England vs. New Zealand, Only T20: Date, Time, Live Stream, TV Info, Preview

New Zealand wrap up their tour of England with a one-off Twenty20 match at Old Trafford on Tuesday.

The two nations have served up a feast of cricket so far at the start of the English summer. The Test leg finished level at 1-1, and the hosts triumphed 3-2 in the subsequent one-day series.

Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Time: 6:30 p.m. BST

Venue: Old Trafford, Manchester

Live stream and TV info: Sky Sports (UK), SKY Sport (New Zealand), SuperSport (South Africa), STAR Sport (India) and NowTV (UK streaming service).

Weather: The forecast is clear for Tuesday evening, per BBC Weather, with no threat of rain to dampen proceedings.

Overview

England's limited-overs players will be eager to make the most of one last chance to impress before the start of the Ashes against Australia in Cardiff on July 8.

Eoin Morgan's squad succeeded in winning an ODI series on home soil for the first time since 2012, defeating a team who reached the final of the Cricket World Cup earlier this year in the process.

Interim head coach Paul Farbrace has dangled the carrot by suggesting performances in 50- and 20-over cricket can lead to Test recognition, per Ali Martin of the Guardian:

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The reason we’ve played Ben Stokes in this one-day side is because the more he plays international cricket, the better for him—and that applies to everybody.

They should all want to play Test cricket, and if they keep putting in performances they’ll be getting very close to it.

There’s absolutely no reason why Morgan can’t play Test cricket. He’s a fantastic player and played brilliantly through this series.

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The selectors named a T20 squad that includes five uncapped players, though three of them—Sam Billings, David Willey and Mark Wood—were all involved in the recent one-day matches.

The two fresh faces are Essex left-arm seamer Reece Topley and Hampshire batsman James Vince.

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Since the squad was initially announced, Jonny Bairstow has also been added, reported by Cricbuzz, following his match-winning knock of 83 not out in the deciding ODI at Durham on Saturday.

Yorkshireman Bairstow was drafted in at late notice to take over behind the stumps as first-choice wicketkeeper Jos Buttler was ruled out with a hand injury.

New Zealand, meanwhile, will be eager to finish with a flourish before heading home, even though they are without injured duo Corey Anderson and Trent Boult.

Andrew Mathieson was summoned from club cricket in England to strengthen the squad's bowling options—he made his international debut in the fifth one-dayer.

The Kiwis have won three of the last four completed matches against England in the shortest format, with their most recent victory coming at the ICC World Twenty20 in Bangladesh last year.

Key players

England

Opener Jason Roy failed to fire at the top of the batting order in the recent 50-over games, managing 98 runs in five innings. His best score for England so far is 39.

However, the Surrey player has a strike rate of 140.26 in T20 cricket at domestic level. The management team will be patient with the young players selected, but Roy will still be eager to make a mark.

New Zealand

Kane Williamson was outstanding in the one-day series—no player on either side scored more than his final tally of 396 runs.

He has a classical technique and may not be best known for his feats in the T20 game, but the right-handed batsman is in excellent form right now.

Squads

England

Eoin Morgan (captain), Jonny Bairstow (wicketkeeper), Sam Billings, Jos Buttler (wicketkeeper), Steven Finn, Alex Hales, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, James Vince, David Willey and Mark Wood.

New Zealand

Brendon McCullum (captain), Grant Elliott, Martin Guptill, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Andrew Mathieson, Mitchell McClenaghan, Nathan McCullum, Adam Milne, Luke Ronchi (wicketkeeper), Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor and Kane Williamson.

England and New Zealand squads as reported by ESPN Cricinfo.