New Zealand vs Pakistan Match Preview, ICC World Cup 2019: Match Details, Squads, Recent Form and Stats

Table toppers New Zealand will take on unpredictable Pakistan in the 33rd match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019. Here's all you need to know going into this game

By M. Sai Sidharth

Updated on Jun 25, 2019 | 09:28 PM IST | 1.3M

New Zealand vs Pakistan Match Preview, ICC World Cup 2019: Match Details, Squads, Recent Form and Stats

Unbeaten New Zealand will take on an unpredictable Pakistan side in the 33rd match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 at Edgbaston, Birmingham on Wednesday. New Zealand go into this game as favorites after a thrilling victory against West Indies. For the black caps, skipper Kane Williamson, who has scored back-to-back centuries against South Africa and West Indies will be the man to watch out for with the bat. They are currently the table toppers and have been invincible so far. A win from their remaining games would be enough to give them a place in the semi-finals.

Pakistan on the other hand, has received severe backlash from their fans after the thrashing they received against India at Old Trafford. A 49 run win against South Africa at Lord's has given them a sigh of relief but they need to win all their remaining games and expect few other results to go in their favor to get a place in the next round of the tournament and have a shot at the coveted trophy.

Match Details:

Venue: Edgbaston, Birmingham

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 and will be live streamed on Hotstar.

Squads:

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

Pakistan: Sarfaraz Ahmed (c&wk), Imam Ul Haq, Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Asif Ali, Wahab Riaz, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Amir, Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Haris Sohail and Mohammad Hasnain

Recent Form:

New Zealand - Won, Won, No Result, Won, Won

Pakistan - Won, Lost, Lost, No Result, Won

Head to Head Stats:

In ODIs: Played-106, Pakistan-54, New Zealand-48, Tied-1, No Result-3

Previous encounter: Pakistan beat New Zealand by 6 wickets at Abu Dhabi on 9th Nov 2018.

In World Cups: Played-8, Pakistan-6, New Zealand-2

Previous encounter: New Zealand beat Pakistan by 110 runs at Pallekele on 8th Mar 2011.

Venue Stats:

Highest total - 408 by England against New Zealand on 9th Jun 2015.

Lowest total - 70 by Australia against England on 4th Jun 1977.

Avg first innings score - 227