NZ vs ENG Head-to-Head Records- 1st T20I, England Tour of New Zealand 2025
Published - 18 Oct 2025, 08:00 AM
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New Zealand will be up against England in the first of the three-match T20I series. This article contains information regarding the NZ vs ENG Head-to-Head records in T20Is.
NZ vs ENG Head-to-Head Records- 1st T20I, England Tour of New Zealand 2025:
| Stats | Matches | NZ won | ENG won | Draw | Tied | NR |
| Overall | 27 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| At Hagley Oval | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| In the last 5 matches | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NZ vs ENG Head-to-Head Records- Key Statistics
New Zealand and England have been involved in some keenly contested matches, especially in white ball cricket, and the rivalry will resume when they take on each other in the first of three T20Is in New Zealand.
Both teams have gone head-to-head in 27 T20Is so far, with the former T20 World Cup champions England having a six-match lead.
The visitors have won 16 matches while the Kiwis have registered victories in 10 matches, with one game ending in a no result.
Having said that, if we look at the results of the last five NZ vs ENG matches in T20I format of the game, it has been a close contest with England piping New Zealand by one win.
New Zealand would aim to take the lead by winning the upcoming game, given that they are quite familiar with the conditions being the home team.
However, one cannot deny the fact that there is not much difference in the conditions of New Zealand and England, and the latter would also back themself to win the match even if New Zealand starts as the favorites to win the match.
As far as the record of the matches played between the two teams at the Hagley Oval, the venue which will host the first game of the series, it is stacked in favor of the visiting side.
England has won both the matches that they have played against New Zealand in T20I cricket at this ground and would like to make it three in three by winning the next game as well.
New Zealand, on the other hand, would want to open their account by clinching their first win at this venue and take a 1-0 lead in the series by doing so.
NZ vs ENG Head-to-Head Records: The last 5 matches
England have won three out of the last five T20Is that the team has played against New Zealand, with New Zealand claiming victories in two games. The two wins in question came in the last two matches for New Zealand.
NZ vs ENG Head-to-Head Records- Result of the last 5 games:
- New Zealand won by 6 wickets
- New Zealand won by 74 runs
- England won by 95 runs
- England won by 7 wickets
- England won by 20 runs
Conclusion:
England has the upper hand as far as the overall head-to-head record of NZ vs ENG T20I matches is concerned, along with the last five games that the two teams have played in this format, and New Zealand would like to bridge that gap.
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