Eng vs nz test 2023

16 Feb 2023 08.45 GMT You didn’t expect England to be 180 for four at the end of the day, did you? Another high octave performance with the bat – with particular applause for Ben Duckett (84 from 68) and Harry Brook (89 from 81). Some slightly reckless shots towards the close, but it was all done with a plan in mind – getting the Kiwis in under lights. The declaration was a typically alpha Stokes move. Ah, here is Harry Brook: “I think we finished off really nicely at the end, taking three wickets under lights. We haven’t been told to go out and play like that, just put pressure on the bowlers and put away the bad ball as much as I can. “It’s good to be back out there, it felt good out there, unfortunate not to get a hundred but a Test 90 so I’m happy with that. I always knew the short ball was coming, to get out like that was a bit unfortunate. “Pitch a little bit two-paced. I definitley feel like it is going to be easier to bat tomorrow in the day, a bit more of a graft tomorrow. “There was no discussion about the declaration beforehand.” • • 16 Feb 2023 08.33 GMT Close of play: New Zealand 37-3 are 288 runs behind. 18th over: New Zealand 37-3 (Conway 17, Wagner 4) Five slips, a leg slip, leg gully, short leg, mid off. Wagner taking the last over from Anderson as is his role. Plugs stoically. One squares him up, wriggling past but he survives. They shake hands at the end of another Bazball special. 16 Feb 2023 08.17 GMT 14th over: New Zealand 31-3 (Conway 15, Wagner 0) N...

New Zealand will play their first home Test match series of the year against England in February – here is the full After both sides played three match Test series in Pakistan over the winter, they now face each other in a two match series in New Zealand. England beat Pakistan 3-0 in a memorable encounter before In the previous series between the two sides last year in England, England won 3-0 despite Daryl Mitchell’s best efforts. England will be without their main protagonist from that series, however, as Jonny Bairstow continues his recovery from a broken leg. Stuart Broad and Matt Potts both return to England’s squad after their absence in Pakistan. New Zealand will be boosted by Kyle Jamieson’s return to fitness after a back injury. He will join Neil Wagner, Matt Henry, Blair Tickner and captain Tim Southee in the seam department. It will be Southee’s first Test assignment in charge of the side on home soil after he replaced Kane Williamson at the helm. Both sides will have to compete with the weather, however, as cyclone Gabrielle hits New Zealand in the days leading up to the first Test match at Mount Maunganui. Several of the New Zealand players were unable to travel to Tauranga as planned due to the extreme weather conditions. After the first Test in the North of the country the teams will travel to Wellington for the second Test match which gets underway on February 24. NZ vs Eng schedule: Full fixtures list & match timings for New Zealand v England First Test ma...

According to the published cricket itinerary, the English team has decided to travel to New Zealand in order to play 2 test match series in the upcoming month of February 2023. New Zealand vs England test series 2023 will begin with the first test (a Kane Williamson will lead the hosting side whereas the English team will go to New Zealand under the captaincy of Ben Stokes. The English skipper, Ben Stokes is currently standing at the number 21st position whereas Kane Williamson is at the number 6th position in the ICC test player ranking. But England has got players like Joe Root who is currently the top test player in the world, so the competition is worth watching. Presently, New Zealand is in the 5th place whereas England holds the 4th position in the ICC test team ranking. Since the ranking won’t impact much on the result of the series due to the unpredictable and changing behavior of the NZ pitches. In terms of head-to-head in test cricket, New Zealand and England faced each other for the first time in 1930, since then New Zealand and England met on the cricket field on 107 occasions where New Zealand won only 12 matches and lost 48 test matches. This shows that New Zealand has a very poor winning percentage against England and England has been dominating the Black Caps. Overall, New Zealand has appeared in 458 test matches in which they achieved victory in 109 matches and lost 181 matches. Despite New Zealand’s test losing percentage is more than the winning percenta...

26 Feb 2023 05.41 GMT Steve Finn adds that when Stokes made his decision, the sky was overcast, and he thinks it was the correct course of action; both think England are still in a good position to win the game. But if NZ can find 250 more runs, there’ll be pressure, though of course this side have form for making bigger targets look very silly via the deployment of one-day batting against Test-match fields. • • 26 Feb 2023 05.36 GMT Back in the studio, Alastair Cook says he’d not have enforced the follow-on and rarely did as captain – “Oh indeed,” as Omar Little might’ve said. He – cook not Little – reckons the wicket’s flattened out and the bowlers have to keep going, which is tough, but the call makes sense because England need to get 20 wickets. • • 26 Feb 2023 05.33 GMT End of day three: New Zealand trail England by 24 runs with seven second-innings wickets intact 83rd over: New Zealand 201-3 (Williamson 24, Nicholls 18) Williamson needs five more runs to overtake Ross Taylor as NZ’s most prolific Test batter, but he won’t be bothered about making that happen tonight – it can wait until what should be a belter of a tomorrow. Meantime, Robinson bounds in in his slightly awkward style, four slips hoping for an error; Williamson makes sure it’s not his by taking a single to point, then Nicholls plays away four dots. That’s another fine day, and tomorrow should be terrific: there’s a fair bit of responsibility on this partnership but also plenty of batting to come, and bo...

England will travel to New Zealand for a two-Test series in February 2023, the first of which will be a day-night match in Mount Maunganui. The Test, which is scheduled to run from February 16-20, is the first day-night Test to take place in New Zealand since the two sides met at Eden Park in 2018. New Zealand won that encounter by an innings and 49 runs. The second Test will take place at Basin Reserve in Wellington from February 24-28. The Black Caps have a packed home schedule for 2022/23, beginning with a T20 tri-series against Bangladesh and Pakistan from October 7-14 at Christchurch’s Hagley Oval. Following the completion of the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia, they will host India for three T20Is and three ODIs in November (18-30). New Zealand and England met in a day-night Test at Eden Park in 2018 [Hannah Peters/Getty Images] New Zealand will then travel to Pakistan and India before returning to face England and Sri Lanka on home soil. They will host the latter throughout March and April 2023 for a multi-format series consisting of two Tests, three ODIs and three T20Is. New Zealand Women, meanwhile, will host Bangladesh in December 2022 as they embark on their first home series under new head coach Ben Sawyer. The two side will play three T20Is between December 2-7 and three ODIs from December 11-18. New Zealand Cricket chief executive, David White, said: "Last summer’s ICC Women’s World Cup did so much to promote the game, and it will be great to see the White Fe...