England vs New Zealand Team Details for T20 World Cup 2024

It's been ninth editions, and 17 years! To what? To the first ever T20 World Cup. The Indian squad won the inaugural edition, and for this year, team England is the defending champion. 

The first match of the tournament will be played in Dallas, and the enthralling finale will happen in Barbados. The WC is being organized in America, and the West Indies this year. Canada is the new team this year that will be playing its first ever T20 WC.

A few interesting storylines to follow at the tournament are to see NZ trying to clinch their first T20 WC, England trying to defend the title, and Indian team trying to end its 10-year ICC drought. 

The official matches will start from June 2, but before that, sixteen practice or as ICC is calling it, warm-up matches are scheduled. A few teams will be playing, in order to get better. 

England Team Overview 

The defending champions will not play any warm up match. They will play their first match of the tournament against SCO. The team is playing a 4-match series against PAK that will go on till May 30.

As of now, no injuries have been reported in the squad. England is grouped in Pool B alongside Australia, Oman, Namibia and Scotland.

Predicted Playing XI 

1. Jos Buttler (captain and wicket-Keeper)
2. Phil Salt
3. Will Jacks
4. Jonny Bairstow
5. Harry Brook
6. Moeen Ali
7. Liam Livingston
8. Sam Curran
9. Jofra Archer
10. Chris Jordan
11. Adil Rashid 

England Full Squad for T20 World Cup 2024 - Jos Buttler (C), Moeen Ali, Jofra Archer, Jonathan Bairstow, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Ben Duckett, Tom Hartley, Will Jacks, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingstone, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Reece Topley, Mark Wood

New Zealand Team Overview 

Even NZ will not play any practice matches. The Kiwis are grouped in Pool C alongside WI, Afghanistan, PNG and Uganda. 

The Kane Williamson led experienced squad have not reported any injuries yet in the squad and the team has named only one traveling reserve in case of injuries. New Zealand wicket-keeper batsman Devon Conway will be a player to look forward to since he’s coming from a recent injury after missing the entire IPL 2024.

Predicted Playing XI 

1. Kane Williamson (Captain)
2. Devon Conway (wicket keeper)
3. Finn Allen
4. Daryl Mitchell
5. Mark Chapman 
6. Glenn Phillips
7. Jimmy Neesham
8. Mitchell Santner 
9. Ish Sodhi
10. Trent Boult
11. Tim Southee

New Zealand Full Squad for T20 World Cup 2024- Kane Williamson (C), Finn Allen, Trent Boult, Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Daryl Mitchell, Jimmy Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee.

Travelling Reserve: Ben Sears

England vs New Zealand Head-to-Head Records in T20Is

Both the teams have played against each other in the T20Is for 27 times. The English team dominates the Kiwis as per the stats, as they won sixteen matches. Last time, they both played in a series against each other in 2023. It ended in a tie.

Two teams even played against each other in the semi final in the 2021 WC. NZ won the match by 5 wickets and moved to the final where they were defeated by ever powerful Australia.