Jonathan Agnew
BBC cricket correspondent

He just leant on that. That's a sign of how quick the outfield is.

Ah, I've missed Rory Burns.

He meets this latest delivery from Trent Boult with a straight bat and it's just the slightest of pushes that races back down the ground and beats a diving Jeet Raval to go for four.

An absolute joy to have Andrew Samson back.

Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician

Chris Woakes was the last England debutant to hit his first ball for four.

Some swing for Tim Southee but it's going away from the batsman, and Dom Sibley is able to leave it well alone.

Southee's not quite got his line right, not forcing Sibley to play enough, and the only one Sibley does get bat to is plonked straight down at his feet.

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Don't do that!

Rory Burns calls Dom Sibley through for a quick single and Sibley, for some reason, decides not to dive to make his ground. Jeet Raval fields at point and lobs the ball towards the stump, but it's just wide. I reckon Sibley would have been struggling there. Always make the dive!

Here's Tim Southee...

Steven Finn
England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

My first ball bowling in Test cricket went for four so there's some similar comparison at least!

Jonathan Agnew
BBC cricket correspondent

That's not a bad start! Thank you very much! What a great way to get off the mark in Test cricket. That was a rather dismissive stroke.

Hello, Dom Sibley!

Trent Boult drifts a delivery into his pad and Sibley absolutely pings it through mid-wicket to pick up four. Off the mark with a boundary.

Steven Finn
England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

It's nice to see it carrying through to BJ Watling at chest height. It gives you confidence as a bowler that if there is an outside edge it should carry.

A teensiest hint of shape from Trent Boult but Rory Burns drags his bat inside the line and keeps it well out of the way.

That is an outside edge but it's played with soft hands by Burns and it goes on the bounce to the slips. Burns gets himself off the mark with a streaky edge that tears past his boots for a single.

Steven Finn
England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

I thought we were in New Zealand not Australia?! You're normally welcomed by a nice outswinger from Trent Boult.

Trent Boult whistles down a bouncer to get things under way and Rory Burns tucks himself neatly underneath it.

Trent Boult, playing on his home ground, has the new ball in his mitts, while Rory Burns is scratching away at the crease.

Here we go...

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Here come New Zealand, followed by Dom Sibley and Rory Burns.

Blimey, Dom Sibley is a tall fella. He makes BJ Watling look shorter than ever.

Jonathan Agnew
BBC cricket correspondent

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England's series in New Zealand does not count for World Test Championship points, but it is still an important one for Joe Root's side.

For England, with new coach Chris Silverwood, this series is about getting those building blocks into position for the winter tour of South Africa and then beyond.

We hear a lot of England talking about the Ashes and going to Australia, but that is two years away. They should not even be thinking about that at the moment.

The Ashes is down the line. There is a lot more important cricket to play before we get there, and there are things that have got to be sorted out.

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Let's add the Bay Oval to the list of thousands that are so pretty it makes my eyes hurt.

There's plenty of kids in, belting out the New Zealand national anthem, which is good to see.

Mark Ramprakash
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

It really reminds me of the really relaxed atmosphere of playing at an outground in England. That's really nice actually for Dom Sibley to make his debut at such a relaxed scene and not have the formality of playing at a packed ground.