England and New Zealand meet in the first of four ODI’s in Cardiff on Friday and we take a look at the match from a betting angle.
New Zealand came from 2-0 down in the 4 match T20 Series to level matters at 2-2 in the final match at Nottingham on Tuesday. With the ODI World Cup lying just around the corner, the teams now get down to serious business in preparation for the showpiece.
ENGLAND
Jos Buttler will captain the side which sees a number of big names returning after been rested for the T20 Series.
England’s last ODI action was back in March where they won a 3 match series against Bangladesh by 2-1. In January they were in South Africa where they lost the first 2 matches of a 3 match series before winning the dead rubber by 59 runs. This will be their first home series since they played South Africa in July 2022 with the series drawn 1-1 after a no result in the 3rd ODI. The month before they lost a 3 match series at home to India 2-1.
England Squad
Jos Buttler (c), Gus Atkinson, Dawid Malan, Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Reece Topley, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood, Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid, Ben Stokes, Joe Root, Brydon Carse, Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran
NEW ZEALAND
New Zealand were last in action back in May when they travelled to Pakistan and lost a 5 match series 4-1, losing the first 4 ODI’s before getting their name on the score sheet in the 5th. Prior to that they had hosted Sri Lanka in a 2 match series winning 2-0 and at the start of 2023 they lost a 3 match series in India 3-0.
Tom Latham captains the team.
New Zealand Squad
Tom Latham (capt), Finn Allen, Trent Boult, Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, Adam Milne, Daryl Mitchell, Henry Nicholls, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Will Young
HEAD-TO-HEAD
These sides haven’t met since the 2019 World Cup Final when England won on boundary count after the scores and Super Over were tied. New Zealand have lost their last 5 ODI’s in England including that World Cup final.
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BETTING – Click here to bet
England 5/10
New Zealand 33/20
I am going to steer clear of the match result market for now and focus on some of the other options available.
Suggested Bet: England Top Batter, Jonny Bairstow at 9/4
Bairstow looks in good nick and he will open the batting and get plenty of opportunity to build a big innings.
Suggested Bet: England Top Bowler, Gus Atkinson at 29/10
I was impressed with Atkinson in the T20’s and if he gets a chance in the starting line-up I am hoping he can continue his improvement and get amongst the wickets.
Note: All prices correct at the time of writing but are subject to change
