Joe Root has a sharp new haircut, it's shaved at the back and sides with a longer section of respectability on the top. Stokes, who admittedly has less hair to play with, has it shaved all over.

Nick: A sign of the current strength in depth of England is that Alex Hales, who has five ODI tons since the last World Cup, can't get in the side.

The teams are back at Seddon Park, where England beat New Zealand in the final group match of the Trans-Tasman Tri-Series T20 competition. Skipper Eoin Morgan made an unbeaten 80 in that match, which was something of a pyrrhic victory as New Zealand went through to the final on net run-rate

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New Zealand: Martin Guptill, Colin Munro, Kane Williamson (capt), Ross Taylor, Tom Latham (wk), Henry Nicholls, Colin De Grandhomme, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Trent Boult.

England: Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan (capt), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (wkt), Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, David Willey, Tom Curran.

Umpires: Ruchira Palliyaguruge, Shaun Haig

TV umpire: Rod Tucker; match referee: Ranjan Madugalle

Stokes is out there in the centre now in his vest and shorts, baseball cap round the wrong way, thumping balls in emphatic fashion. He is due to bat at five, either side of captain Morgan and Jos Buttler, quite a middle order.

England captain Eoin Morgan on the return of Ben Stokes: "That allows us to play our full well-balanced team. We also have three seamers and Ben Stokes. We've been quite balanced for about a year and a half now."

Test captain Joe Root and all-rounder Moeen Ali are also back in the side, having been rested for the Trans-Tasman T20 Tri-Series in which England failed to qualify for the final. Mark Wood failed a fitness test so David Willey, Tom Curran and Chris Woakes, plus Stokes of course, will undertake the seam duties. Alex Hales makes way.

New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson: "It is a used surface but I'm sure it will be playing very similar. (after the T20 tri-series) You move on, it is very different, different plans where you want to execute different roles."

Kane Williamson opts to field first on a beautiful afternoon in Hamilton for this day/night contest.

Ben Stokes returns to the England team for the first time since 24 September, having played only six matches in New Zealand domestic cricket in that time.

He has not played for England since an incident outside a Bristol nightclub in September. He travelled to New Zealand after being bailed when he appeared in courton 13 February on a charge of affray.

The 26-year-old is playing his 63rd ODI and averages 35 with the bat, scoring three hundreds - and has also taken 53 wickets.

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