ENG vs NZ: New Zealand won the toss and chose bowling, Williamson and Stokes are not playing
England vs New Zealand World Cup 2023: New Zealand won the toss and decided to bowl first. New Zealand's regular captain Kane Williamson is not playing in this match. Tom Latham is captaining his place in this match. Ban Stokes and David Willey are not playing for England.
The first match of the World Cup 2023 is being played between the defending champions England and New Zealand. In this match being played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, New Zealand captain Tom Latham won the toss and decided to bowl first. Both teams were finalists in the World Cup 2019. Where in the case of a Super Over tie, England was declared the winner on the basis of the boundary count rule.
That defeat was the biggest shock for New Zealand and they have not forgotten it yet and will take the field to take revenge. Kane Williamson is the captain of New Zealand in this World Cup also. But they are not playing in this match. He is not completely fit. Williamson was injured in the first match of IPL 2023. Tom Latham will take command in the first match in place of Williamson. Whereas the captaincy of England is in the hands of wicket-keeper batsman Jos Buttler.
Apart from Williamson, Lockie Ferguson and Tim Southee are also not playing for New Zealand due to injury. At the same time, all-rounders Ben Stokes and David Willey are not playing for England.
World Cup matches will be played in 10 cities of India. There are competitions in Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Dharamshala, Delhi, Chennai, Lucknow, Pune, Bengaluru, Mumbai and Kolkata. A total of 10 teams will participate in this World Cup. The tournament will be organized in a round-robin format. The top four teams out of 10 will advance to the semi-finals. Last time the World Cup was organized in England in the same format. Then the English team defeated New Zealand in the final.
Playing-11 of England: Jos Buttler (captain, wicketkeeper), Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood.
Playing-11 of New Zealand: Tom Latham (captain, wk), Devon Conway, Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Matt Henry, Mitchell Santner, James Neesham, Trent Boult.
