New Zealand Tour of England 2026 - Teams, Player Squads, Fixtures, Schedule and All you need to know
The New Zealand national side is touring England to take part in a 3 Match Test Series, beginning on the 4th of June at Lord's. The Second Test will be played from 17th of June while the third match will be played from 25th of June.
There venues have been finalized for the Test Series. They are:
1. Lord's
2. The Oval
3. Trent Bridge
The Test Series will be part of the ICC Men's Test Championship Cycle 2025-27.
ICC Test Ranking England:
England are placed at the 4th position on ICC Men's Test Team Rankings with a rating of 102.
England currently occupy the 7th position on ICC Men's Test Championship Cycle Standings with a percentage of 31.67.
ICC Rankings New Zealand:
New Zealand are placed at the 5th position on ICC Men's Test Team Rankings with a rating of 102.
New Zealand currently occupy the 2nd position on ICC Men's Test Championship Cycle Standings with a percentage of 77.78.
England are led by Ben Stokes and they will play their best strength side with players like Ben Duckett, Harry Brook, Joe Root and Josh Tongue in the mix. Youngsters like Sonny Baker and Emilio Gay have also been handed a chance to prove their mettle in red ball cricket.
New Zealand on the other hand are led by Tom Latham. They also have the services of their key players including Kane Williamson, Henry Nicholls, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner and Matt Henry.
New Zealand are in superb form and it strengthens their chances to dominate England in away conditions. England on the other hand haven't been in best of form in red ball cricket and they will have to play their A game in order to challenge the visitors.
Impact Players in each team:
1. England - Harry Brook, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Sonny Baker
2. New Zealand - Tom Latham, Kane Williamson, Mitchell Santner, Matt Henry
Let's have a look at the squads:
England (1st Test Squad)
Harry Brook, Ben Duckett, Emilio Gay, James Rew, Joe Root, Jamie Smith, Ben Stokes (captain), Jacob Bethell, Rehan Ahmed, Gus Atkinson, Sonny Baker, Matthew Fisher, Ollie Robinson, Shoaib Bashir, Josh Tongue
New Zealand
Tom Latham (captain), Tom Blundell, Devon Conway, Henry Nicholls, Kane Williamson, Zak Foulkes, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, Nathan Smith, Dean Foxcroft, Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, Will O'Rourke, Blair Tickner.
Fixtures:
Thursday, 4th-8th June 2026
Lord's
Wednesday, 17th-21st June 2026
The Oval
Thursday, 25th-29th June 2026
Trent Bridge
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*NB these predictions may be changed nearer the start of the match once the final starting teams have been announced and we will be running ‘In-Play’ features, so stay tuned.
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