New Zealand vs England ஸ்கோர்கார்டு, Match 33, ICC T20 World Cup 2022

England have won just one of their last five men’s T20Is against New Zealand (L3 T1); their last win against the Black Caps in this format was a 76-run victory at Napier in November 2019.

England saw their five-game winning streak in men’s T20Is come to an end following their loss to Ireland in their most recent game; the last time they lost consecutive games in the format was against Pakistan in September this year.

New Zealand have won seven of their last eight games in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, including each of the last two; their only loss during this run came against Australia during the final of the 2021 edition.

In no other country have England lost more men’s T20Is away from home than in Australia (8). Indeed, the Three Lions have won just 33% of their games in the format here (P12 W4 L8), their second lowest win rate in any country (Bangladesh – 25%).

New Zealand have registered a batting strike rate of 204 during the slog overs (overs 17-20) in the ongoing edition of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, the best such rate among all teams; only Afghanistan (68.2) have a lower such strike rate than England (100).

No team has registered a better catch success rate during the Super 12 phase of the 2022 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup than England (94%), with New Zealand the next best (93%).

Jos Buttler (99) is one away from becoming just the second player to feature in 100 men’s T20Is for England, after Eoin Morgan (115). Indeed, Buttler (2,395) needs 64 more runs to overtake Morgan (2,458) as England’s highest run-scorer in the format.

Glenn Phillips has registered five knocks of 50+ runs in men’s T20Is in 2022, including two such knocks in his last four innings, the joint-most by any New Zealand batter in a single calendar year alongside Colin Munro (2018) and Martin Guptill (2018 and 2021).

England’s Sam Curran has registered a bowling strike rate of 5.7 during the 2022 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, the best such rate for any bowler in the competition (min. 5 overs bowled).

Tim Southee (102) is one game away from becoming the outright second-most capped player for New Zealand in men’s T20Is, overtaking Ross Taylor in the process and remaining behind only Martin Guptill (122).