Summary

  • New Zealand beat England by eight wickets

  • NZ chase 124 in 12.2 overs - joint record v England

  • McCullum 77 (25 balls) - fastest World Cup fifty

  • England 123 (33.2): Root 46; Southee 7-33

  • England bottom of Pool A; NZ top

  1. Postpublished at 03:31 Greenwich Mean Time 20 February 2015

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC Test Match Special

    "Tim Southee's absolutely swept England aside here. They're in utter disarray now."

  2. Postpublished at 03:31 Greenwich Mean Time 20 February 2015

    Geoffrey Boycott
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    "It's very good bowling, but it's very demoralising if you're an England fan."

  3. WICKETpublished at 03:29 Greenwich Mean Time 20 February 2015

    The nightmare in New Zealand. Tim Southee grabs another - his seventh - as another full delivery is edged to Ross Taylor at first slip by Steven Finn. Little blame attached there... the bowling's just too good.

    Scorecard

    Steven Finn is bowled outImage source, Reuters
  4. Eng 116-8 (Boult 10-2-32-1)published at 03:27 Greenwich Mean Time 20 February 2015

    New Zealand are all over England in every respect. Trent Boult comes round the wicket to the right-handed Steven Finn who prods forward and by the time the ball has dropped dead on the square, there's four fielders around him. They are suffocating England with a blanket of supreme fast bowling. Six dots for TB. Finn can do little else.

  5. Eng 116-8 (Southee 8-0-30-6)published at 03:23 Greenwich Mean Time 20 February 2015

    England have now lost five wickets for 12 runs. Some collapse that, even for England's standards. Joe Root is England's last hope now - if he can get on strike, that is.

  6. Postpublished at 03:21 Greenwich Mean Time 20 February 2015

    Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport in Wellington

    "Tim Southee is only second Kiwi to take a World Cup six-for. The other was Shane Bond against Australia in 2003."

  7. Postpublished at 03:21 Greenwich Mean Time 20 February 2015

    Geoffrey Boycott
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    "That's a shocker. He's moving to leg side, it's moving in a little bit to him. He's shuffled to leg side somehow, it's got a leading edge and it's looped up to mid-off. I can't say any more than that about it. I want to be fair, but it's been a very poor few balls that. I'm speechless about how he's played."

  8. WICKETpublished at 03:19 Greenwich Mean Time 20 February 2015

    Oh dear. Possibly the worst dismissal of all. Stuart Broad appears to be scared of the ball and Tim Southee knows it. He just bowls fast and at the stumps - like you would to a number 11, not a man who has scored 170-odd in a Test match - and the left-hander scoops a simple catch to Daniel Vettori at mid-off. Deary me.

    Scorecard

    Vettori catchesImage source, Getty Images
  9. Scorecard updatepublished at 03:17 Greenwich Mean Time 20 February 2015

    England 114-7 (30 overs) after winning toss

    Batsmen: Root 40*, Broad 2*

    Fall of wickets: 18-1 (Bell 8), 36-2 (Moeen 20), 57-3 (Ballance 10), 104-4 (Morgan 17), 104-5 (Taylor 0), 108-6 (Buttler 3) 110-7 (Woakes 1)

    Bowling figures: Southee 7-0-28-5, Boult 9-1-32-1, Milne 5-1-21-0, Vettori 7-0-19-1, Anderson 2-0-8-0

    Full scorecard

  10. Eng 114-7 (Root 40, Broad 2)published at 03:16 Greenwich Mean Time 20 February 2015

    B Mac is going for the jugular now, bringing his other opening bowler Trent Boult back into the attack. Fast, athletic and capable of dangerous inswing to the right-handed batsman - although that has not yet been apparent in this match - he has Stuart Broad hopping all round the crease. The England batsman is backing away from the ball and is almost bowled by one which bounces over his unguarded stumps.

  11. Join the debate at #bbccricketpublished at 03:16 Greenwich Mean Time 20 February 2015

    Graeme Edgar:, external Not defending England but NZ have been brilliant in this game, what a final NZ vs Aus would make.

    Jake Thorpe:, external 4 wickets for 7 runs, time to get the super strength absinthe out. 3am Friday morning, what are you doing to me @ECB_cricket

    Garry Mollart:, external Sorry but Moores isn't the right man for England. I agree with Collingwood that serious questions need to be asked!!

  12. Eng 112-7 (Southee 7-0-28-5)published at 03:13 Greenwich Mean Time 20 February 2015

    Want to know how good this New Zealand attack is? They can afford to leave Mitchell McClenaghan out. I reckon the left-arm quick would get into every other side in this competition. Stuart Broad is the new batsman to the crease. Any good news? Yep, Tim Southee only has three overs left to bowl.

  13. Postpublished at 03:13 Greenwich Mean Time 20 February 2015

    Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport in Wellington

    "I had a great view of the Adam Milne catch. Sprint round the boundary, full-length dive, fist-pumping Kiwis everywhere. When Taylor was bowled, the song on the PA said "don't you worry child". Seven down now, England should worry. A lot."

  14. Postpublished at 03:11 Greenwich Mean Time 20 February 2015

    Geoffrey Boycott
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    "He's come slightly wider of the crease, it's ever so slightly different in line and unless you cotton-on to it straight away as a batsmen, you end up playing on the inside of it. That's a beauty of a ball where you get them playing down the Bakerloo and it's on the Piccadilly."

  15. WICKETpublished at 03:09 Greenwich Mean Time 20 February 2015

    Joe Root can only watch on from the non-striker's end helpless. Tim Southee is running through England's middle and lower order like a hot knife through butter. He bowls Chris Woakes with another fullish delivery which shapes away. It's carnage out there.

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    Tim Southee celebratesImage source, Reuters
  16. Postpublished at 03:08 Greenwich Mean Time 20 February 2015

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

    "This is really curious how with the new ball, nothing really happened for either Southee or Boult and then around the 20-over mark, Southee has got it moving on a bit of string, doing exactly what he wants."

  17. WICKETpublished at 03:06 Greenwich Mean Time 20 February 2015

    Tim Southee has England on toast. This is one of the all-time great World Cup spells of fast bowling. He gets one to nip away slightly from Jos Buttler who is wafting his bat and edges behind to Luke Ronchi.

    Scorecard

    Jos Buttler looks dejected as Tim Southee celebratesImage source, Reuters
  18. Postpublished at 03:06 Greenwich Mean Time 20 February 2015

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

    "It's that teasing, kind of hypnotic flight from Vettori. There's some teasing magic in those fingers of his."

  19. Eng 108-5 (Root 38, Buttler 3)published at 03:06 Greenwich Mean Time 20 February 2015

    The bespectacled Daniel Vettori wheels away, the sun glistening off his glasses. He races through his over in double-quick time - faster than Peter Kay can run to the chippy in his slippers - and that's adding more pressure on England. Just two singles in the over.

  20. Eng 106-5 (Southee 6-0-25-3)published at 03:02 Greenwich Mean Time 20 February 2015

    Brendon McCullum can do no wrong today. Does he know Saturday's lottery numbers? Tim Southee has the ball on a string as he beats the new batsman Jos Buttler all ends up but this time the ball whistles through to the keeper. Two through mid-wicket gets Buttler off the mark.