New Zealand and England will start the equation of the Test series from June 2 at Lord’s. After Joe Root, who recently left the captaincy, England will start the series under the captaincy of a new face Ben Stokes. Under Root’s captaincy, England have had a rough year in the recent past, ranging from the Ashes defeat to the Test defeat at the hands of the West Indies. However, the upcoming series will see veteran England bowlers Anderson and Broad make a comeback.
New Zealand Cricket, on the other hand, saw fast bowler Trent Boult’s chances of playing the first Test match very less. By the way, New Zealand had selected its 15 players team on Monday.
Root will have a chance to register many records in his name
Root, a former England captain, will have his eye on many records in the upcoming series. The record for the most runs for England is held by Alastair Cook, who scored 12472 runs in 161 Test matches. Cook also has 33 centuries and 57 half-centuries to his name. Root has scored 9889 runs in 117 Test matches and is England’s second highest run-scorer.
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Cook is the only batsman from England who has scored 10000 runs in Test cricket. Graham Gooch comes in third place among the batsmen who scored the most runs from England. Root has so far scored 25 centuries and 53 half-centuries. Apart from this, Root will have another chance if he takes 3 more catches, then he will have 250 catches in international cricket. From the upcoming, Brendon McCullum will be the head coach of England and Ben Stokes will be the captain.
England’s first test match playing XI is as follows
Jack Crowley, Alex Lees, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes (C), Ben Foakes (wk), Jack Leach, Matthew Potts, Stuart Broad, James Anderson.
New Zealand squad for three Tests against England
Kane Williamson (C), Tom Blundell (wk), Trent Boult, Devon Conway, Colin de Grandhomme, Cam Fletcher (wk), Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell , Henry Nicholls, Aijaz Patel, Tim Southee, Neil Wagner, Will Young, Michael Bracewell.
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