ENG vs NZ 3rd Test Playing 11: Ben Stokes-led England will square off against Tom Latham-led New Zealand in the 3rd Test starting on June 25 at Trent Bridge, Nottingham.
The Three Lions have secured a 115-run victory in the first test, while the Kiwis had a 253-run victory in the second test.
New Zealand had secured a 4th position while England are reeling in the 7th position of the WTC 2025-27 points table.
New Zealand won the toss and opted to bat. Speaking at the toss, New Zealand captain Tom Latham said, “We’re going to have a bat. It looks a reasonably dry surface, so hopefully we can make use of it first up.”
Speaking on the today New Zealand Cricket team playing 11, “Yeah, obviously a bit of a tale of changes throughout, I guess, the series, but unfortunately, Glenn Phillips and Matt Henry have been ruled out with some niggles, so Mitch Santner comes back in, Ben Sears and Blair Tickner come in for Kyle Jamieson, who’s sort of been rested through more workload.”
Tom Latham wins the toss and the BLACKCAPS will bat first at Trent Bridge.
Ben Sears, Mitch Santner and Blair Tickner come into the XI. #ENGvNZ pic.twitter.com/dz7Gje0ZoW
— BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) June 25, 2026
“Yeah, right. A great New Zealander who’s got a really iconic sporting story, gave a lot to the cap, a lot to this team, and yeah, our thoughts and prayers are with his family.”
Meanwhile, Ben Stokes said, “We would have had a bat as well. Yeah, very good. Obviously, we always have some pretty fond memories playing against, a good series against New Zealand, and this has been no different up to now. So, massive week for myself, massive week for the team, and hopefully we can be here at the end of this game lifting the trophy.”
Meanwhile, Speaking on today England Cricket Team playing 11, Stokes said, “Yeah, it’s a few factors. I think it’s pretty obvious that we’ve sort of given ourselves more options when we’ve released our squads. We’ve made our squads a little bit bigger than we normally do, giving ourselves more options with different conditions. We’re at a new ground here at Trent Bridge, which is completely different to what Lord’s played like, what the Oval played like.”
2026 ENG vs NZ 3rd Test Playing 11
England Playing 11: Ben Duckett, Emilio Gay, Jacob Bethell, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jamie Smith(w), Ben Stokes(c), Gus Atkinson, Jofra Archer, Josh Tongue, Shoaib Bashir
New Zealand Playing 11: Tom Latham(c), Devon Conway, Henry Nicholls, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell(w), Mitchell Santner, Nathan Smith, Blair Tickner, Ben Sears, William ORourke
