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England will start their summer cricket session when they will play against New Zealand in the first of a two-test series against the Black Cats in the hope to retain their No.2 rank in the test match rankings ahead of the Ashes after a disastrous draw in March.
New Zealand will play the opening test of the reverse series at Lord’s. New Zealand almost beat England at home in the first Test series. Tim Southee will be the most dangerous in the English conditions and he is going to be a handful for the English batsmen who are well accustomed to the pitches. The probable Kiwi lineup will include: 1 Peter Fulton, 2 Hamish Rutherford, 3 Kane Williamson, 4 Ross Taylor, 5 Dean Brownlie, 6 Brendon McCullum (capt), 7 BJ Watling (wk), 8 Tim Southee, 9 Doug Bracewell/Bruce Martin, 10 Neil Wagner, 11 Trent Boult.
England own a very strong past record in the Lord’s through remaining very successful against visitors at the venue. England failed to perform well on their tour of New Zealand, where Kiwis completely outplayed the visitors. The world’s second-ranked team salvaged a 0-0 draw in the three-match series, thanks to the rain and Matt Prior’s stubborn resistance in the third test in Auckland. However, England will start this series as favorites with the aid of home advantage. In fact, England will look for ways to perform a lot better and will rely heavily on their fast bowlers to make use of the conditions. The likely English squad will include: 1 Alastair Cook (capt), 2 Nick Compton, 3 Jonathan Trott, 4 Ian Bell, 5 Joe Root, 6 Jonny Bairstow, 7 Matt Prior (wk), 8 Stuart Broad, 9 Graeme Swann, 10 James Anderson, 11 Steven Finn/Tim Bresnan.
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