New Zealand vs Australia Live Score Updates, 1st T20: New Zealand vs Australia Mitchell Santner’s New Zealand will be aiming to make a strong start to the 3-match T20 series against the might of 50-plus world champions Australia at the Sky Stadium in Wellington.
New Zealand vs Australia Live Score Updates, 1st T20: New Zealand vs Australia Mitchell Santner-led New Zealand will take on world 50-over champions Australia in the first T20I of the 3-match series at the Sky Stadium in Wellington. The T20I series comes just 3 months before the T20 World Cup begins in the United States and West Indies.
New Zealand will be without regular captain Kane Williamson, who recently helped the Black Caps to a historic first Test series win against South Africa. In his place, young Mitchell Santner will try to give the Kangaroos an easy win on home soil, which can boost their confidence a lot before the T20 World Cup.
Meanwhile, unlike the team that faced India in the Post-50 ODI World Cup, Australia will take a strong side against New Zealand, with big names like Steve Smith, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Marsh, and Glenn Maxwell.
The Australian team is also in tremendous form after defeating the West Indies 2-1 in the recently concluded T20 series, and they will be aiming to repeat this form against their neighbors as well. Furthermore, this young Australian team will be aiming to say a warm farewell to David Warner in his last bilateral T20 series.
The presence of these big names from both sides means that the first T20 between New Zealand and Australia is likely to be a high-scoring match. The Sky Stadium pitch, while offering something special for the bowlers, is likely to be more favorable for the batsmen, meaning a big score will be the likely outcome.
Head-to-Head Record:
Australia and New Zealand have faced each other 16 times in international T20 cricket, and the Kangaroos have the edge with 10 matches going in their favour, while the Black Caps could win only 6 matches. These teams last met in the 2022 T20 World Cup, where New Zealand easily won the match by 89 runs.
New Zealand and Australian teams:
Australia: Tim David, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Matt Short, Steven Smith, Matthew Wade (wk), David Warner, Mitchell Marsh (c), Glenn Maxwell Johnson, Pat Cummins, Nathan Ellis, Josh Hazlewood, Spencer, Mitchell Starc, and zampa
New Zealand: Finn Allen, Devon Conway (wk), Will Young, Mitchell Santner (c), Mark Chapman, Josh Clarkson, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Lockie Ferguson, Adam Milne, Ben Sears, Ish Sodhi, and Tim Southee.
Here’s the New Zealand vs Australia Live Score: Where and when to watch the series in India ?
New Zealand vs Australia Live Score: The first match of the 3-match T20 series can be live-streamed in India via Amazon Prime Video. The live broadcast will start at 5.10 pm EDT or 11:40 pm IST.
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Squads:
New Zealand: Finn Allen, Devon Conway (wk), Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Mitchell Santner (c), Ish Sodhi, Lockie Ferguson, Adam Milne, Tim Southee, Josh Clarkson, and Ben Sears
Australia: David Warner, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh (c), Glenn Maxwell, Josh Inglis (wk), Tim David, Pat Cummins, Adam Zampa, Nathan Ellis, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc, Matthew Short, Steven Smith, and Spencer Johnson
Australia tour of New Zealand 2024, 1st T20I:
*Date and time: 21 February; 11:40 IST, / 06:10am GMT, / 07:10 local
*Venue: Sky Stadium, Wellington
Sky Stadium Pitch Report:
Like most venues in New Zealand, Sky Stadium features drop-in pitches. Similar to most drop-in tracks, it generally favors the batsmen. However, the fast bowlers may get some help in the initial stages.
