New Zealand will face England in the second of the three-match T20I series. This article provides details about New Zealand’s Playing 11 vs England for the second match of the series.
New Zealand Playing XI vs England- 2nd T20I, England Tour of New Zealand 2025:
Openers: Rachin Ravindra, Tim Seifert (wk)
New Zealand, the home side in the ongoing NZ vs ENG three-match T20I series, would want to replicate the performance they delivered in the first match, which ended in a no result due to rain.
The Mitchell Santner-led side would be disappointed that rain played spoilsport in a game which they were in a good position to win after restricting England to a chasable score of 153 runs.
The Kiwis would hope that the case is different during the second T20I, as there is little chance of rain in that game as well.
Having said that, the BlacCaps would like to control the controllables and put on a strong performance in all three aspects with bat, ball, and in the field to take an important 1-0 lead in what is now a two-match series.
New Zwaland is expected to go with an unchanged playing XI, especially after the performance of the team’s bowling lineup.
The team management would want the batters to come good in what will be their first outing in this series.
The home side will open the batting with the pair of Rachin Ravindra and Tim Siefert, both of whom would look to get the team off to a good start and get runs under their belt individually as well.
Middle-order batsmen and all-rounders: Mark Chapman, Tim Robinson, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (c), Kyle Jamieson
When it comes to New Zealand’s middle order, which will be followed by the openers, it showed glimpses of form in the previous series against Australia but wasn’t able to perform consistently.
The likes of Tim Robinson, Daryl Mitchell, and James Neesham would be relied upon to make a significant contribution by playing aggressively, because New Zealand has depth in their batting lineup.
BlackCaps bat till number nine with three all-rounders, Michael Bracewell, captain Mitchell Santner, and Kyle Jamieson, more than capable of clearing the boundary.
Irrespective of the depth in the batting lineup, the onus will be on the top four batters to score the majority of the runs for the team and help them post an above-par total while batting first.
Bowlers: Jacob Duffy, Matt Henry
As far as the team’s bowling attack is concerned, it comprises three fast bowlers and two spinners.
The fast bowling side of things will be handled by Jacob Duffy and Matt Henry, both of whom will be entrusted with the responsibility of picking early wickets for the team and making things easy for other bowlers in the middle overs.
Fast bowling all-rounder Kyle Jamieson will keep things under check as the third fast bowling option.
The spin bowling arsenal includes Mitchell Santner and Michael Bracewell, both of whom can bowl in any phase of the innings and would hope to do the same in the upcoming match.