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Nike Football Presents England Football World Cup Kits

English football is debatably in the best place it’s ever been in. While the men’s national team has seen major competition success with a Football World Cup semi-final and Euro final in the last two competitions, the women’s team has lately done the nation proud after bringing football home with a Euro win over the summer.

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Nike Football Presents England Football World Cup Kits
Nike Football Presents England Football World Cup Kits

Also, let’s not forget about England’s Under-17 World Cup winners in 2017, with a good trickle of players from that squad — such as Phil Foden, Emile Smith Rowe, and Jadon Sancho — being approximate of the country’s most thrilling ballers who are expected to bring men’s national football home for the first time since 1966.

Each major competition where England’s national squads have succeeded has come with an iconic kit, and now Nike Football and England have obtainable the new home and away kits for this winter’s FIFA World Cup in Qatar. The new designs take stimulus from the boldness and youthful energy of the current first team and both kits come in traditional England colorways, with the home jersey coming in white and the away in red.

England Football World Cup

The home jersey comes with a clean base that topographies stand-out “Blue Void” patterns and color gradients representing a distorted design of the Three Lions graphic on the shoulders. The away kit — that’s evocative of the 1998 jersey — features a reimagined collar and topographies a knitted Three Lions graphic when the collar is popped. To Know more about England Vs Wales Tickets click here.

Along with the new jerseys, Nike Football has also obtainable new training garments that are crafted from high-quality Dri-FIT ADV technology and 100% recycled polyester. The lightweight kit is also engineered pixel by pixel and is breathable on the skin to create a reliable airflow, avoiding hot and sweaty interruptions for the players under the Qatar sun.

Harry Kane
Harry Kane

Rounding off the collection of England clothes, a lifestyle capsule is also available and is the first-ever mélange of clothes that have been created for winter. The range includes track sets, polo shirts, raincoats, and hoodies that are intended to be worn alongside the new jerseys.

You can have a closer look at England’s home and away jerseys for the 2022 Qatar World Cup above and they are both obtainable now on the official Nike Football website.

England’s resources at right back tested ahead of Football World Cup

Hours earlier, Trent Alexander-Arnold was ruled out for two weeks by Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp because of an ankle wound sustained in a Premier League game at Arsenal on Sunday.  England’s resources at right-back are being tested ahead of the World Cup. Reece James was involuntary off with a right knee injury in another half of Chelsea’s 2-0 win over AC Milan in the Champions League on Tuesday. He seemed to hyperextend his knee as he made a challenge.

“Fingers crossed it’s not a bad one,” James wrote on Twitter after the match. “Love for all the messages, I appreciate you all.” Chelsea boss Graham Potter said James will be assessed over the next couple of days. Hours earlier, Trent Alexander-Arnold was ruled out for two weeks by Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp because of an ankle injury continued in a Premier League game at Arsenal on Sunday. Meanwhile, another option at right back, Manchester City’s Kyle Walker, experienced groin surgery last week, leaving his Qatar World Cup drives in the balance.

Trent Alexander-Arnold was ruled out for two weeks by Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp.
Trent Alexander-Arnold was ruled out for two weeks by Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp.

England opens its Football World Cup campaign on Nov. 21 against Iran. James started at right wing back in England’s most new games — the Nations League qualifiers against Italy and Germany last month. Alexander-Arnold would be a like-for-like spare in that position. Walker has been playing on the right of a three-man defense and is perhaps the first-choice right back if England plays a back four.

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How to bat and bowl at every T20 World Cup venues in Australia

We examine the data and World Cup strategy with David Hussey’s assistance.

Due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, Australia has never hosted a men’s T20 World Cup, and throughout the past couple of seasons, T20 International matches have only been played in Sydney, Melbourne, and Canberra. So how might the event, which will be held in seven different locations, proceed?

We attempt to construct a picture of the features of each venue and how it can affect strategies using a combination of dat from all T20 matches from October 1, 2020, to October 1, 2022 and expert insight from David Hussey, who has coached Melbourne Stars in the BBL for five seasons.

Global trends

A quick comparison of T20 in Australia to the rest of the world comes first. The statistics for the format in Australia are in the middle of the pack across a variety of parameters, indicating that the games played there are not at either extreme of the global spectrum. Nevertheless, a few things jump out.

Australia’s grounds are frequently criticized, although there may be some truth to it given that it has the second-lowest boundary percentage in T20 (although these days it depends on how far in the rope one is). The only country with a lower percentage of runs that are fours and sixes is South Africa (51.7%). Australia is once again second-lowest in the world for sixes alone, with maximums making up 20.6% of runs, trailing only South Africa (19.6%).

This is related to the fact that more threes are scored. Australia has by far the lowest rate, with batters scoring a three out of every 127.7 deliveries. England comes in second place with 235.4 deliveries. Australia also has the lowest per-balls rate for twos at 11.4, ahead of New Zealand’s 13.1. Therefore, it seems that batters should put on their running shoes.

The use of wristspin, which is an essential component in T20 cricket, is another item that stands out. Despite Nathan Lyon’s exceptional performance as a fingerspinner in Australian Tests, he appears to be an aberration. Wristspin makes up 57.6% of all T20 spin overs in Australia. It is 20.9% of total overs bowled, which is just little less than Sri Lanka, who leads the field with 21% of wristspin overs.

The last point worth mentioning is that in Australia, the odds favour teams who bat first. With a win percentage of 42.6%, the nation has placed second-lowest among chasing teams since October 2020, trailing only the West Indies.

Ground by ground

Melbourne Cricket Ground

World Cup fixtures: India vs Pakistan | England vs Group B runner-up | Afghanistan vs New Zealand | Afghanistan vs Group B runner-up | Australia vs England | India vs Group B winner | Final

The MCG, which hosted a number of important matches this season, including the championship game, had the highest run rate (8.30), no doubt aided by the presence of Glenn Maxwell and Marcus Stoinis in the lineup for the Melbourne Stars, but the lowest run-to-battlefield percentage (49.5%). Additionally, it bowls the most overs with spin.

Hussey’s take: “Generally the pitch at the MCG is a very, very favourable, batter friendly, easy-paced batting pitch. The boundary sizes are your friend dead straight [as a batter], whereas square either side of the field is, of course, quite big. Bowlers use a lot of change-ups and a lot of slower balls into the pitch, so the teams are hitting to the big square boundaries to eliminate the boundary options. However, when you’re playing as a batter, you’ve just got to pretty much hit the gaps and run very, very hard. And when you get that full ball, take it on and hit the ball dead straight and use the shorter boundaries to your advantage.

“Spin is a huge part. Legspinners can generally drag the ball down to force a batter to hit to the bigger sides. Teams can go into the death overs by taking as many wickets as possible [through spin], so that nullifies the death overs.”

Sydney Cricket Ground

World Cup fixtures: Australia vs New Zealand | Bangladesh vs South Africa | India vs Group A runner-up | New Zealand vs Group A winner | Pakistan vs South Africa | England vs Group A winner | 1st semi-final

The MCG, which is the fastest scoring ground, both wristspin (7.42 runs per over) and fingerspin (7.05) have slightly worse statistics than the Gabba.

Hussey’s take: “It’s a bit of a new-ball pitch. Batters have to be a little bit more circumspect up front and respect the new ball by playing good cricket shots, try to conserve wickets and cash in in the middle overs and towards the end of the innings. But it’s always a good cricket pitch. The boundary sizes are a bit bigger than you might think. They’re definitely bigger straight, and if you’re going to take a risk hitting straight, you’ve got to really get it. Teams try and target one or two bowlers and try and get them out of the attack to force the opposition to bowl a part-timer, who they also target as well.

“Generally over extra cover or over midwicket, it is probably the shortest part of the boundaries. Depending on which pitch you’re playing on, playing bang in the middle, the boundaries are quite large. People don’t realise that when they’re out there or watching on TV. You’ve just got to try and hit to your areas of strength and play a lot of good cricket shots along the ground to maximise runs that way.”

Adelaide Oval

World Cup fixtures: Group B winner vs Group A runner-up | Bangladesh vs India | New Zealand vs Group B runner-up | Australia vs Afghanistan | South Africa vs Group A runner-up | Bangladesh vs Pakistan | 2nd semi-final

With the exception of fingerspin’s economy rate (7.53), which is the highest among the metrics examined here, this field ranks in the middle of the pack for most of the metrics. However, overall, this field differs only slightly from most of the other venues.

Hussey’s take: “It’s a good cricket pitch. Generally, more of a batter-friendly pitch, but at the end of the innings, when you’re bowling at the death, because the straight boundaries are so long, you generally bowl very, very full and target the stumps or target wide balls. As a batting group, you try and go pretty hard the whole way through and target a couple of bowlers. With spin, generally, it turns there too. And if the spinner gets on top of you, it makes the death bowling so much harder to face for the batting teams generally, a high-scoring game of cricket there. It’s always a good outfield.

“Spinners always try and get batters lbw and bowled because if you go too wide, the square boundaries are so short, they generally get cut or pulled for four or six at will. You’ve pretty much got to bowl dead straight.”

Perth Stadium

World Cup fixtures: Afghanistan vs England | Australia vs Group A winner | Pakistan vs Group B winner | Pakistan vs Group A runner-up | India vs South Africa

Perth has only hosted six T20 matches throughout the period covered by this data because of Western Australia’s extremely restricted border during the pandemic. It has the highest percentage of runs in boundaries (at 57.5%) but the lowest total run rate (Geelong’s from three games is lower) among the six classic grounds. The chasing team has had trouble in this small sample, suffering five losses in six games.

Hussey’s take: “Same dimensions as the MCG. It’s an unusual pitch because sometimes it goes through very, very quickly and it takes probably an over or two to get used to the pace and the bounce. Sometimes in the first six overs, you can get panned everywhere and then drag it back in the middle through spin and through the use of the quicks, bowling a lot of short stuff [then] the players are hitting to the longer boundaries [square]. So use the conditions and the boundaries to your advantage as the bowling team.

“If you’re batting, generally use the pace to your advantage. Lots of late cuts, lots of deflections down past the wicketkeeper or fine leg for four, and if you’re going to play the pull shot, try and get your hands above the ball and try to keep it on the ground and hit the gaps, because the outfield is so fast that you get a lot of value for runs for good cricket shots. It’s not too dissimilar to the old WACA style of play.”

Brisbane Cricket Ground

World Cup fixtures: Bangladesh vs Group B winner | Australia vs Group B runner-up | Afghanistan vs Group A winner | England vs New Zealand

The Gabba, which has the second-lowest boundary percentage behind the MCG, may be challenging for pace in T20 because spin economy (6.85) is the most different from pace economy (8.65). The data also corroborates Hussey’s claim that wristspin at the ground has the lowest economy among the venues, as he makes below. It is the only World Cup venue without a single century in the previous two years, excluding Geelong.

Hussey’s take: “The Gabba is probably the best batting pitch in Australia for white-ball cricket. Easy-paced. It’s just a beautiful batting pitch. So if you’re bowling, it’s wide yorkers, lots of slower balls into the pitch, and not too dissimilar to the MCG, get the batters hitting to the biggest sides of the ground, using the boundaries as your friend. As a batter, you might miss a ball or have one or two dot balls but you can always cash in later in the over. The boundaries are pretty small straight or to one side they are pretty small, so you can really target them, but also because the pitch is so true, you can generally take a big risk with the bat and get away with it.

“Wristspin is probably the best spin to bowl up there. A bit more overspin, a bit more bounce, and the ball can actually turn up there too, which is a bit of a bonus. But there’s a lot of batters, who have had lots of success up there playing spin, playing a lot of reverse sweeps and chipping the ball in the gaps, and because the pitches are true, you can actually take that risk. A spinner might bowl exceptionally well and still go for 40 off their four overs, so it’s an incredibly hard place to bowl, but it’s a beautiful place to bat.”

Bellerive Oval, Hobart

World Cup fixtures: Scotland vs West Indies | Ireland vs Zimbabwe | Ireland vs Scotland | West Indies vs Zimbabwe | Ireland vs West Indies | Scotland vs Zimbabwe | Group A winner vs Group B runner-up | Bangladesh vs Group A runner-up | South Africa vs Group B winner

Not just because holding matches there in October runs the danger of some fairly chilly days and evenings, but you might also not want to be a wristspinner in Hobart. With an economy rate of 8.76, it boasts by far the highest wristspinners. The MCG comes in second with a rate of 7.59, more than a run higher per over. It’s fascinating to notice that Hobart Hurricanes signed BBL draught pick and legspinner Shadab Khan. However, Fingerspin performs a little bit better, with an economy rate of 7.30.

Hussey’s take: “Batter-friendly. Just go hard from ball one. Rarely going to get bowled out very small boundaries on both sides of the ground and generally one end is pretty small too. And if that end is with the breeze, you are on a hiding to nothing. It feels like a 30-metre boundary. If you’re batting, go hard from ball one and you end up getting about 200-plus. But with the ball, whatever your plan is to that batter, you’ve got to execute and use the breeze to your advantage because it’s such a blowy outdoor stadium. It’s exceptionally hard to defend.

“If the batter can move around the crease at the end of the innings, you generally get the odd full toss and then they change their plan. So as a batter, you have to move around your crease a bit to sort of stuff up the bowler’s area of expertise of execution.”

Simonds Stadium, Geelong

World Cup fixtures: Namibia vs Sri Lanka | Netherlands vs UAE | Namibia vs Netherlands | Sri Lanka vs UAE | Netherlands vs Sri Lanka | Namibia vs UAE

The overall statistics for this piece do not include this ground because it has only held three matches in the past two years, but in those games, runs have only came at a rate of 7.52 per over.

Hussey’s take: “It’s pretty much like Hobart actually Very small, straight, Very small one side. The pitch is unusual because it’s a drop-in pitch and sometimes they are batter-friendly and sometimes they’re not. Generally it’s on the slower side. It’s an odd-shaped ground and a lot of wide yorkers are bowled there to make the batter hit to the longer side of the ground. One side of the ground is really big, so you’ve got to try and force the batters to hit that side. But as a batter, you’ve got to move around the crease and target the shorter sides as much as you possibly can. And when you get that full toss or that half-tracker, you’ve got to hit it into the stands because you can probably get four sixes an over off any bowler if you target them correctly.”

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England Vs New Zealand: Dawid Malan is happy to help England

England Vs New Zealand: The 35-year-old had released down to seven in the first T20 before moving back up the order in Canberra. Dawid Malan maintained he is unfazed at shuffling down the batting order if the condition dictates after emphasizing his position to England cricket as they wrapped up a T20 series win over Australia. The insight of Malan being a slow starter might have led to him plummeting down to seven on Sunday as England twisted to their middle-order dashers after Jos Buttler and Alex Hales had laid a platform.

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Dawid Malan is happy to help England.
Dawid Malan is happy to help England.

But he was in his natural home at a chilly Manuka Oval in Canberra and anchored England’s innings as they healthier from 54 for four to 178 for seven, enough for an eight-run conquest to go 2-0 up with one to play. Malan’s 82 off 49 balls, counting seven fours and four sixes, relied on timing over all-out aggression against a full-strength Australia attack and was extra special on his 50th T20 arrival for England.

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However, he denied he had an opinion to prove at the outset, indicating he has enthused down the line-up in the past – most notably against the West Indies and South Africa at last year’s T20 World Cup. “I texture like I’ve shown my view a hell of a lot before,” said Malan, the former top-ranked T20 batter in the world, now at sixth. “Finally, the way this squad is balanced, if we get to a sure stage in the game, I think everybody’s very supple in the way they’re going to bat.

“It was similar at the last T20 World Cup, we chop and change depending on whether we want a certain player in at a sure time, especially if we get a good start.”

If Malan is calm about the need to familiarize themselves with T20s, the 35-year-old is less understanding about the England and Wales Cricket Board’s central contracts, which were proclaimed earlier this week. Malan was dropped to a lower incremental band, having lost his Test spot after last winter’s Ashes, while Chris Jordan, England’s leading T20 wicket-taker of all-time, no longer has any type of ECB deal.

The present structure introduced last year makes no difference between the red and white-ball formats with all players now in a single list and on an internal pay gage, but there continues to be greater weight given to presentations in Test cricket which Malan textures are unfair.

“There’s a somewhat strange system with the astringent system,”

said Malan. “Hopefully white-ball cricket can get recognized as Test match cricket does.

Dawid Malan

“We’d like to be satisfied for our presentations for England, that’s what agreements are for, and if you’re ranked top-five in the world for three years, you’d hope you get documented with a white-ball contract.

“You have players here who have been leading wicket-takers in the history of the game for England who doesn’t have a contract but those are choices I don’t make.”

Dawid Malan
Dawid Malan

England T20 World Cup Player Malan shared a 92 run-stand in 52 balls with Moeen Ali, who donated 44 from 27 deliveries in the company, to lift England to what seemed a competitive total at halfway. Australia needed 34 off the last three overs, with Tim David on 40 off 21 balls, but the overhyped finisher was out two deliveries later after being bowled about his legs by Sam Curran, who took 3 for 25.

The 24-year-old left-arm has bowled the 18th and 20th overs in the last two competitions and made crucial interferences on both occasions, suggesting he could be primed for the role at the T20 World Cup.

“As a bowler, you get judged in those tough overs and moments and he’s been standing up consistently for a young kid whose still discovery his way in international cricket,”

said Malan. “I deduce that’s what happens when you play in franchise competitions and IPL and around the world; you get put in those pressure situations and you’re foreseeable to deliver. To know more about England T20 World Cup Tickets click here.

England T20 World Cup Player Ben Stokes 

While Ben Stokes made his second succeeding single-figure score, he showed his all-round pedigree by taking the wicket of Mitch Marsh, having already shown a terrific piece of athletic fielding, catching in mid-air before offloading back on to the field before his impetus took him over the rope. “He’s a freak, isn’t he,” added Malan.

“For a guy who’s got a dodgy knee to move as he does is implausible. He puts everything on the line, he always has done and he’s a bizarre asset for England.”

England Vs New Zealand: Black Caps keen to go one better at T20 World Cup – New Zealand team showing

New Zealand fell at the final hurdle last year when losing to Australia in an exciting title decider at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Dubai but has a squad accomplished of going one step further this time around.

Squad

Kane Williamson (c), Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Mitchell Santner, Glenn Phillips, Jimmy Neesham, Daryl Mitchell, Adam Milne, Martin Guptill, Lachlan Ferguson, Devon Conway, Mark Chapman, Michael Bracewell, Trent Boult, Finn Allen.

Kane Williamson (c)
Kane Williamson (c)

Best finish at the competition

Runner-Up (2021)

It was a case of so near, yet so far for Kane Williamson’s side as New Zealand were compressed by their arch-rival Australia in last year’s T20 World Cup Final in Dubai. New Zealand had swept into the knockout phases with just one loss to their name and Daryl Mitchell was the hero in the semi-final against England with an undefeated 72 to guide the Kiwis home. It was a different story in the decider against the Aussies, with New Zealand’s total of 172/4 raced down with more than an over to spare as Australia settled their maiden T20 WC title.

Results in the last 10 T20I games

(Most recent first) W W W L L W W W W W 

Fixtures

22 October: v Australia
26 October: v Afghanistan
29 October: v Group A winner
1 November: v England
4 November: v Group B runner-up

Key match

v England – November 1

By the time the Kiwis’ penultimate group match comes around, the semi-final image is sure to be much clearer and this clash could prove essential for both sides’ chances of reaching the knockout stages. England is ranked second on the current T20I team rankings and New Zealand will need to keep Jos Buttler and co-quiet if they want to triumph in this one. England is sure to be out for retaliation for their semi-final defeat to New Zealand at last year’s T20 World Cup and all eyes will be on The Gabba to see which team can hold their courage best.

Key player

 New Zealand T20 World Cup Bowler Trent Boult 

The left-arm pacer is more than accomplished in making early inroads with the new ball and this was evident at last year’s edition as he helped himself to the most wickets (13) of any fast bowler on the occasion. Boult can move the ball both ways in the air and has shown in the past his liking the suitable circumstances in Australia. The Kiwis will once again be looking for Boult to make a couple of early advances as it allows their other bowlers to attack more during the mid-overs.

What they say

“It’s countless to have this competition so soon after last year’s event in which we played approximately really good cricket, but couldn’t fairly get over the line at the end,”

New Zealand coach Gary Stead said. “With the nucleus of that team retained… we should compete with plenty of optimism.”

Trent Boult
Trent Boult

Summary

The Black Caps fell at the final obstacle last year when losing to Australia in the game of the T20 World Cup in Dubai and will be keen to go that one step further this time around. New Zealand is currently ranked fifth in the world on the team MRF Tyres T20I team positions, but recent form suggests they should be rated higher. The Kiwis have lost just two T20Is this calendar year and their new form at home in the tri-series against Pakistan and Bangladesh looks very solid.

Their top order is built around the knowledge of Martin Guptill and New Zealand T20 World Cup Skipper Kane Williamson, while the likes of Daryl Mitchell and Devon Conway continue to be undervalued by antagonistic teams. Veteran duo Trent Boult and Tim Southee win much of the plaudits for a robust bowling attack, but speedster Lockie Ferguson and left-arm tweaker Mitchell Santner are just as significant to the cause.

There are minor injury anxieties surrounding the fitness of Mitchell, Ferguson, and Adam Milne, but the Kiwis won’t be far away at the business end of the competition if they can get their best players on the park during the knockout phases of the event.

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