NZ vs ENG Pitch Report: New Zealand vs England match will be played in Wellington, know how the pitch will be in this match
Basin Reserve, Wellington
NZ vs ENG Pitch Report: A three-match Test series is being played between New Zealand and England. The first match of this series was won by the England team. The second match of the series will start from December 6 in Wellington. In this match, the Kiwi team would like to be in Wellington. The New Zealand team is still one of the contenders to reach the final of the World Test Championship. To remain strong in the race for the finals, they will have to perform well and win this match. The first match of the series was played in Christchurch. Which was won by the England team by 8 wickets. With this win, they are leading 1-0 in this series. The role of the pitch of Basin Reserve, Wellington is going to be very important in this match. In such a situation, let’s take a look at the pitch report of this match.
Pitch Report of Basin Reserve, Wellington
Reports and photographs of the pitch show that there is too much grass in the Basin Reserve for the second Test match. The fast bowlers are likely to dominate the game with the new ball, but first, teams have managed to post big scores after the initial stages. The average first innings score here is 315 and teams batting first have won only 16 out of 71 Test matches at this venue, hence, the toss will be a big factor on Friday.
Statistics of test matches in Wellington
- Matches played – 71
- Matches won while batting first – 16
- Matches won by bowling first – 29
- Average score of first innings – 315
- Average score of second innings – 310
- Average score of third innings – 249
- Average score of fourth innings – 140
Both the teams have already announced their playing 11 for this match. Both New Zealand and England have decided not to make any changes in their playing 11. That means the playing 11 of the first test match will be seen in this match also. England team’s star player Ollie Robinson will remain on the bench in the second match also.
New Zealand playing eleven – Tom Latham (captain), Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell (wicketkeeper), Glenn Phillips, Nathan Smith, Tim Southee, Matt Henry, Will O’Rourke
England playing eleven – Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Jacob Bethel, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ollie Pope (wk), Ben Stokes (c), Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson, Brydon Carse, Shoaib Bashir.
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