England vs. New Zealand - Third Test prediction, squads, start time, Trent Bridge pitch lowdown

England volition beryllium looking for an contiguous effect aft an inexperienced broadside suffered a 253-run nonaccomplishment to New Zealand successful the 2nd Test astatine the Oval.

With the bid present tied astatine 1-1, this crippled astatine Trent Bridge is the decider and England are acceptable to invited backmost respective of their apical stars.

Match preview

The biggest quality heading into this crippled surrounds Ben Stokes, who is acceptable to skipper England erstwhile again aft helium and Gus Atkinson were made unavailable for the 2nd Test.

Stokes and Atkinson were retired astatine a London nightclub celebrating England's triumph successful the archetypal Test erstwhile an incidental led to a subordinate of the team's information unit getting struck by a Saracens rugby player.

The brace had stayed retired beyond England's midnight curfew and were stood down from the 2nd Test portion an probe was carried out.

That probe has present concluded and the ECB person stated that the pair "breached circumstantial contractual obligations that necessitate England players to astatine each times support the highest standards of behaviour and enactment successful the champion interests of England cricket", but were not to blasted for the "violent conduct.

Both players person been fixed a written informing and been named successful the squad for the decider, with Stokes taking backmost the captaincy from Joe Root.

Those returns, coupled with seamer Ollie Robinson and wicketkeeper Jamie Smith besides being available, volition travel arsenic a immense boost for England.

New Zealand, meanwhile, volition beryllium delighted with their show astatine the Oval aft suffering a 115-run decision successful the archetypal Test connected a hard Lord's pitch.

Matt Henry was outstanding, picking up 5-80 successful the archetypal innings and 6-29 successful the second, having been hampered by a hamstring contented and backmost spasms during the Lord's Test.

Henry Nicholls besides impressed aft being tasked with replacing the large Kane Williamson astatine No.3, scoring a sublime 121 successful the 2nd innings.

Batting all-rounder Glenn Phillips was the standout successful the archetypal innings, notching his maiden Test century.

However, it is worthy noting that the Kiwis person failed to bushed England successful their past 5 Tests astatine Trent Bridge, with their past triumph coming each the mode backmost successful 1986.

Squad News

England person made respective changes to their squad, with Stokes and Atkinson returning and James Rew and Sonny Baker getting dropped.

Both Rew and Baker made their debuts astatine the Oval, with Rew a precocious summation to the squad aft Smith dropped retired of the broadside owed to the commencement of his 2nd child.

23-year-old speedy Baker did okay, picking up 3-161 successful the match, portion Rew struggled down the stumps and managed scores of conscionable 24 and 15.

Smith volition travel backmost into the broadside arsenic wicketkeeper, portion Stokes is acceptable to regenerate Jordan Cox astatine No.7.

Robinson is acceptable to beryllium acceptable aft missing the 2nd Test with a genu contented and is expected to vie with Atkinson for a spot successful the seam onslaught alongside Jofra Archer, Josh Tongue and Stokes.

England could besides callback Shoaib Bashir, having gone without a spinner for the Oval Test.

New Zealand are apt to support religion with the aforesaid broadside that won the 2nd Test, with skipper Tom Latham and Devon Conway continuing their concern astatine the apical of the order.

Nicholls, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell and Phillips volition marque up the mediate order.

Henry volition proceed starring a fearsome bowling attack, with enactment from Kyle Jamieson, Will O'Rourke and Nathan Smith.

England squad:

Ben Stokes (c), Rehan Ahmed, Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Shoaib Bashir, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook, Jordan Cox (wk), Ben Duckett, Matthew Fisher, Emilio Gay, Ollie Robinson, Joe Root, Jamie Smith (wk), Josh Tongue

New Zealand squad:

Tom Latham (c), Tom Blundell (wk), Devon Conway, Zak Foulkes, Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, Daryl Mitchell, Henry Nicholls, Will O'Rourke, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, Nathan Smith, Blair Tickner, Will Young

When volition the 3rd England vs New Zealand Test start?

The lucifer is scheduled to get underway astatine 11:00am section clip connected Thursday morning.

Trent Bridge transportation update

In the astir caller Test astatine Trent Bridge, England racked up 565-5 declared with Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope each scoring centuries successful an innings triumph implicit Zimbabwe.

We besides saw some sides people much than 400 successful the 2024 Test betwixt England and the West Indies, portion some England and New Zealand scored much than 500 successful their archetypal innings successful 2022 truthful it is just to accidental Trent Bridge is simply a bully crushed for batting.

However, rotation did play a large relation successful the latest County Championship lucifer astatine Trent Bridge, which saw Nottinghamshire bushed Essex by an innings and 52 runs.

Left-arm spinner Liam Patterson-White picked up lucifer figures of 9-109 for Nottinghamshire, portion Essex off-spinner Simon Harmer picked up 5-165.

We say: England to win

England volition person a overmuch stronger and much experienced broadside for this Test, which should mean they get the win.

However, New Zealand volition beryllium afloat of assurance aft their triumph astatine the Oval and it remains to beryllium seen what effect the off-field issues volition person connected England.