Probable XI –
England –
Rory Burns, Dominic Sibley, Zak Crawley, Joe Root (c), Ollie Pope, Sam Billings/James Bracey, Dan Lawrence/Jack Leach, Craig Overton, Mark Wood, Stuart Broad, James Anderson
New Zealand –
Tom Latham, Tom Blundell, Kane Williamson (c), Ross Taylor, Henry Nicholls, BJ Watling, Daryl Mitchell / Mitchell Santner, Kyle Jamieson, Tim Southee, Neil Wagner, Trent Boult
Small League Combination 1 –
1. BJ Watling
2. Kane Williamson(C)
3. Joe Root(VC)
4. Rory Burns
5. Henry Nicholls
6. Craig Overton
7. Mitchell Santner
8. James Anderson
9. Stuart Broad
10. Tim Southee
11. Trent Boult
– Root and Williamson are safest C/VC choices considering their phenomenal venue & H2H matches numbers.
– Expecting good knocks from Nicholls and Burns as they have averaged 54 & 61 in more than three H2H innings respectively.
– Craig Overton might be a good punt as he can score decent runs at down the order and expected to act as 4th fourth bowling.
– Going heavy on pacers as they will get a lot of swing & seam movement from the surface.
– All the four pacers are important as anyone from them can take 5-10 wickets haul easily at this pitch.
– Mitchell Santner will be another good pick as he had scored consecutive half centuries & took four wickets in two H2H innings.
Small League Combination 2 –
1. BJ Watling
2. Ross Taylor
3. Kane Williamson
4. Joe Root
5. Rory Burns
6. Craig Overton
7. Daniel Lawrence
8. Trent Boult
9. Kyle Jamieson(C)
10. Stuart Broad(VC)
11. James Anderson
– Ross Taylor might be a good punt especially while batting first as he’s selected by just 40% users in D11.
– Broad and Anderson are other two safe C/VC choices especially if ENG opt to bowl second as batting is going to be difficult on the last two days.
– Kyle Jamieson might be a decent credit saver punt at this pace favored surface.
– Daniel Lawrence can give good fantasy points as he’s expected to bowl part time and bat at 4-5 down.
Grand League Combination –
1. Tom Blundell
2. Ross Taylor
3. Joe Root
4. Rory Burns
5. Henry Nicholls
6. Craig Overton
7. Mitchell Santner(C)
8. Daniel Lawrence(VC)
9. Stuart Broad
10. James Anderson
11. Neil Wagner
– Santner and Lawrence might be good C VCs in GL as they’re expected to get enough opportunities to perform with both bat and ball.
– Blundell will be a decent GL pick considering his consistency centuries in the last two test innings.
– Dropped Williamson as he has struggled to score against Anderson.
– Taylor can perfectly anchor the innings if 1-2 top order batters departs early.
– Expecting Wagner to stay amongst the wickets considering the pace favoured surface.
