Saqib Mahmood debuts as England seek to build on opening win

England won the draw and chose to play against New Zealand

Saqib Mahmood, the fast thrower of Lancashire, had the opportunity to make his debut in the second game of the T20I against New Zealand in Wellington, while England seeks to secure his victory of seven victories in the first match on Friday in Christchurch.

Saqib, whose natural attributes of fast bowling earned him 28 wickets at 18:50 in the Lancashire Royal London's 50-year campaign last summer, enters the original eleven instead of Tom Curran, who rested to manage his return of a secondary voltage.

"He's a guy who offers some calm and calm in high pressure situations a bit in front and at the end," said Eoin Morgan, captain of England, after Saqib received his cap of former drummer and Lancashire Sky Sports commentator David Lloyd. .

"It's something you dream about when you were a child," Saqib told Sky Sports before the match started. "I still have to pinch myself to start in about an hour."

"Morgs told me yesterday, he was taking a nap in the afternoon and he sent me an SMS to tell me the good news."

Morgan won the draw and decided to play his second consecutive game. He hoped it would be the same after his first lap.

"We expect the Black Caps to come back strong, so we're looking forward to a good competitive game," said Morgan, confirming that Saqib was the only change on the side, meaning Dawid Malan will reopen with Jonny Bairstow. "Sounds good, but it's a different step, so it's a different challenge."

"It was a very successful game here last year, so I hope we can get a good score on the board and defend it," said Tim Southee, New Zealand captain, who confirmed that James Neesham would come by his side instead of Scott Kuggeleijn

With Sam Curran, Pat Brown and Lewis Gregory making their T20I debut in the first game of the five-game series, the selection of Saqib means that all players, topless, of the team, with the exception of two of them, have now been bloodied. Somerset starter Tom Banton and teammate Saqib in Lancashire Matt Parkinson will have to wait their turn.

New Zealand: 1 Martin Guptill, 2 Colin Munro, 3 Tim Seifert (week), 4 Ross Taylor, 5 Grandma Colin, 6 Daryl Mitchell, 7 Mitchell Santner, 8 James Neesham, 9 Tim Southee (Capt), 10 Lockie Ferguson , 11 Ish Sodhi

England: 1 Dawid Malan, 2 Jonny Bairstow, 3 James Vince, 4 Eoin Morgan (Capt), 5 Sam Billings (Week), 6 Lewis Gregory, 7 Sam Curran, 8 Chris Jordan, 9 Saqib Mahmood, 10 Adil Rashid, 11 Pat Brown