Chris Woakes bowls Brendon McCullum with a full toss. But the umpires check to see if the ball was above waist-height...

There's a brief delay while Eoin Morgan, Stuart Broad and James Anderson have a quick chat on how to bowl to B-Mac. Too late now, lads. Their conclusion? A slow full toss. The result? Four through square leg. Before a dot ball in this seventh over, McCullum had a strike-rate of 420. What a player the short, muscular bat-wielding Kiwi skipper is.

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John Nicholson: Do not try and put air of decency on this - England should all be on a plane home before the sun sets and the complete management and selectors sacked before they land. This is nothing but a embarrassment on a scale I didn't think possible.

The Daily Mirror's cricket correspondent Dean Wilson on Twitter:, external Ok now I get it. McCullum is just playing this World Cup to get as many Kiwis a share of the $1 million one-handed crowd catch fund

Martin Guptill plays a forward defensive to James Anderson. It's significant in this context, let me tell you. The crowd sarcastically boos.

Jonathan Agnew
BBC Test Match Special

"It's like kids bowling at young men really. It's a gulf, it's just so one-sided."

Josh, Essex to Christchurch: Invited the guys over for BBQ and beers after work at 6pm for the cricket as an Englishman in New Zealand. Not even sure if the cricket will still be on. May as well convert to a Kiwi already!

Jeremy Coney
Ex-New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match Special

"Honestly, this is murder folks. If you're listening back home in England, just put a measure of something in your Bovril."

Whose idea was it to put a brand, spanking new car on the boundary edge when Brendon McCullum was batting? Surely it should have been moved after England had finished their innings? B-Mac does the inevitable and puts a dent in the car with another boundary as he continues to smash Steven Finn all round Wellington. Four sixes in a row. What a truly incredible display of batting. Brutal.

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Brendon McCullum

The man can do no wrong... Brendon McCullum beats his own World Cup record for the fastest 50 by carving Steven Finn past point for four. He takes 18 balls to reach the landmark, two quicker than his 20-ball assault on Canada in 2007.

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Jonathan Agnew
BBC Test Match Special

"England look beaten, battered and bruised. They're just serving up cannon fodder. What an absolute pasting."

There's sarcastic cheers from the jubilant home supporters as England send down a dot ball. The respite is brief though, with Martin Guptill whipping four through mid-wicket and then clipping another boundary down to fine leg.

Jonathan Agnew
BBC Test Match Special

"We talk about the Duckworth Lewis par score where a team needs to be at the end of an over if it rains. That's currently five."

Simon Mann
BBC Test Match Special

On Twitter:, external It's taken McCullum 16 balls to score more than any England player. 48no. Stunning hitting.

Jeremy Coney
Ex-New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match Special

"As he hit that six McCullum, I thought they'd need an Ordnance Survey to find it in the crowd."

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Stuart Broad is whipped out of the attack after one over - the cricketing equivalent of a football substitute being replaced himself. This is brutal from New Zealand now... Brendon McCullum cracks Steven Finn over extra cover for a maximum, in the manner of Adam Gilchrist a few years back, then steps back and guides four over the wicketkeeper's head.

The police might have to step in soon... this is assault. B Mac pulls a half-tracker for another four, then belts another six over extra cover. If he did defend one, he'd only be doing it to take the mickey. That over goes for 20.

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Christophe Talbotski:, external Next line of Arctic Monkeys song for England? "so you don't have to see, so you don't have to see what you've done". Abject.

All of a sudden, the pitch looks a belter. The sun is beating down and New Zealand look like they will make hay. There's a flash of pink from Martin Guptill's coloured gloves as he time and again shuffles in his crease and carves James Anderson through the off side.

England look like they've been clouted with a heavy object to the back of the head... they just didn't see this coming and are standing around looking dazed and helpless. Ten more from the over - Guptill hitting two boundaries.

Daniel McHardy
BBC Test Match Special

"It's a scoring binge for McCullum early on. The way he plays, he's going to think about what kind of a statement it will send if they get this score quickly."

Jeremy Coney
Ex-New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match Special

"It's high-voltage batting from McCullum. He's a cricketing pirate the way he goes about his business."