Jeremy Coney
Ex-New Zealand captain on Test Match Special

That's more what we are used to from Jason Roy. The fact at England have lost just one wicket is key. 41 dots in that first 10 overs, it's not easy to bat - it's a dry pitch, the ball will be getting softer and there might be a bit of reverse swing around. But the run rate from England is starting to climb a bit.

Jeremy Coney
Ex-New Zealand captain on Test Match Special

That was smeared back at the bowler. But he should have held it!

Roy dropped on 39published at 18 overs

18 overs

Eng 84-1

It was going like a bullet but Sodhi got both hands to the fiercely struck Roy straight drive at his midriff and yet couldn't hold on.

Just to compound matters, Roy then hoists one down the ground, over the black sightscreen and into the shrubbery for the first six of the innings. No orange vests back there and the cash remains unclaimed. Time for the first drinks break.

Spin from both ends now as New Zealand attempt to put some pressure on the England batsmen and Santner restricts them to a couple of singles.

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James Taylor
Ex-England batsman on Test Match Special

When you have a calm player like Joe Root at one end he will remind you of the job that needs doing and how to approach the game and the situation so Jason Roy will really benefit from that.

He may not have found his usual timing on this slow surface but Roy certainly gets hold of a flighted Sodhi delivery and thumps it like a one-iron into the mist on a links course, with searing power past the bowler's token attempt.

Roy is more brute force than Root's delicate timing but both have the makings of a score here as the fifty partnership arrives from 62 balls.

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When it comes to matches in New Zealand in the 50-over game between the teams, this is the 39th, with 15 England wins to 19 by the New Zealanders. There have been a couple of ties as well, the last of which was in 2008 when both teams made 340. The last four matches, from 2013-15, have seen two wins for each side.

The neatly-beared Ish Sodhi is the fifth bowler tried, with his box of leg-spinning tricks. The old radar is a little awry to begin with and he concedes the first wide of the innings.

James Taylor
Ex-England batsman on Test Match Special

It's more attritional cricket than we are used to this England team playing. It's unlike England being this pedestrian at this stage. Ultimately, I think whoever plays the spin most effectively in this game will come out on top.

Plenty more singles in the De Grandhomme over too. Seddon Park is a very pleasant ground, with some tables sheltered by parasols. The orange vests sitting at the back of that area are going to be doing well to take a one-handed catch down there through all that lot to win the cash. We've got to see a six for a start.

James Taylor
Ex-England batsman on Test Match Special

These two are rotating the strike very well. It's a really key thing to be able to do that, get your partner on strike and not let the bowlers settle into a rhythm.

Santner again and with the field evenly spread on both sides of the wicket, the England pair calmly compile singles from the first five deliveries.

This is the 85th meeting between the teams in one-day internationals. There surely won't be many who know that the first was played at Swansea in 1973. New Zealand have the edge anyway, with 41 wins to 37.

A double change as the solidly built Colin de Grandhomme enters the fray for some nagging medium pace. Very respectable to start and just a sprinkling of singles result.

James Taylor
Ex-England batsman on Test Match Special

There's been a lot of chopping and changing with England's backroom staff during the winter with everyone from batting coaches, physios to doctors coming and going over the past few months. Like players, the ECB are wary of staff getting tired and it becoming a tiresome environment, particularly when you are losing.

Trevor Bayliss is the only one to be constant through that. I think you do have to have that one boss, the gaffer, the head coach to be consistent to keep the messages throughout.

The first spin of the innings as the slow left-arm of Mitchell Santner replaces Boult. Roy launches him over mid-wicket and it thuds into the boundary foam for the opener's third boundary.

Steve Dean: At this late hour watching Queens of Soul on BBC4 and at the same time following the ODI from New Zealand. Aretha (Trevor) Franklin and Gladys (Nick) Knight opening the batting.

There's a Poole Town FC flag on the mid-wicket boundary. They lost to Braintree today in the National League South, but the team that beat Braintree last week were unfortunately not able to gain any ground on the Dorset side at the foot of the table. Accurate again from Southee, with subtle variations of pace, 85mph his fastest so far.