Goodness me, Ross Taylor's shelling them like peas in the slips - he puts down another chance when Rashid edges a cut-shot behind. Tough chance, but certainly grabbable. Rashid then clubs four down the ground.

Rashid gets down on one knee and gives it some humpty, smacking McClenaghan through the covers. Seven off the over, England need more, and suddenly the stormclouds are looming. That's not a metaphor by the way - I think the rain's a-coming.

SteveK: Even if England lose this by 100 runs I'll still be happy because of the way they've attacked the chase.

Ayelet H Lushkov: This England innings is like the hokey-cokey: right hand in, right hand out, and now shaken all about.

Liam Plunkett comes out ahead of Chris Jordan, who we think may be struggling with a side strain. The tail-ender thumps a four over mid-off, but suddenly the mood at the Oval feels very, very flat.

Ebony Rainford-Brent
Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

"He'll be really disappointed with that. He was trying to keep the game going there, but you can tell from his body language that he knows game has slipped away from England now."

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And just like that, it's game over. Sam Billings tries to flash one past point but ends up picking out the reliable mitts of Martin Guptill. The odds are stacked against England now.

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Adil Rashid is the new man - England need him to get going quickly, but he plays out three dots.

Ebony Rainford-Brent
Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

"He has batted in an excellent manner and has been positive throughout. He will be disappointed but it is great to see the England captain being so attacking."

The batting powerplay was always a reliable harbinger of doom for England Mk 1, and I'm afraid it might have done for New Look England as well here. After just two balls with the fielding restrictions, Morgan goes down the pitch to McClenaghan, mistimes an attempted lofted drive and skews it to Grant Elliott on the rope. Big, big wicket.

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Meanwhile in a different match, in a different format, Steve Smith was out for 199 as Australia made 399 all out in their first innings against West Indies in the second Test in Jamaica. Jerome Taylor took a brilliant 6-47 off 25 overs for the hosts, including Smith (above). The scorecard is here.

Next man in Adil Rashid is amusing himself in a swivel chair on the England balcony. Whatever soothes your nerves in this situation, I guess. Trent Boult is proving probably the hardest of the New Zealand bowlers to time, but Morgan and Billings manage to swat and smear four ugly singles. In the outfield, Kiwi skipper Brendon McCullum is giving that chewing gum a real working over. He'll have to spit it out now though - it's drinks.

Bar Nash-Williams, up on the Pennines: I must be getting old: I remember a time when 250 was a good score for the first batting side in an ODI. Getting it on the chase, still hoping for another 150 ... what is this new game?

So England need to get another partnership up and running quickly. There's no time to play yourself in in this situation. Billings shows the appropriate urgency with a brutish drive down the ground.

BBC presenter Dan Walker: Any chance we could do that #cricket World Cup thing again? I think we've got the hang of it! #ENGvNZ

Sam Billings, playing his second ODI, is the new man. England are still 140 runs from the finish line. What a test for the young man. He shows a few nerves, chasing a wide one from Boult, but gets away with a single tucked to square leg.

Ebony Rainford-Brent
Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

"New Zealand will be delighted with that. Trent Boult has got away with this a bit. It was wide and there to be hit. It just starts to bring this game back into balance."

Ah, drat. Just when it was going so well. Trent Boult pushes a clever cross-seam delivery across Jos Buttler, and Luke Ronchi, who has been a virtual spectator for much of this slogathon, shows great concentration to pocket the skinny edge.

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Ebony Rainford-Brent
Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

"Eoin Morgan's game looks so organised right now. He is getting in the right positions and hitting it so cleanly."

Santner continues, and Morgan smokes him over mid-off for another big six. He's threatening Jos Buttler's record for the fastest England century here. That came of 61 balls, Morgan has 85 off 42. Even better, the required rate is down below eight.

Boult is back. Can he keep a lid on this? Buttler times him through the off side for two and then nudges him fine to the fine-leg boundary. So extraordinary has Morgan's innings been, Buttler hasn't even been required to get out of it second gear yet, but he's just beginning to motor.