England vs New Zealand, ICC World Cup 2019, Match Preview: Venue, Telecast details, Head to Head and more

After back-to-back defeats against Sri Lanka and Australia, England bounced back strongly to win against an unbeaten Indian side at Birmingham on Sunday. They will now take on New Zealand in a must-win encounter in what will be the 41st match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019. The winner of this game will automatically find a place in the semis whereas the losers will have to wait for some favorable results. New Zealand are the better equipped to progress to the semis even if they lose this game as they have a better Net Run Rate (NRR) than the other Asian sides who are still in contention for the semi-final spot.

For England, the return of Jason Roy at the top of the order gave them a big boost as he single-handedly took on the Indian spin duo of Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal. Also, some aggressive hitting by Ben Stokes in the final stages of the innings helped England push their total to 337. In the bowling department, Chris Woakes and Liam Plunkett played a key role in the 31 run victory against India.

On the other hand, New Zealand are heading into this game after consecutive losses against Pakistan and Australia. Their batting has been heavily reliant upon Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor to constantly deliver the goods as Colin Munro, Tom Latham and Martin Guptill have not been able to produce match-winning efforts. In the bowling department, Trent Boult has been the shining star and he could be the bowler who could pose a serious threat to the English batters with his seam movement.

Match Details:

Venue: The World Cup match between England and New Zealand will be played at the Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street, Durham.

Time: The match will begin at 15.00 HRS IST and the toss will happen at 14.30 HRS IST.

Telecast details: The match will be telecast on the Star Sports Network in both standard as well as HD format and the live streaming is available on Hotstar.

Squads:

England: Eoin Morgan (c), Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, James Vince, Jason Roy, Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Liam Dawson, Adil Rashid, Jofra Archer, Mark Wood, Liam Plunkett and Tom Curran.

New Zealand: Kane Williamson (c), Martin Guptill, Colin Munro, Ross Taylor, Tom Latham (wk), James Neesham, Colin de Grandhomme, Mitchell Santner, Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult, Henry Nicholls, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi and Tom Blundell.

Head to Head Stats:

In ODIs: Played-89, New Zealand-43, England-40, Tied-2, No Result-4

Previous encounter: England won by 7 wickets at Christchurch on 10th Mar 2018.

In World Cups: Played-8, New Zealand-5, England-3

Previous encounter: New Zealand won by 8 wickets at Wellington on 20th Feb 2015.

Trivia: New Zealand have beaten England in all the 5 previous meetings in the ICC World Cup.

Recent form:

England: Won, Lost, Lost, Won, Won

New Zealand: Lost, Lost, Won, Won, No Result

At this venue:

Highest total: 338 for 6 by Sri Lanka vs West Indies on 1st July 2019.

Lowest total: 99 by England against Sri Lanka on 25th May 2014.

Avg first inning score: 246

Avg second innings score: 189