Tim Southee: “Much better in all three areas, in a style we expect to see from NZ. Finn’s innings allowed people to bat around him and GP’s innings on a wicket like that showed his class. First few overs were crucial and allowed the spinners to come through the middle.
Jos Buttler: “Credit to NZ, they outplayed us, good toss to win and they took the game away from us. Needed a fast start and a good powerplay but we didn’t get anything going. With two right-handers, was a hard match-up for Moeen. Delighted for Gus to get more exposure, settled well in the group and his performances have been brilliant.”
Finn Allen is player of the match: “The way they bowled, we tried to push through the middle and take it deep. Worked on holding my shape more, more of a method instead of being too reckless. Didn’t know what a good score would be so watch the ball and react…”
England vs New Zealand 3rd T20I Highlights 2023, Sunday 3-9-2023, New Zealand tour of England 2023, Edgbaston, Birmingham.
New Zealand win toss and bat.
England team: 1 Jonny Bairstow, 2 Will Jacks, 3 Dawid Malan, 4 Harry Brook, 5 Jos Buttler (capt & wk), 6 Moeen Ali, 7 Liam Livingstone, 8 Chris Jordan, 9 Adil Rashid, 10 Luke Wood, 11 Gus Atkinson
New Zealand team: 1 Devon Conway, 2 Finn Allen, 3 Tim Seifert (wk), 4 Glenn Phillips, 5 Mark Chapman, 6 Daryl Mitchell, 7 Mitchell Santner, 8 Kyle Jamieson, 9 Ish Sodhi, 10 Tim Southee, 11 Matt Henry
Head to Head In T20I’s: 25
England Won: 16
New Zealand Won: 8
England T20I Rankings: 2nd
New Zealand T20I Rankings: 3rd
Form guide
(last five completed T20I’s, most recent first)
England WWLLL
New Zealand LLWLW
Match Timings: 5:00 PM GMT | 6:00 PM Local
Umpires – Alex Wharf, David Millns
TV Umpire – Mike Burns
Match Referee – Chris Broad
Reserve Umpire – Martin Saggers
Match number – T20I no. 2231
