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New Zealand Playing XI: Predicted Lineup and Batting Order

New Zealand v India, Wed 18 Nov, 22:00: the last XI stands until the toss confirms one

Updated , after the England game

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1 Tom Latham New Zealand Tom Latham Keeper, batted 1 155 220 balls 2 Devon Conway New Zealand Devon Conway Keeper, batted 2 162 240 balls 3 Henry Nicholls New Zealand Henry Nicholls Batter, batted 3 52 89 balls 4 Rachin Ravindra New Zealand Rachin Ravindra All-rounder, batted 4 101 171 balls 5 W New Zealand William O'Rourke Bowler, batted 5 19 41 balls 6 Daryl Mitchell New Zealand Daryl Mitchell All-rounder, batted 6 111 274 balls 7 Tom Blundell New Zealand Tom Blundell Keeper, batted 7 48 91 balls 8 Mitchell Santner New Zealand Mitchell Santner All-rounder, batted 8 4 15 balls 9 Nathan Smith New Zealand Nathan Smith All-rounder, batted 9 7 33 balls 10 Z New Zealand Zakary Foulkes Bowler, batted 9 6 41 balls 11 Blair Tickner New Zealand Blair Tickner Bowler, batted 10 4* 6 balls 12 Ben Sears New Zealand Ben Sears Bowler, batted 11 19 41 balls
Last Test: New Zealand won by 160 runs, 25 Jun 2026. The scorecard →

New Zealand Batting Order

Who batted where over the last 20 Tests, and the runs there

PositionInnsAvgSRAlso
1Tom Latham 18 68.1 53.8 D. Conway (1), W. Young (1)
2Devon Conway 16 70.5 59.0 W. Young (4)
3Kane Williamson 12 79.5 55.0 W. Young (3), H. Nicholls (3)
4Rachin Ravindra 17 72.6 63.5 H. Nicholls (1), K. Williamson (1)
5Daryl Mitchell 14 55.6 52.5 R. Ravindra (3), W. Young (2)
6Tom Blundell 14 39.3 59.2 D. Mitchell (3), M. Hay (1)
7Glenn Phillips 12 45.4 70.7 T. Blundell (4), M. Bracewell (2)
8Mitchell Santner 5 37.8 64.9 N. Smith (5), G. Phillips (3)
9Matt Henry 5 27.6 85.2 T. Southee (4), Z. Foulkes (4)
10Tim Southee 5 19.6 94.2 A. Patel (5), M. Henry (4)
11William O'Rourke 11 4.3 10.1 B. Sears (2), J. Duffy (1)
Inns is how often each batted there. A player who did not bat is left out.

New Zealand Selections

Every player New Zealand picked in the last 20 Tests, the most first

PlayerXIBatsLast
Rachin Ravindra 20/20 4 XI
Tom Blundell 19/20 6 XI
Tom Latham 18/20 1 XI
Devon Conway 17/20 2 XI
Daryl Mitchell 17/20 5 XI
Glenn Phillips 15/20 7 -
William O'Rourke 14/20 11 XI
Kane Williamson 13/20 3 -
Matt Henry 13/20 9 -
Will Young 11/20 2 -
Tim Southee 10/20 10 -
Mitchell Santner 8/20 8 XI
Nathan Smith 8/20 8 XI
Ajaz Patel 7/20 10 -
Zakary Foulkes 6/20 9 XI
5/20 7 -
Henry Nicholls 4/20 3 XI
Jacob Duffy 4/20 3 -
Blair Tickner 3/20 10 XI
Ben Sears 3/20 11 XI
Scott Kuggeleijn 2/20 8 -
Kyle Jamieson 2/20 9 -
Michael Rae 2/20 10 -
Mitchell Hay 1/20 6 -
Dean Foxcroft 1/20 7 -
Ish Sodhi 1/20 8 -
Neil Wagner 1/20 10 -
1/20 - -
Matthew Fisher 1/20 - -

New Zealand Test Lineups Questions

What is New Zealand's predicted XI against India?

Until the toss, New Zealand's last XI stands as the predicted one, from 25 Jun 2026 against England: Tom Latham, Devon Conway, Henry Nicholls, Rachin Ravindra, William O'Rourke, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell, Mitchell Santner, Nathan Smith, Zakary Foulkes, Blair Tickner, Ben Sears.

Who opens the batting for New Zealand?

Over the last 20 Tests, Tom Latham batted at one 18 times and Devon Conway at two 16 times.

Who bats at three for New Zealand?

Kane Williamson, 12 times in the last 20 Tests, then Will Young (3).

Who has played every Test for New Zealand recently?

Rachin Ravindra played all of New Zealand's last 20 Tests.