England suffer third successive defeat
Eng 184-9: Malan 59 (40), Hales 47 (24)
Santner 2-29, Boult 2-46, Sodhi 2-49
NZ 196-5 - joint highest score at venue
Williamson 72 (46), Guptill 65 (40)
Rashid 2-36, Wood 2-51, Jordan 1-34
Bit-hitter Kane Williamson is the next man in for the home side and almost gets run out, scampering through for a dangerous single.
Wood was the man collecting the ball in his follow-through - he spins and has a shy at the stumps, but misses. Williamson was gone had the ball hit.
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James Taylor
Ex-England batsman on Test Match Special
An excellent slower ball, an off-cutter. As it was a slower ball it deceived Munro and it was a good catch from Sam Billings. That is a big wicket as England will know how destructive Munro can be.
Munro c Billings b Wood 11 (NZ 39-1)
The first one falls.
Mark Wood bangs one into the track and it comes at Colin Munro slower than he thinks.
The left-hander tries to pull it away, but can only pick out Sam Billings at fine leg.
Image source, Getty ImagesA change for England as Chris Jordan takes the cueball for the first time.
It is a good start from the Barbados-born seamer, showing excellent pace with a bouncer that Colin Munro plays and misses at.
But Munro is not missing out this time, cracking the ball over the head of Adil Rashid at fine leg. The left-hander goes again...but it falls agonisingly short of Alex Hales on the boundary.
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What will Buttler bring to the table today?
Matt, Winchester
Guptill 19, Munro 5
Boundaries flowing for New Zealand.
David Willey attempts a slower ball, but Martin Guptill sees it coming and flays the ball away towards square.
And the next one hits the ropes too, much straighter down the pitch.
A good comeback from Willey, though, finishing the over with three dot balls.
England need to be careful or this pair could take the game away from them.
James Taylor
Ex-England batsman on Test Match Special
I can't tell you how good that shot is from Guptill - the timing and composure to ramp it over the keeper. It was obviously a delivery he was waiting for and he got his reward with a great shot.
Image source, Getty ImagesGuptill 11, Munro 5
Poor start from Mark Wood. His first delivery is too full and Colin Munro creams a straight drive past the England bowler.
No problem with Wood's pace at the moment, touching the high end of 80mph, but he strays too far down the leg and Martin Guptill whips the ball away to the boundary, before arching back and flicking another four over wicketkeeper Jos Buttler's head.
New Zealand getting their eye in.
James Taylor
Ex-England batsman on Test Match Special
The ball seems to be going through OK. Martin Guptill, when he is firing, is one of the best batsmen in the world to watch.
The 6ft 2in Martin Guptill off the mark straight away as he tickles the ball away to deep square leg for a couple.
Goodness me. Left-hander Colin Munro then comes charging down the pitch and David Willey's inswinging delivery misses the timber by a few millimeters. That was close.
The Westpac Stadium in Wellington is filling up nicely. A good start for England.
David Willey opens the bowling for England in their red and blue kits, with Martin Guptill facing the first ball.
Play.
New Zealand: Colin Munro, Martin Guptill, Kane Williamson, Mark Chapman, Ross Taylor, Colin de Grandhomme, Tim Seifert, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Trent Boult.
England: Jason Roy, Alex Hales, Dawid Malan, James Vince, Jos Buttler, Sam Billings, David Willey, Adil Rashid, Chris Jordan, Liam Plunkett, Mark Wood.
Umpires: Shaun Haig, Wayne Knights.
TV umpire: Paul Wilson; Match referee: Javagal Srinath.
James Taylor
Ex-England batsman on Test Match Special
The pitch looks awful. It Looks like it is going to be two-paced. Whichever team assesses the pitch quickest will come out on top today.
Charles Dagnall
BBC Test Match Special
The pitch is two-tone in colour. It looks like someone spilt a cup of tea over half of it. It looks horrid.
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson: "There are a few unknowns on this surface. It's import we try and assess conditions and get stuck into our work. It requires some smart cricket."
England skipper Jos Buttler: "We are unsure of how the pitch is going to play, so we will have a bowl.
"We have had two disappointing results and need to win these games to get into the final. We need to improve with the bat, we have not given the bowlers scores to defend.
"Liam Dawson and Tom Curran are the unlucky ones to miss out. Liam Plunkett and Mark Wood come in."
A couple of changes for each side. Tim Seifert and Mark Chapman are given their New Zealand debuts in place of Tom Blundell and Tom Bruce.
For England, Liam Plunkett and Mark Wood (below) come in for Liam Dawson and Tom Curran.
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Straight in to the toss.
Stand-in England skipper Jos Buttler called correctly and chooses to bowl first again New Zealand.
Image source, Getty Images155 and 137 have been England's scores in this tri-series so far.
Not what we have come to expect from this talented bunch of big-hitters.
Now that the three-team event switches to New Zealand, will we get to see some fireworks?