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

"They played a few shots in that over. It went from the sublime to the ridiculous. There were some lovely shots, though, a bit of a mixture. That is always going to be the case when you are chasing a total like this."

With spin in operation from both ends, Morgan removes his helmet. As anyone who works on a building site will tell you though, that can spell danger. The skipper gets very lucky when he gets a loopy edge that just eludes slip, and then Stokes gets a bit of good fortune when he mistimes that evades Brendon McCullum's sprawling dive at extra-cover. Stokes makes the most of it by nailing a big maximum over midwicket. And that'll be drinks.

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Ed Smith
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

"I played a lot with Eoin Morgan and he has always had an array of inventive shots, even as a young man. He was something of a pioneer in English cricket."

On the balcony, ominously, Jason Roy is staring disconsolately at a laptop. Step away from the data, Jase - that way madness lies. Morgan deflects the surprisingly deadly Santner off his pads for three to get up and running, and then smears an enormous six over the ropes at mid-on. Better.

Goodness me, what a devastating double blow for England's hopes of pulling off a miracle chase. Ben Stokes is quickly off the mark with a reverse sweep and seven runs off McCullum's over at least keep the scoreboard ticking over.

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

"That has changed the complexion of the game. Two English batsmen out playing sweeps. They weren't controlled. A very useful over from Mitchell Santner."

Santner is delivering, and suddenly all New Zealand's Christmases have come at once. Scarcely has Joe Root exited stage left than Alex Hales is following him back to the shed, and it's the exact same dismissal: slog sweep, top edge, easy catch in the outfield. England's chase is unravelling like a hand-knitted sweater caught on a rusty nail.

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

"It is an important wicket from New Zealand. Root is an important player with a wide array of shots. If he gets into the rhythm of his game he can score quickly. New Zealand's bowling has not been of the accuracy they would like."

Now, I wasn't too bothered about the first wicket. Roy had done his task. This one though, this could be a killer. It's the key man, Joe Root, and it's callow tweaker Mitchell Santner who has done for him, enticing him into an ill-judged slog-sweep which goes more up than away and is pouched by Nathan McCullum. Big wicket.

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

"England are going along OK. Slightly behind the rate but they have plenty of batting to come. Hales will want to keep attacking. He'll be looking at options to try and create some angles for the boundaries."

Nathan McCullum has just wrested a measure of control for New Zealand - he coughs up just four singles from his latest canny over.

Spin from both ends as Brendon McCullum introduces the latest inductee to international cricket's ever-growing band of Mitchells, Mr Santner. There's a bit of turn for Santner, but Hales exploits it nicely, playing the ball late and just ladling it down to third man to move to his fifty.

Joe Root is the new man. He's off the mark with a single down the ground.

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

"He'll be disappointed with that. He executed the shot well but New Zealand had seen him playing the shot and moved the man there. He got a good start and, at 85-1, the have given England a good base."

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All good things have to come to an end and you can add that England opening partnership to the list. This time, the reverse sweep does for Roy, getting underneath the ball fatally and lobbing a tame catch to Ross Taylor at backward point. Handy little knock though.

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

"England are going along very nicely. They are behind where the Kiwis were but they have not lost a wicket."

A superb piece of fielding from Mitchell Santner helps to haul in a slightly mistimed lofted drive from Roy just short of the rope and save two runs. Call it Santner's little helper. Then, a bizarre shot from Alex Hales, he's not quite sure whether to play or leave a short ball from McClenaghan and ends up leaving the periscope up and diverting it off the back of the bat to the fine-leg fence. Jammy.

Dan Stephens: Why didn't England make this one-day revolution BEFORE the World Cup!!!

Ryan Watson: Imagine if Test cricket was played with a T20/ODI mentality... The scores would be unreal

Les Shire: No need to worry about run rate yet. NZ made that mistake last time, keep the scoreboard ticking but get a base to push on from!

Nathan McCullum with that over. A cheeky reverse sweep from Roy keeps England ticking along, nine off the over, another good one.

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

"It was a close one. I think Ronchi has taken an age to get the bails off. He took it and then moved to the stumps and wasted a vital second."