England will play the identical model with the identical staff within the second take a look at towards New Zealand, skipper Ben Stokes confirmed on Thursday, whereas the hosts look set to convey Matt Henry into their bowling assault as they attempt to stage up the sequence.
The vacationers romped to a 267-run victory within the day-night opening take a look at in Tauranga final weekend on the again of the “Bazball” model of cricket they’ve been taking part in beneath Stokes and coach Brendon “Baz” McCullum.
Seamers Stuart Broad, James Anderson and Ollie Robinson all performed key roles within the win and Stokes stated it was a no brainer to ship out the identical facet at Wellington’s Basin Reserve on Friday in any case three had indicated they had been good to go.
“It was just a case of seeing how the bowlers pulled up and they’ve all pulled up pretty well so, yeah, unchanged team,” he instructed reporters.
“It is a fine line between picking your strongest 11 and ensuring that the bowlers that you pick are 100%. It was pretty easy to pick the team once they told me they were ready to go.”
Last week’s victory was a primary in a take a look at for England in New Zealand since 2008 and so they now have an opportunity to inflict a primary residence take a look at sequence defeat on the Black Caps in six years.
In maintaining with the philosophy of “Bazball”, nonetheless, Stokes stated England could be specializing in taking part in entertaining cricket fairly than the outcome.
“It would be great to leave here with a 2-0 series win but I don’t think we’ll be looking to go in here to achieve that,” Christchurch-born Stokes added.
“I think we’ll be looking to play the exact same cricket we’ve been playing the last 10 to 12 months and if New Zealand are better than us this week, then we’ll be able to say that.”
New Zealand skipper Tim Southee has made it clear his facet shall be glad to be again taking part in purple ball cricket this week after being totally out-strategised by England within the pink ball match at Bay Oval.
The seamer added that New Zealand had been extremely unlikely to attempt to copy England’s aggressive model of play within the second and last take a look at in Wellington.
“You’ve got to look at your side and try and work with what you’ve got,” he instructed reporters.
“That works for England due to the make-up of their facet but it surely’s about us discovering a means that works for us.
“We know these conditions reasonably well and I guess that’s where your home advantage comes into it.”
Home benefit in take a look at cricket normally consists of the preparation of the wicket, though Stokes famous that former New Zealand take a look at captain McCullum would have a good thought of what the grassy monitor on the Basin Reserve may serve up.
Southee stated there was unlikely to be any change to a New Zealand high order that acquired poor returns in Tauranga however that seamer Henry, who missed the primary take a look at due to the delivery of his first youngster, would in all probability come again into the facet.
“Matt’s been a new-ball bowler for a while and been around the test side for a good long time so I guess he’ll slide back in,” he stated.
“That’s a decision that we have to make once we get a decent look at the wicket.”
