England would take on New Zealand in the ICC T20 World Cup Group 1 Match Played at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong on Saturday March 22, 2014. England vs New Zealand T20 Match scheduled to begin at 19:30 local time (13:30 GMT).
England lost their both Warm-up matches against West Indies and India. They lost their firs warm up match against the defending champions West Indies by seven wickets with 23 balls to spare. In the second warm-up game, England suffered defeat at the hands of India by 20 runs. England won the 2010 World T20 Cricket Tournament and became the third team to win the T20 World Cup. Stuart Broad and his men would be looking to win the prestigious title for the second time and become the first side to to do so.
Key Players: Middle order batsment Ravi Bopara the key player for England. In bowling they have Stuart Broad, James Tredwell and Jade Dernbach.
New Zealand had also lost their two warm-up matches against Pakistan and Australia. In the first warm-up match they lost to Pakistan by 7 wickets. They lost the 2nd Warm-up match by 3 runs in a high scoring game against Australia. BB McCullum is in very good form and he manage to score 59 in the 1st warm-up match and 37 in the 2nd game. The Kiwis have never tasted success in the T20 World Cup and Brendon McCullum would be looking to win the fifth edition.
Key Players: Brendon McCullum, Ross Taylor and Corey Anderson are the key bastmens in batting. Tim Southee and Kyle Mills are the key players in bowling department.
World T20, 15th Match, Group 1: England vs New Zealand at Chittagong, Mar 22, 2014
Match scheduled to begin at 19:30 local time (13:30 GMT)
England Squad
SCJ Broad*, EJG Morgan, MM Ali, IR Bell, RS Bopara, TT Bresnan, JC Buttler†, JW Dernbach, AD Hales, CJ Jordan, MJ Lumb, SD Parry, JC Tredwell, CR Woakes, LJ Wright
New Zealand Squad
BB McCullum*, CJ Anderson, TA Boult, AP Devcich, MJ Guptill, RM Hira, MJ McClenaghan, NL McCullum, KD Mills, C Munro, JDS Neesham, L Ronchi†, TG Southee, LRPL Taylor, KS Williamson
Match Info
Match: England vs New Zealand, 15th Match Group 1 , T20 WC 2014
Date: Sat, Mar 22, 2014
Start Time: 1:30 PM GMT
Venue: Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
Umpires: Aleem Dar, Paul Reiffel
3rd Umpire: Rod Tucker
Match Referee: Javagal Srinath