England Tour of New Zealand 2023 Schedule, Team Squads & Live Streaming Partners
England Cricket Team has made confirmation about their away test match tour of New Zealand as part of their International FTP 2023. The England tour of New Zealand 2023 is scheduled to have 2 test matches on the bouncy green pitches of New Zealand which will be a great challenge and exciting to see how the baseball approach can work on these kinds of tricky pitches. Both ECB & NZC have finalized the dates for the England tour of New Zealand 2023 along with broadcasting & ticketing partners for this much-awaited tour as part of the World Test Championship.
England tour of New Zealand 2023 Schedule
The two test matches which are part of the England tour of New Zealand 2023 schedule will be played at two different cricket venues in New Zealand. The complete England tour of New Zealand 2023 fixtures are as follows.
| Date and Time | Match Details |
| Mon, Feb 11 – Mon, Feb 20, 00:00 AM GMT | 02:00 PM LOCAL | New Zealand vs England, 1st Test Bay Oval, Mt Maunganui |
| Fri, Feb 24 – Tue, Feb 28 00:00 AM GMT | 02:00 PM LOCAL | New Zealand vs England, 2nd Test Basin Reserve, Wellington |
Both New Zealand & England have fewer chances to qualify for the World Test Championship but considering the test format every win counts and it provides a great sense of satisfaction to the players whenever a team wins a test match no matter if the series doesn’t have much bigger importance interms of World Test Championship. Brendon McCullum as head coach will surely give many tips to England players regarding how they can continue the aggressive approach in test cricket on tricky New Zealand pitches.
England tour of New Zealand 2023 TV Channels & Live Streaming
To watch the ENG vs NZ 2023 match live streaming, you need to tune into below mentioned official TV & live streaming partners for the England tour of New Zealand 2023. Sky Sports have the official rights for the bilateral series which will have pre and post-match extensive analysis as well. Cricket fans in India will be able to watch live coverage on Sony Sports network in both English & Hindi which is a great add-on for millions of passionate cricket fans. The complete list of ENG vs NZ 2023 Live TV Channels is as follows.
| Country | Live Telecast / Live Streaming | Channel Name |
| New Zealand | Live Telecast on TV | Spark Sport & Sky Sport NZ |
| England | Live Telecast on TV | Sky Sports Cricket |
| England | Live Streaming | Sky Cricket App |
| USA & Canada | Live Telecast | Willow TV & ESPN+ |
| India | Live Telecast on TV | Sony Six & Sony Six HD |
| India | Live Telecast in Hindi | Sony Ten 3 |
| India | Live Streaming | SonyLiv app |
| Australia | Live Telecast on TV | Fox Sports |
| South Africa | Live Telecast on TV | SuperSport |
| Pakistan | Live Telecast on TV | Ten Sports |
| Bangladesh | Live Telecast on TV | Gazi TV |
| Sri Lanka | Live Telecast on TV | Dialog TV, Peo TV |
| MENA | Live Telecast on TV | beIN Sports |
My personal favorite to watch International cricket events is to download the SonyLiv app which is available on both Android & iOS ecosystems. It not only gives you access to live cricket coverage but also has many other shows that one can watch in their free time.
Team Squads For England tour of New Zealand 2023
There have not been official confirmations from both cricket boards regarding the team squads as both teams have other bilateral series lined up before this tour. England tour of South Africa 2023 will be played in late January while the New Zealand Tour of India 2023 will be played from mid-January to early February.
However, different media sources have revealed the 13 confirmed players who will participate in the England tour of New Zealand 2023. Below are the tentative team squads for the series.
| England team Squad | New Zealand team Squad |
| Ben Stokes (c) | Kane Williamson (c) |
| James Anderson | Tom Blundell (wk) |
| Jonny Bairstow | Trent Boult |
| Zak Crawley | Michael Bracewell |
| Harry Brook | Devon Conway |
| Stuart Broad | Colin de Grandhomme |
| Ben Foakes | Matt Henry |
| Alex Lees | Cam Fletcher |
| Jack Leach | Kyle Jamieson |
| Craig Overton | Tom Latham |
| Matty Potts | Daryl Mitchell |
| Ollie Pope | Henry Nicholls |
| Joe Root | Ajaz Patel |
We will update the above-mentioned team squads after the official confirmations from both cricket boards takes place. Be sure to check back again to see the final 15 or 16 players list for the England tour of New Zealand 2023.
Series Prediction
Team New Zealand is nearly unbeatable on their shores because of the amazing bowling talent they got to utilize the green bouncy pitch along with cold weather conditions. However, with Baz in charge of the England Men’s test team, one can expect wonders from England’s playing eleven. Team England’s bazball approach has made headlines all around the world and just recently they whitewashed Pakistan on their historic tour of Pakistan where pitches were nearly dead but due to an aggressive mindset they were able to win all three games in the series. All cricket odds are with England right now to win another Test series by 2-0 and create another history under Stokes as the leader.
