1st Test of the New Zealand in England, 3 Test Series, 2022 has England taking on New Zealand. The match will be played at the Lord's, London.
ENG vs NZ (England vs New Zealand), 1st Test - Match Information
Match: England vs New Zealand, 1st Test
Date: 2nd June 2022
Time: 03:30 PM IST
Venue: Lord's, London
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ENG vs NZ, Lord's, London Pitch Report and Conditions
The pitch at the Lord's, London will allow for good stroke play and the batters will find it easy to bat on the surface. The surface will not allow a lot of assistance to the bowlers and wicket taking is not going to be easy. The average 1st innings score at this venue in the last 5 matches is 279 runs.
The pacers have earned 81% of the total bowling fantasy points at this venue. Hence picking up pacers for your fantasy team should be a good idea.
ENG vs NZ, Head to Head
In the 107 matches played between these 2 teams, England have won 48 matches and New Zealand have won 12 matches. England Batters have earned the most fantasy points for their team, while Bowlers have earned the most fantasy points for New Zealand.
ENG vs NZ Dream11 Prediction: Batters and Wicket-Keepers
Devon Conway
Devon Conway is relatively new in Test cricket but already has scored 767 runs in his 7 matches at an average of 63.91 Moreover, in his 2 Tests against ENG last year he had scored 223 & 83 runs respectively (the double century was at this venue, Lord's).
Kane Williamson
Kane Williamson scored 395 runs in his 4 Tests last year at an average of 65.83 which included a double century and a fifty and thus is in good form. Talking about his record at Lord's he has scored 239 runs in 3 matches which does include a century and thus has performed decently well here.
Joe Root
Joe Root has a fantastic record at Lord's, 1484 runs in 16 matches at an average of 53. Moreover, he has played against NZ 3 times at this venue and has scored 111, 182 & 82 runs respectively which is more a reason to pick him for this fixture.
ENG vs NZ Dream11 Prediction: Bowlers
Tim Southee
Tim Southee has taken 20 wickets at Lord's in his 4 Tests. Since 2018, he has played 5 Tests against ENG in which wkts taken by him read 5, 7, 5, 2 & 7.
Stuart Broad
Stuart Broad is someone who has a great home record than away whcih makes him a good pick for this fixture. Since 2020, he has played in 8 home Tests in whcih he has taken 36 wickets. Talking about his form, he has taken 3, 3, 5, 6 & 5 wkts respectively in his last 5 FC matches. An added advantage to pick him is that he does provide 20-25 runs with the bat also if need be.
Kylie Jamieson
Kylie Jamieson is a bowler who made his debut in 2020, which is not too far and has performed well with both bat and ball in his 14 career Tests. He has taken 66 wkts in these and scored 351 runs which accounts to an estimated average of 120+ fantasy points per match and is a great number. As context, in his 2 Tests in England he has taken 10 wkts and scored 30 runs with the bat.
ENG vs NZ Dream11 Prediction: All-Rounders
Ben Stokes
Ben Stokes has either scored well or taken wickets with the ball every time he has played at the Lord's. In his 7 Tests here he has scored 572 runs and taken 17 wickets which comes to an estimated average of 140+ fantasy points per match and is a massive number. Also, given that he is the captain now, he will have a greater impact in this match as in his only Test as captain he scored 89 runs and took 6 wickets (vs WI)
Colin de Grandhomme
Colin de Grandhomme is in fantastic form in the red ball format as in his last 5 FC matches, runs scored/wkts taken by him read 66/1, 11/5, 11/1, 201/5 & 138/1. Against ENG he has a more than decent record (220 runs and 7 wkts in 4 matches) which comes to an estimated average of 90+ fantasy points per match.
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ENG vs NZ Dream11 Prediction: Captain and Vice-Captain
Devon Conway plays as a Batter and has an average of 134 match fantasy points in the last 7 games, a fantasy rating of 9.9 and a low XFactor.
Ben Stokes plays as an All Rounder and has an average of 99 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 8.9 and a medium XFactor.
Kane Williamson plays as a Batter and has an average of 118 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 8.9 and a high XFactor.
Tim Southee is a Bowler and has an average of 102 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 8.4 and a low XFactor.
Joe Root plays as a Batter and has an average of 116 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 8.3 and a low XFactor.
ENG vs NZ Squad Information
England (ENG) Squad: James Anderson, Stuart Broad, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Jonny Bairstow, Alex Lees, Ben Foakes, Craig Overton, Jack Leach, Harry Brook, Ollie Pope, Zak Crawley and Matthew Potts
New Zealand (NZ) Squad: Tim Southee, Kane Williamson, Trent Boult, Hamish Rutherford, Neil Wagner, Tom Latham, Colin de Grandhomme, Devon Conway, Cam Fletcher, Daryl Mitchell, Henry Nicholls, Jacob Duffy, Matt Henry, Will Young, Tom Blundell, Michael Bracewell, Kyle Jamieson, Ajaz Patel, Blair Tickner and Rachin Ravindra
ENG vs NZ Dream11 Team Today
Wicket-Keeper: Jonny Bairstow
Batters: Devon Conway, Joe Root and Kane Williamson
All-Rounders: Ben Stokes and Craig Overton
Bowlers: Jack Leach, Kyle Jamieson, Neil Wagner, Stuart Broad and Tim Southee
Captain: Devon Conway
Vice-Captain: Ben Stokes
ENG vs NZ (England vs New Zealand), 1st Test Preview
In their last 5 games, New Zealand have won 2 games and lost 3. England has lost each of the last 5 matches that they have played.