Summary

  • England lead 2-1 in five-match series

  • Williamson's brilliant 112* in vain

  • NZ captain fails to hit final ball for six

  • NZ collapse from 80-1 to 103-6

  • Munro 49; Moeen 3-36, Rashid 2-34

  • Eng 234: Morgan 48, Stokes 39

  1. Postpublished at 00:40 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2018

    Remember, this series is 1-1 after two games. New Zealand won the first, a bit of a squeaker, before England gave them a good shellacking in the second.

    I've just seen the pitch. It looks like an oatmeal biscuit. It is surrounded by a lot of empty yellow seats at the ground nicknamed 'the Cake Tin'.

  2. Postpublished at 00:36 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2018

    The fit-again Mark Wood has come back into the England side for David Willey. Morgan says he wanted the "extra pace".

    Williamson himself is a change for the hosts. He's back for fellow batsman Ross Taylor, who has a quad injury. The Kiwis have also opted for an extra spinner in leggie Ish Sodhi.

  3. New Zealand win the toss and will fieldpublished at 00:33 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2018

    Eoin Morgan calls heads, but it comes down tails. New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson wants to bowl first. If you remember, the pitch in Wellington during the T20 series looked a bit like a village green. Williamson says it looks "interesting".

  4. Postpublished at 00:28 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2018

    ...we'll take you away to another part of the world, where the sky is blue and the temperature is pleasant (kind of).

    England are in in Wellington for the third one-day international between against New Zealand, and the toss is imminent...

  5. Postpublished at 00:25 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2018

    Good lord, it's cold. On the way to work tonight I saw an Eskimo crying his eyes out.

    If you've been hit by the bad weather, let us do our small bit to try to keep you warm...