The opening game of the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup is now underway as England take on New Zealand at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, India. New Zealand won the toss and elected to bowl and will have been delighted with their performance, restricting England to 282-9 from their 50 overs.
Joe Root was the pick of the England batsmen as he made 77 from deliveries, while Matt Henry, Trent Boulet, Mitchell Santner, Rachin Ravindra and Glenn Phillips shared the wickets.
Adil Rashid and Mark Wood added 30 from 26 balls at the end which could be crucial. Can the reigning champions claim the victory or will the Black Caps chase down the total?
The match is airing for FREE in Australia on the 9Now streaming service. But don't worry if you're on holiday while it's on — because you can watch ENG vs NZ live streams on 9Now from anywhere with a VPN.
Free stream: 9Now (AUS)
US: Willow Sports (via Sling TV)
UK: Sky Sports
AU: Kayo Sports | Foxtel Sports
How to use a VPN to watch any stream
Four years ago at Lord’s, an inspired innings from Ben Stokes and a dramatic Super Over saw England defeat New Zealand to lift the World Cup trophy. The holders will once again be able to call upon Stokes as the destructive left-hander has come out of ODI retirement to play.
However, Stokes is unlikely to feature in the opening game due to injury but England still have an extremely strong squad to pick from. Dawid Malan is one of the world’s best ODI batters, while in Buttler, Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone and Jonny Bairstow they possess players capable of scoring runs at an incredible rate. Captain Moeen Ali also has options with his bowling attack that includes the guile of Adil Rashid and the searing pace of Mark Wood.
It's not quite so rosy for New Zealand despite their good warm-up win over South Africa as captain Kane Williamson will miss the opening game against England owing to injury. Veteran bowlers Tim Southee and Trent Boult will lead the attack, while Devon Conway and Tom Latham both have excellent records with the bat in ODI cricket. Young all-rounder Rachin Ravindra has also impressed since breaking into the side earlier this year.
Line-ups
England: Bairstow, Malan, Root, Brook, Buttler (c/wk), Livingstone, Ali, Curran, Woakes, Rashid, Wood.
New Zealand: Young, Conway, Ravindra, Mitchell, Latham (c/wk), Phillips, Chapman, Neesham, Santner, Ravindra, Henry, Boult.
Here’s how to get an England vs New Zealand live stream and watch the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 online from anywhere in the world.
How to watch ENG vs NZ in Australia
While Fox has the rights to air the entire Cricket World Cup in 2023, free-to-air Channel 9 will be broadcasting 18 matches form the tournament, including England vs New Zealand, along with all Australia games, the semis and the final. All Channel 9 games are also free to watch on the 9Now streaming service.
If you're an Aussie trying to access 9Now while outside Australia, you might want to try a VPN to allow you to watch from abroad.
As for the rest of the ICC World Cup, you can get Fox on both Kayo Sports (from $25 per month) or on Foxtel. You can find all of the Foxtel plans here.
How to watch England vs New Zealand in the US
If you're a cricket fan in the US, you probably know what we're about to say here: to watch the England vs New Zealand game and the rest of the Cricket World Cup, you'll need to use Willow TV.
Willow TV, and Willow Xtra, are two cable channels that are often considered the home of cricket in the US. If you don't have a cable plan that includes the channels, though, there's still a way to watch.
That's because the live TV streaming service Sling TV, which lets you stream cable channels over the internet. Best of all, there's no need to subscribe to a full Sling package to watch the cricket. In the Desi TV offers page, you'll find the Willow TV-only deal for $10 per month only. No long contract. Cancel at any time.
How to watch England vs New Zealand in the UK
The UK broadcaster for the Cricket World Cup is Sky, so to watch an England vs New Zealand live stream you'll need to subscribe to Sky Sports. The game starts at 9.30am and will be shown on both Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Cricket.
Sky Sports costs £56 per month — that's £29 for the base Sky Entertainment & Netflix plan and another £27 for the Sky Sports add-on. This is on a 31-day rolling contract too, and you can save £5 in total per month if you opt for an 18-month contract instead.
How to watch ENG vs NZ from anywhere with a VPN
You can watch England vs New Zealand on any of the streaming services above by using a VPN – no matter where you are in the world!
Normally a streaming service will know where you are trying to tune in from and block you if you're not in the right country but a Virtual Private Network (VPN) is an app that hides your location. That means you can access your usual sports and entertainment services even while you're traveling abroad.
Our favorite VPN is ExpressVPN, which is the No. 1-rated VPN in the world right now according to our sister site, TechRadar.
How to use a VPN to watch any stream
- Download the app at ExpressVPN
- Choose the location of the streaming service you want to watch (UK, US, etc)
- Navigate to the streaming service and start watching!
What time does the match begin?
England vs New Zealand begins at 1.30am PT / 4.30am ET / 9.30am BST / 7.30pm AEDT on Thursday 5th October 2023.
