Australia vs New Zealand is on Saturday October 22 at 6pm AEST, 8am BST, midday PKT, 12:30pm IST, 7pm NZST, 3am ET and midnight PT. The qualifying round is over, the Super 12 begins and here's how to watch Australia vs New Zealand on a live stream (or boring old broadcast TV) in the first 'proper' game of the T20i World Cup. Shortly after that finishes, there's more short-form cricket mayhem to enjoy, so don't go away…
Here's how to live stream and watch England vs Afghanistan, but before we get onto that, here are my predictions, for what they're worth. New Zealand to squeak past an Australian side packed with great players, many of whom are not quite that good at T20. England to struggle far more than they should in the face of Afghanistan's mystery spinners and aggressive batsmen, including the hard-hitting Zadran brothers. Losing the first game of a World Cup where only the top two out of two groups of six of the world's top 12 sides go through is not necessarily the end of the world… but it's not great, is it?
In the qualifying round, teams seemed to be struggling to chase but Australia are clearly not phased by that. They won the toss and went for the industry-standard choice of bowling first. New Zealand promptly scored 200/3 so perhaps that wasn’t quite the greatest idea Aussie captain Aaron Finch has ever had.
I always think the team batting first in a top-class T20 game nowadays is obliged to come out at score at 10+ per over in the power play. That’s just what New Zealand did, and apart from a little bit of a middle-overs lull, they carried right on. I can’t say I’m very familiar with NZ’s young opener Finn Allen but he cleaned up the holy trinity of Starc, Hazelwood and Cummins, racing to 42 off 16 balls as he and the old stager Conway put on 50 in less than 4 overs. They were 125/2 after 13 overs, even though Kane Williamson (23 off 23 balls) barely got started. Sky’s predictor at that point was saying 200, and for possibly the first time in history, that turned out to be perfectly correct.
I think I may have been a little timid in saying that NZ would squeak past Australia because at the end of the power play, they are walking it. Australia have struggled to 37/3 and need to score at 11.7 per over for the rest of this game. There is still a tonne of batting to come for the Aussies though so it’s not over yet by any means. That being said, I fully expect them to lose, so there’s that.
UPDATE: Yeah, the Kiwis walloped ‘em. Australia lose by 89 runs with nearly 3 overs left. That’s as comprehensive a victory as you’ll ever see in a T20i between two top sides. Australia were never in it.
Here's how to watch Australia vs New Zealand in the T20 World Cup in the UK, Australia, NZ, South Asia, the USA and elsewhere. There are various live stream options and if you're out of the country and can't access your preferred domestic broadcaster, you can use a VPN to bypass geo-restrictions. Scroll down to the bottom of this guide for more info on this. We also have a regularly updated guide to how to watch the cricket T20 World Cup including free options, on a live stream. It's essentially the same as this, but with more generic words at the top.
When is Australia vs New Zealand in the T20 World Cup?
We're happy to help. Australia vs New Zealand starts on Saturday October 22 at 6pm AEST, 8am BST, midday PKT, 12:30pm IST, 7pm NZST, 3am ET and midnight PT.
Afghanistan vs England starts on Saturday October 22 at 10pm AEST, midday BST, 4pm PKT, 4:30pm IST, 11pm NZST, 7am ET and 4am PT.
All this is subject to rain, of which there may be rather a lot. Tragically, much of Australia currently resembles Atlantis and while we've been lucky with the weather so far in the T20 cricket, our luck can't last forever.
Can you stream how to watch Australia vs New Zealand in the T20 World Cup for FREE?
Yes you can! If you live in Pakistan, or indeed, outside of Pakistan and don't mind the commentary being in Urdu, a number of games are free to watch on state broadcaster PTV Sports. Hooray for public service broadcasting!
Australia's games, plus the semis and final, are free on Channel 9 in Australia, including via its 9Now streaming service. Here, the commentary will be more or less in English. Alternatively, you can watch every World Cup game for free for 14 days, with a free trial of Kayo Sports. Unfortunately, the World Cup goes on for longer than 14 days, but you can't have everything for free in life.
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How to watch Australia vs New Zealand in the T20 cricket World Cup if you're abroad
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