to reach 2000 in T20Is - he is already 624 ahead of the man in second place: Mahela Jayawardene
2.Since January 2013, England have won just four out 13 T20 fixtures - only one Full Member, Bangladesh, has won fewer.
3.However, England have a strong head-to-head record against New Zealand with seven wins against three defeats.
Teams:
New Zealand team: BB McCullum, LRPL Taylor, KD Mills, L Ronchi, TG Southee, MJ Guptill, TA Boult, NL McCullum, KS Williamson, MJ McClenaghan, Roneel Hira, Colin Munro, Corey Anderson, James Neesham,Anton Devcich
England team: SCJ Broad, LJ Wright, RS Bopara, TT Bresnan, EJG Morgan, JC Buttler, JC Tredwell, MJ Lumb, Jade Dernbach, Ben Stokes, Alex Hales, Joe Root, Chris Jordan