http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 – 3rd T20I – Toss Report
England T20 skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wellington-c864, February 15, 2013.
The decision was plainly influenced by stats, with all previous (four) T20 matches at this venue won by the team chasing. However, due can be a factor as the game wears on. Broad further revealed the team’s composition, which included Joe Root in place of
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Samit-Patel-c2426.
The home team skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BB-McCullum-c1129, said that he would have also bowled first on the track. Their line-up is unchanged from the one which emphatically won the second T20I to level the series 1-1, after England had claimed a convincing victory in the
first game.
The momentum is certainly with the hosts, and their skipper, who finally returned to form with an imposing knock in the previous match. The team will be further banking on experienced hands in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LRPL-Taylor-c1849 to deliver the goods, with the
latter not being in the best of touches since returning to international setup. However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915 was confident in mood ahead of the clash.
"I'm only a couple of boundaries away and then the confidence goes up. You try not to think about it too much and get into it. I didn't drop a catch in the last game so that was a positive."
The pitch is expected to be a lively one, with ball doing a bit in the initial phase. A packed crowed is expected for the all important decider, despite some rain forecasted to spoil the evening.
As for some stats, the highest score at the venue is 162, made by the home team against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 in the inaugural game over 7 years ago.
New Zealand 1 Martin Guptill, 2 http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mitchell-McClenaghan-c1975
England 1 http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ST-Finn-c2566, 11 Jade Dernbach
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