Our featured match in Group 1 of Super 12 stage of the T20 World Cup on Tuesday is a must win game for England who take on New Zealand in Brisbane.
Note all prices are correct at the time of writing but are subject to change
England v New Zealand, Brisbane
With 3 of 5 matches for each team now complete New Zealand top the group with 5 points followed by England, Ireland and Australia with 3 whilst Afghanistan and Sri Lanka both have 2 points,
England's clash with Australia last Friday was washed out. They started their tournament with a 5 wicket win over Afghanistan in Perth. Sam Curran took 5 wickets for just 10 runs as Afghan were all out for 112 and Livingstone was 29 not out as England got home in 18.1 overs.
England were then overwhelming favourites for their game against Ireland but they lost by 5 runs (DLS). Ireland posted 157 all out in 19.2 overs and at 105/5 in 14.3 overs England were just behind on DLS when the rain came.
This was how England lined up against Ireland
Jos Buttler (c & wk), Alex Hales, Dawid Malan, Ben Stokes, Liam Livingstone, Harry Brook, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood
NZ started with an 89 run win over Australia before their clash with Afghanistan also fell victim to the weather. Another net run rate boosting victory over Sri Lanka at the weekend puts them in pole position in the group with this game and a clash with Ireland to come.
This was how NZ lined up against Sri Lanka
Finn Allen, Devon Conway (wk), Kane Williamson (c), Glenn Phillips, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult
The Betting
England are currently trading at around 11/20 to win the game and NZ can be backed at around 15/10
Note all prices are correct at the time of writing but are subject to change
The Verdict
On results so far England look way too short but the expectation among the market makers is that they will be on a going day here.
I will go with Malan as top England bat and Williamson in the equivalent market for NZ
Bets: Top England Run Scorer Malan at 33/10 with BetXchange
Top NZ Run Scorer Williamson at 4/1 with Betxchange
Note all prices are correct at the time of writing but are subject to change
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