England vs New Zealand, ODI World Cup 2023, Match 1: Stats Preview of Players' Records and Approaching Milestones

The long wait is finally over as cricket’s biggest carnival is here as defending champions England (ENG) lock horns with their newest rivals and the runners-up from the last edition, New Zealand (NZ) in the opening fixture of the 13th edition of the World Cup. The mouth-watering encounter is all set to kick off this mega and ultimate tournament on Thursday, October 5, 2023, at the iconic Narendra Modi Stadium, in Ahmedabad. 

The memories of the 2019 WC final are still alive among cricketing fans across the globe with England defeating the BlackCaps on boundary count after both the original match and the Super Over ended up with a tie. The unfortunate Kiwis lost the summit clash at the home of cricket, Lord’s, by the barest of margins as Martin Guptill failed to complete the required second run against seamer Jofra Archer in the Super Over.

Notably, the New Zealanders lost their second straight final after also finishing as runners-up in the 2015 edition under the stewardship of Brendon McCullum. They have suffered two heartbreaks in the last two campaigns as they now look to finally cross the final hurdle and end their trophy drought. The Kiwis will be without their regular skipper Kane Williamson for the tournament opener with Tom Latham donning the captaincy hat. For England, Ben Stokes, the hero of the last WC final, is a doubt as he is suffering from a niggle. Both sides are all set to start the competition with a bang with a total of 48 matches, including the two semi-finals and the final are scheduled to be staged across ten different venues in India. The summit clash of the showpiece event will be played on Sunday, November 19, in Ahmedabad. The exciting fans are all in readiness for cricket’s biggest party for the next one and a half months.

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Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers ahead of Match No. 1 between England and New Zealand in the ODI World Cup 2023:

Head-to-Head: There is not much to choose between these two sides as both have played 95 ODIs so far with 44 victories each for England and New Zealand. Three games ended in a tie while the remaining four in no result.

8 - Jos Buttler (392) needs eight fours to complete 400 fours in ODIs.

4 – Buttler (246) needs four more dismissals to complete 250 dismissals in ODIs.

3 - Trent Boult (197) is three scalps away from reaching the milestone of 200 wickets in one-day internationals.

1 - Joe Root (499) requires one more four to complete 500 fours in ODIs.

126 - Devon Conway (874) needs 126 more runs to reach 1000 runs in ODI cricket.

3 – Root (47) needs three more sixes to reach 50 sixes in ODIs.

1 - Will Young (49) is one match away to complete 50 international matches.

5 - Moeen Ali (195) needs five more fours to get to 200 fours in one-day internationals.

1 - Sam Curran (49) requires one more six to get to 50 maximums in international matches.

2 - Ben Stokes (98) is two maximums away from reaching 100 sixes in ODI cricket.

1 – Stokes (49) is one grab away from completing 50 catches in the 50-overs format.

30 - James Neesham (2970) requires 30 runs to reach 3000 runs in international cricket.

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