English cricket team in New Zealand in 2019–20
English cricket team in New Zealand in 2019–20 | |||
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New Zealand | England | ||
Dates | 27 October – 3 December 2019 | ||
Captains |
Kane Williamson (Tests) Tim Southee (T20Is) |
Joe Root (Tests) Eoin Morgan (T20Is) | |
Test series | |||
Result | New Zealand won the 2-match series 1–0 | ||
Most runs | BJ Watling (260) | Joe Root (239) | |
Most wickets | Neil Wagner (13) | Sam Curran (6) | |
Player of the series | Neil Wagner (NZ) | ||
Twenty20 International series | |||
Results | England won the 5-match series 3–2 | ||
Most runs | Martin Guptill (153) | Dawid Malan (208) | |
Most wickets | Mitchell Santner (11) | Chris Jordan (7) | |
Player of the series | Mitchell Santner (NZ) |
The England cricket team toured New Zealand between October and December 2019 to play two Tests and five Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[1][2] New Zealand Cricket confirmed the fixtures for the tour in June 2019.[3] The Bay Oval hosted its first ever Test match, becoming the ninth Test venue in the country.[4][5]
The Test matches were not part of the
Kane Williamson was ruled out of T20I series due to a hip injury,[13] with Tim Southee named as New Zealand's captain.[14] New Zealand's Trent Boult was rested for the first three T20Is, in order to focus on his Test preparations.[15]
The final T20I finished in a tie, with the match decided by a Super Over.[16] England won the Super Over to win the T20I series 3–2.[17] In the Test series, New Zealand won the first match by an innings and 65 runs.[18] This stretched New Zealand's unbeaten run at home in Tests to ten matches, going back to March 2017, which includes wins in seven of those fixtures.[19] New Zealand won the two-match Test series 1–0, after the second Test was drawn.[20]
Squads
Tests | T20Is | ||
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New Zealand[21] | England[22] | New Zealand[23] | England[24] |
In New Zealand's T20I squad, Lockie Ferguson was selected for the first three matches,[25] and Trent Boult was selected for the last two matches.[26] Ahead of the second T20I, Joe Denly was ruled out of England's squad for the rest of the T20I series due to an ankle injury.[27] Jonny Bairstow was added to England's Test squad as cover for Denly.[28] Ahead of the first Test, Lockie Ferguson and Todd Astle were released from the New Zealand squad to participate in the Ford Trophy.[29] Ahead of the second Test, both Trent Boult and Colin de Grandhomme were ruled out of New Zealand's squad due to injury.[30] Daryl Mitchell was called up as cover for de Grandhomme, with Lockie Ferguson and Todd Astle also rejoining the New Zealand squad for the second Test.[31]
Tour matches
20-over match: New Zealand XI vs England
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- England won the toss and elected to field.
20-over match: New Zealand XI vs England
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
Two-day match: New Zealand XI vs England
Three-day match: New Zealand A vs England
15–17 November 2019
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- New Zealand A won the toss and elected to bat.
- Hamish Rutherford (New Zealand A) was replaced by Scott Kuggeleijn on Day 2.[32]
T20I series
1st T20I
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- England won the toss and elected to field.
- Pat Brown, Sam Curran and Lewis Gregory (Eng) all made their T20I debuts.
- This was the first T20I match to be played at this ground.[33]
2nd T20I
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- England won the toss and elected to field.
- Saqib Mahmood (Eng) made his T20I debut.
- Lewis Gregory became the second bowler for England to take a wicket with his first delivery in T20Is.[34][35]
3rd T20I
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
- Tom Banton and Matt Parkinson (Eng) both made their T20I debuts.
4th T20I
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
- Dawid Malan scored his first century, and the fastest by an England batsman in T20Is (48 balls).[36]
- This was England's highest total in T20Is.[37]
5th T20I
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- England won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 11 overs per side due to rain.
Test series
1st Test
21–25 November 2019
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- Dom Sibley (Eng) made his Test debut.
- This was the first Test match to be played at this ground.[38]
- BJ Watling became the first wicketkeeper-batsman for New Zealand to score a double century in Tests.[39]
- Mitchell Santner (NZ) scored his maiden century in Tests.[40]
2nd Test
29 November – 3 December 2019
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- England won the toss and elected to field.
- Only 3 balls were bowled after Tea on Day 1.
- Daryl Mitchell (NZ) and Zak Crawley (Eng) both made their Test debuts.
- Joe Root scored his first double century as captain of England,[41] and became the first visiting captain to score a double century in New Zealand in Tests.[42]
- Ross Taylor became the second batsman for New Zealand to score 7,000 runs in Tests.[43]
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- ^ "Boult, de Grandhomme ruled out of second Test with injuries". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
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