New Zealand-England Test Series: The 2-match Test series between New Zealand and England is going to start from 16 February. The preparations of both the teams have been completed. Both these teams also played a pink ball warm-up match for two days, which could not yield any result. England will try to seal the preparations for Ashes 2023 in this tour, while the home team New Zealand will try to make a comeback from their bad form in Test cricket. Know all the details including squad, schedule and live streaming of both the teams.
new zealand england test series schedule
The first match of these two teams will be played between 16 to 20 February at Bay Oval at 6:30 am Indian time. At the same time, the second Test match will start from 23 February, which will run till 28 February. This match will start at 3:30 am Indian time in Basin Reverse.
Squads of both teams in New Zealand-England Test series
New Zealand Team Squad: Tim Southee (c), Michael Bracewell, Tom Blundell (wk), Devon Conway, Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Henry Nicholls, Ish Sodhi, Blair Tickner, Neil Wagner, Kane Williamson, Will Young
England Team Squad: Ben Stokes (c), James Anderson, Stuart Broad, Harry Brook, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ben Foakes (wk), Will Jacks, Dan Lawrence, Jack Leach, Ollie Pope, Matthew Potts, Ollie Robinson, Joe Root, Ollie Stone
Broadcasting details of this series
Indian viewers will be able to watch this Test series between New Zealand and England on Sony Sports Network. The live telecast of both these Test matches will be done on Sony Six in English language and Sony Ten 3 in Hindi language. Apart from this, Indian viewers watching on mobile or laptop will be able to watch these matches on Sony Liv app and Sony Liv website.
New Zealand won the first World Test Championship. They won the final match by defeating India, but this time New Zealand’s test performance is very poor. In the points table of the World Test Championship 2021-2023, New Zealand is at 8th position out of 9. This team lost the Test match to Pakistan, before that South Africa and Bangladesh also had to face defeat in home Test matches. Therefore, through this series, the host team will try to improve their test performance.
