Kayo<\/a>\u00a0can currently sign up to a\u00a0FREE\u00a0trial.<\/p>\nWhat time does New Zealand vs. Australia 1st T20I start?<\/p>\n
This T20I match takes place at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui, Tauranga, New Zealand, and starts off on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, at 7:15 p.m.\u00a0local time (NZDT).<\/p>\n
Here’s how that time translates across Australia:<\/p>\n
\u00a0DateKickoff timeAustralian Eastern Standard TimeWed, Oct. 14:15 p.m.Australian Central Standard TimeWed, Oct. 13:45 p.m.Australian Western Standard TimeWed, Oct. 12:15 p.m.New Zealand vs. Australia predicted lineups, team news<\/p>\n
After excellent performances in the Tri-Series, southpaws Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra will continue opening the batting for the Kiwis, although Ravindra is under a concussion protocol after taking a knock in practice.<\/p>\n
Tim Seifert is New Zealand’s in-form batter and the leading run scorer with 445 runs this calendar year. He anchors a solid middle order, which also features all-rounders Daryl Mitchell and Michael Bracewell.<\/p>\n
The four-man pace attack includes Zakary Foulkes, Kyle Jamieson, Jacob Duffy and Matt Henry, supported by the wrist spin option of Ish Sodhi.<\/p>\n
New Zealand predicted XI:\u00a0Devon Conway (wk), Rachin Ravindra, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Tim Seifert, Michael Bracewell (c), Zakary Foulkes, Kyle Jamieson, Ish Sodhi, Jacob Duffy, Matt Henry.<\/p>\n
Australia have won seven of their last eight T20 matches in 2025 and should be strong favourites. However, they will miss the services of Glenn Maxwell, who suffered a fractured arm in training and has been ruled out of the series.<\/p>\n
They have an explosive opening duo of Mitchell Marsh and Travis Head, who will once again look to give the team a quick start.<\/p>\n
Allrounder\u00a0Marcus Stoinis will slot into the middle order, offering power-hitting with the bat and impactful overs with the ball. Matthew Short could replace injured Maxwell directly as an off-spin all-rounder, or the team could go with Mitchell Owen. Meanwhile, Tim David has been unstoppable this year and will be their finisher.<\/p>\n
Josh Hazlewood leads the four-man pace attack which includes Sean Abbott, Ben Dwarshius and Xavier Bartlett, supported by the specialist leg spinner Adam Zampa.<\/p>\n
Australia predicted XI:\u00a0Mitchell Marsh (c), Travis Head, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Short, Alex Carey (wk), Tim David, Sean Abbott, Ben Dwarshius, Adam Zampa, Xavier Bartlett, Josh Hazlewood.<\/p>\n
Australia tour of New Zealand 2025 schedule<\/p>\n
All times AEST<\/p>\n
First T20I:\u00a0October 1, Mount Maunganui (4:15 p.m.)Second T20I:\u00a0October 3, Mount Maunganui (4:15 p.m.)Third T20I:\u00a0October 4, Mount Maunganui (4:15 p.m.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Trans-Tasman rivalry takes centrestage as Australia travels to New Zealand for a three-match T20I series. The first…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138496,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-180277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}