This is set to be the second men’s T20I between New Zealand and the Netherlands; the Black Caps won their inaugural meeting by six wickets at the 2014 ICC World T20.
New Zealand have lost their last four men’s T20Is in succession; the last time the Black Caps went on a longer losing run in the format was a six-match span from February to November in 2018.
The Netherlands are winless in their last five men’s T20Is (T1, L4); they had won 11 of their 13 matches in the format prior to that span (L2).
This will be New Zealand’s fifth men’s T20I at McLean Park; the Black Caps have logged two victories and two defeats from their previous four matches at the venue in the format.
The Netherlands have won 41 men’s T20Is, the most of any non-Test playing country in the history of the format.
New Zealand have hit 209 sixes in men’s T20Is since the beginning of 2020, the third most of any team in that time (West Indies – 359 and England – 236).
New Zealand have a bowling dot ball percentage of 41% in men’s T20Is since the beginning of 2020, the second-best rate of any Test playing country in that time (Bangladesh – 42%).
Max O’Dowd (9) is one away from becoming the first player to reach 10 scores of 50+ for the Netherlands in men’s T20Is; he has scored 50+ in two of his last three T20I innings (51, 70, 2).
Martin Guptill (New Zealand) has scored 560 runs during the powerplay in men’s T20Is since the beginning of 2020, the second most by any player from a Test playing country in that time (Mohammad Rizwan – 583); Guptill’s 30 sixes in that time are most of any player in this regard.
Ish Sodhi (New Zealand) has a bowling dot ball percentage of 42.9% during the death overs (17th-20th) of men’s T20Is since the beginning of 2020, the third best rate of any player from a Test playing country (min. 6 overs bowled) in that time (Wanindu Hasaranga – 51.7% and Joshua Little – 43.1%).