Ed Smith
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

"Consecutive hundreds for Ross Taylor, he gets a hug from Kane Williamson and acknowledges the warm applause from the crowd. He's a hugely talented player and a widely admired cricketer."

Some good variation from Finn - including a slower ball that out-foxes Williamson and beats him outside off - challenges the Kiwi pair but not enough to prevent Ross Taylor joining Williamson in three figures. Successive, superb 100s for the batsman. He now has 14 in ODIs.

Chris, Cambridge: What is it with our catching (Jordan apart) in the last year? We used to be world class in the field. Who is the fielding coach - can we get Collingwood in?

Isa Guha
Ex-England seamer on BBC Test Match Special

"I remember we had a game on television in Melbourne and we dropped three successive catches off three balls. It was very rare we had games on television on those days so we were trying to make a good impression, but the MCG feels like a cauldron when you drop catches."

This is now New Zealand's highest third-wicket ODI stand against any opposition, beating that Parore/Rutherford 180 stand from 1994 we mentioned earlier.

If this pair take NZ to their exact target of 303, they will equal the second highest NZ ODI stand for any wicket (267* by Grant Elliott and Luke Ronchi against Sri Lanka in Dunedin this January). But the game will be won before they can match James Marshall and Brendon McCullum's record of 274 against Ireland in Aberdeen in 2008.

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A third drop and it is the easiest of the lot as Williamson lobs a drive straight to mid-off, where Mark Wood should gobble it up but spills it on to his knee and then the turf. This after Taylor had fetched Willey for successive fours to make this is the highest third-wicket partnership by any New Zealand duo in ODIs. This is turning into a very bad day at the office for England.

Tim in Warrington: Out come the armchair captain brigade yet again. A matter of days ago we were talking about this being a developing team with a new style that needs time to settle. But the second any sign of inexperience comes the knives are out. We will not score 400 and bowl the opposition out every game, we will have the odd off day as all teams do.

Taylor makes the most of the fielders removed from the deep to chip Finn over the top, straight down the ground for four. Williamson faintly edges one on to his own pads to deny Finn an lbw shout before loftin two runs of his own over the field to leg. Take the ones and twos, hit the boundaries when they are offered. New Zealand have earned the right to make this a simple game.

Jon Evans: I feel we need to up our game in the field, including the bowling. Pleased with the improvement in ODI but that's the next step.

Joe: This is a young side against a world-beating NZ team. First game was a great effort. The moaners can't expect that every game.

Chris Trust: Whatever people say about this match, this series is a vast improvement on the World Cup performance.

Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"Willey and Wood, the newcomers, have both bowled pretty well, but they've got to conjure a couple of wickets from somewhere. Maybe the combination of the powerplay, and Blowers on the microphone, can conjure it?!"

Henry Blofeld
BBC Test Match Special

"The force is very much with New Zealand still."

David Willey produced a peach of a ball to trap Guptill lbw earlier in the innings. How he and his side could do with a couple more deliveries like that. The left-armer draws an appeal from a delivery that goes down leg and generates a noise, but it was more likely pad than bat. Power play time.

Malcolm Ashton
BBC Test Match Special statistician

"This is the highest ODI partnership by New Zealand against England, beating the 165 opening stand by Jesse Ryder and Brendon McCullum in Hamilton in 2008, and the previous best third-wicket stand which was 160 by Geoff Howarth and Martin Crowe in Auckland in 1984."

The Kiwis' highest third-wicket ODI stand against anyone is 180 by Adam Parore and Ken Rutherford against India in Vadodara in 1994.

Morgan calls on Steven Finn in the search for something, anything to give his side even a glimmer of hope. It is a decent over, going for four, and draws applause from Paul Farbrace, but decent is not enough in these circumstances. England need something special. Time for drinks.

Stanley Stearman: Has Rashid been doing anything different in this and the last ODI compared with when he got 4 for?

David, Spain: Do we know how many hours of practice Williamson has had batting against our two spinners (Rashid & Root) in the nets at Headingley?

Jonny Hancock: The worst part for England today is Starc and Hazlewood running through the West Indies right now.

West Indies are 38-5 in their second innings in Jamaica on day four of the second Test, needing a mammoth 392 to win. Mitchell Starc has 3-11, Josh Hazlewood has 2-9.

Williamson picks off another wayward England ball, flicking Wood off his pads straight out of the middle of the bat and down to backward point. This is now a record third-wicket partnership at this ground, worth 168. The Kiwis still need the best part of 100, but you sense the fight has been knocked out of England by this pair.

Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"I don't think Rashid has bowled poorly, but his figures don't look good, because Williamson has played him so well."

Henry Blofeld
BBC Test Match Special

"A remarkable innings from Williamson, the way he played the leg-spinner Rashid was an object lesson. An innings which deserves to be on the winning side."

Take a bow Kane Williamson. He deserves every bit of applause he receives here as he reaches his seventh - and perhaps best - one-day century. He his picked apart this England attack with world-class precision.

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