So here are a selection of other headlines on the BBC Sport website.

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Rugby union: France lock Pascal Pape will miss the remainder of the Six Nations after being handed a 10-week ban for kneeing Ireland's Jamie Heaslip in the back during last weekend's game in Dublin.

Cycling: Great Britain's women were beaten as Australia broke the world record by nearly three seconds in the Track World Championships team pursuit final.

Cricket: New Zealand women beat England by six wickets in the second Twenty20 in Whangarei to level the series at 1-1.

Snooker: Wales' Mark Williams beats world number six Judd Trump 4-1 to reach the quarter-finals of the Welsh Open in Cardiff.

Football: Feyenoord fans clashed with police before their 1-1 Europa League draw with Roma in the Italian capital.

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Derek Pringle
Former England bowler and Daily Telegraph cricket correspondent

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"England's shirts have these dark stains like the players have been pelted in the stocks, a response some fans no doubt feel would be apt."

Former cricketer and fellow Telegraph scribe Simon Hughes added: "Not a bad performance for a country of three million people and 60 million sheep. England look like the sheep."

As always, we have a busy Friday with a number of Premier League managers set to face the media before the latest round of matches.

We are expecting to hear from the following teams throughout the day - Hull, Arsenal, West Ham, Stoke, Manchester United, Chelsea, Manchester City, Sunderland, Everton, Liverpool, Southampton, Leicester.

We will have the best quotes and breaking news as it happens so stay with us.

Shane Warne
Former Australia bowler

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"Feeling for England fans as that was a soft display. New Zealand were outstanding as Tim Southee put on an exhibition of swing bowling."

Meanwhile, Warne's former Australia team-mate and fellow bowler Glenn McGrath tweeted:, external "Sensational batting by Brendan McCullum too as the Black Caps absolutely destroy England in 12.2 overs."

Andrew Benson
BBC Sport chief F1 writer

"Friday marks the halfway point of Formula 1's 12-day pre-season testing programme, and for some that ticking clock is beginning to cause alarm bells.

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"As the likes of Ferrari, Williams and Mercedes continue clocking up the miles, McLaren's troubles continue. Thursday was another day largely lost to problems with their new Honda engine - and they already know that Fernando Alonso's mileage will be limited today, as a redesigned version of the part that stopped Jenson Button (pictured) running is not available until Saturday, so it may well fail again.

"For McLaren and Honda, time is running out. Meanwhile, Mercedes had some good news this morning. Both race drivers were unfit on Thursday, but the inflamed nerve in Nico Rosberg's neck has recovered sufficiently for him to drive as planned today. The German has also just announced that he and wife Vivian are expecting a baby girl in May. We'll provide testing updates throughout the day."

It's going to be a hectic day of sports news, but stay tuned we will have all the breaking news and reaction as it happens.

Right, where next. How about off to Barcelona? The latest day of Formula 1 testing gets under way soon. So let's hear from our chief F1 writer Andrew Benson.

Liverpool were not the only British team in action last night as Everton won, with both Tottenham and Celtic drawing their matches. All games were the first-leg ties in the last 32.

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Everton: Romelu Lukaku responded to recent fan criticism with a first Everton hat-trick in a 4-1 win against Swiss side Young Boys.

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Celtic: John Guidetti's stunning added-time goal earned Celtic a 3-3 draw against Inter Milan.

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Tottenham: Spurs face a battle to remain in the Europa League after being held to a 1-1 first-leg draw by Fiorentina at White Hart Lane.

Balotelli's actions angered his club captain Gerrard, who was working at Anfield as a pundit for ITV.

"Henderson is the captain and Balotelli showed Jordan a bit of disrespect there," said Gerrard.

"Rules are rules," he said. "Credit to Mario, he's scored, but it's not nice to see when footballers are arguing. I think Jordan has handled the situation very well."

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Liverpool were heading for a goalless draw when Jordon Ibe was bundled over in the penalty area with five minutes to go.

With injured skipper and normal penalty taker Steven Gerrard sitting in a tv studio doing analysis on the game, stand-in captain Jordan Henderson wanted to take the penalty.

But Balotelli insisted he took the penalty, much to the annoyance of Henderson and fellow striker Daniel Sturridge.

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Luckily the Italian scored, although he still came in for some criticism from the watching Gerrard afterwards.

One man who may be happy that England's cricket team are making the headlines this morning is Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli.

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The Italian scored the winner as the Reds beat Besiktas 1-0 in the first leg of their last-32 Europa League tie at Anfield last night. So why isn't Balotelli the hero? Unfortunately, not everything is as straightforward in Super Mario's world.

Some of your early comments from our match report of the England v New Zealand game.

Atlas64: Since last winter after the fallout from the dreadful Ashes series, England's demise has been of its own doing. From the inexplicable sacking of Pietersen to the appointment of Peter Moores, England have lurched from one crisis to another and this is merely an extension of those decisions. What is needed is a total change in the setup of English cricket.

GG Sinclair: As a Scot I actually see us in with half a chance of giving them a game. It does make me wonder what has happened to English cricket. Divisions in the team?

Frustrated: The game requires a complete overhaul from top to bottom. However, in order to achieve this and make it successful there needs to be recognition that we are just not good enough. No more excuses, we are not as good as we like to believe.

Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain

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"England are a shambles, but Black Caps showing exactly why many fancy them to win the World Cup."

Geoffrey Boycott
BBC Test Match Special

"How do I say something praiseworthy about that? I can't lie about it. What I want is for players and coaches to stop telling us that everything's alright, because it isn't. There was an opportunity on a good pitch and we folded."

England suffered a humiliating eight-wicket thrashing by New Zealand as Tim Southee became only the fourth man to take seven wickets in a World Cup match.

Southee's 7-33 saw England blown away for 123, the last seven wickets falling for 19 runs.

Brendon McCullum then smashed an 18-ball half-century, the fastest in World Cup history, to propel New Zealand to their target in just 12.2 overs. That equalled the shortest ODI chase against England, in a match that lasted just 45.4 overs in total.

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Hello and good morning. Well, it might not be a good morning if you follow English cricket. It is an early start for Sportsday today. And there's only one place to begin.

As you wake up on a cold February morning, I would love to be able to tell you of a heroic England performance in their second match of the Cricket World Cup against co-hosts New Zealand.

Eoin Morgan's side were heavily beaten by Australia in their first game, but surely things could not get worse.

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Wrong. They can get a lot worse.

England have today been absolutely humiliated, embarrassed, thrashed and humbled. Let the inquest begin.