England vs New Zealand Test Series 2021


England and New Zealand cricket team will play an International Test series of 2 matches at England in June of 2021. The series will be very important for both teams as both are at the nearly same stage on ICC Test Championship points table. The Kiwi seam bowlers will enjoy bowling on England's grassy surface and will get advantage from the surface. Joe Root will be the captain of host England team and Kane Williamson will lead the visiting team New Zealand. The squad of both teams is not announced till now.

The 1st match of the series will be held on June 2-6, 2021 at Lord’s Cricket Ground, England. Both teams England and New Zealand are very stable and strong. Hence players from both sides will try to dominate over one another. England will have the advantage of playing at home and they will get good support from fans also. It has always been interesting to win the match at historic Lord’s ground. Kane Williamson will be the most important Kiwi batsman on the tour. This right-handed top-order batsman is in great form and if he continues his class in England, it will become easier for Kiwi team to win the series.

The 2nd or last Test match of the series will be played on June 10-14, 2021 at Edgbaston. This will be the last match of the series and can also turn into a series-deciding match. England and New Zealand, both teams have quality seam bowlers on their side and it will be difficult for batsmen to face the quality swing bowling under overcast conditions of England. The English captain Joe Root is in great form and he is currently England’s number one Test batsman. He will have to lead his team from front to win the series by his grand performance.

Series Result New Zealand Won the 2 Match Test Series By 1-0
Player Of the Series Devon Philip Conway
Start Date 2021-06-02
End Date 2021-06-13
Host Country England

Schedule

England vs New Zealand 1st Test Match 2021
Match 1
Start Date- 2021-06-02
Day - Wednesday
Time - 11:00(Local)
End Date- 2021-06-06
Scorecard
England
Player of the Match
Devon Conway
New Zealand Venue
Lord's Cricket Ground
England vs New Zealand 2nd Test Match 2021
Match 2
Start Date- 2021-06-10
Day - Thursday
Time - 11:00(Local)
End Date- 2021-06-14
Scorecard
England
Player of the Match
Matt Henry
New Zealand Venue
Edgbaston Cricket Ground
Teams
England New Zealand

Squad

England Team Squad
Joe Root James Anderson Stuart Broad Mark Wood
Sam Billings Olly Stone Rory Burns Craig Overton
Oliver Robinson Daniel Lawrence Dom Sibley Zak Crawley
Ollie Pope Jack Leach Haseeb Hameed James Bracey

New Zealand Team Squad
Kane Williamson Douglas Bracewell BJ Watling Neil Wagner
Ross Taylor Tim Southee Trent Boult Tom Latham
Jacob Duffy Matt Henry Henry Nicholls Will Young
Daryl Mitchell Colin de Grandhomme Mitchell Santner Tom Blundell
Ajaz Patel Kyle Jamieson Devon Conway Rachin Ravindra