Summary

  • England thrash NZ by seven wickets with 36 balls spare

  • Malan brings up fifty off 40 balls before holing out off Ferguson for 54

  • Brook hits unbeaten 43 off 27 balls

  • NZ reach 139-9: Phillips 41 (38); L Wood 3-37, Carse 3-23

  • Carse impresses with three wickets on T20 debut for England

  • Watch highlights on BBC Two and iPlayer from 23:15 BST

Live Reporting

Callum Matthews and Sam Drury

  1. Adam Milne, who can bowl absolute rockets, will open up from the other end.

    He was bowling at 90mph-plus for Birmingham Phoenix in The Hundred.

  2. How's stat?!

    Andy Zaltzman
    Cricket statistician on Test Match Special

    Tim Southee has now gone ahead of Shakib Al Hasan on the all-time T20 wicket-takers list with 141 wickets.

    It's his 111th match, he's averaging 23 with a strike-rate of a wicket every 17 balls in his career.

  3. Mark Wood
    England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    When Tim Southee has the ball, I'm nervous. He's a bit like Stuart Broad because he can take two or three quickly.

  4. Eng 8-1

    Target 140

    There is definite movement there for Tim Southee. That's interesting because England didn't find any at all in their innings.

    The veteran seamer bowls an off-side wide but Dawid Malan and Will Jacks take a single apiece to end the over.

  5. Mark Wood
    England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    It took forever to get to slip. Tim Southee is the danger man.

    That one just swung a bit.

  6. Henry Moeran
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    Jonny Bairstow felt at one outside off stump. Maybe a word or two for Bairstow on his way off.

  7. wicket

    WICKET

    Bairstow c Mitchell b Southee 4 (Eng 5-1)

    Gone!

    After sending a wide down the leg side Tim Southee finds his line.

    There's a little bit of movement away from Jonny Bairstow and the England opener just sends an edge to Daryl Mitchell at first slip.

    That makes Southee the outright leading wicket-taker in men's T20 cricket. He moves one clear of Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan.

  8. Eng 4-0

    Four to start.

    On the pads from Tim Southee and Jonny Bairstow just whips it away to the square-leg boundary.

  9. Time for the chase.

    England's openers Jonny Bairstow and Will Jacks are out in the middle.

    140 the target.

    Will they do it? Thumbs up for yes, thumbs down for no.

  10. Here are the three wickets that debutant Brydon Carse picked up.

    The Durham quick bowled really well and bowled a tight line to the stumps that New Zealand struggled to get away.

  11. Bowling figures

    Luke Wood: 3-37 off four overs

    Sam Curran: 0-23 off three overs

    Brydon Carse: 3-23 off four overs

    Adil Rashid: 1-18 off three overs

    Moeen Ali: 1-11 off two overs

    Liam Livingstone: 1-25 off four overs

  12. Thanks Sam.

    England bowled pretty well there, didn't they?

  13. England in a good position then at the halfway stage, they'll back themselves to chase down 140 to go 1-0 up in the four-match series.

    To take you through the chase, it's over to Callum Matthews...

  14. How's stat?!

    Andy Zaltzman
    Cricket statistician on Test Match Special

    Brydon Carse is the ninth England men's player to take three wickets on T20 debut. Only Jon Lewis has taken four, and I think that was in England's first T20 against Australia in 2005.

  15. 'It feels amazing'

    England bowler Brydon Carse on Sky Sports: "It feels amazing. I've spent 10 years at Durham so to put a performance like that in and help the team to a half-decent position at the halfway stage is a good feeling.

    "I found out I was playing after training yesterday, it was good to know last night so I could tell some friends and family.

    "It was a humorous presentation from Mark Wood, I've know him for a few years now and so for him to present my cap was special.

    "I think the wicket in the powerplay was maybe two-paced, it's maybe under par from scores you've seen in the past here but it's a big field so there's a lot of twos on show.

    "It's crucial we get off to a good start."

  16. Stephen Fleming
    Former New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match Special

    It was a good performance from England. They responded really well after the first over went for 18 and I was really impressed with how they changed tactic.

    They assessed conditions and the bowlers then delivered. The fields were good and the bowling was straight and the variations of pace were good. It put the New Zealand batters under pressure. The execution of shots was difficult and England were able to capture wickets and it was a pretty professional display.

  17. NZ 139-9

    Ferguson 2, Southee 7

    Shovelled leg side by Lockie Ferguson, they can back for two but that's a very good effort from the England bowlers.

    Brydon Carse takes a mightily impressive 3-23 on his T20I debut, Luke Wood also took three wickets.

    England need 140 to win.

  18. Stephen Fleming
    Former New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match Special

    It has been an excellent debut for Brydon Carse. He's hit a good length and he has given the New Zealand batters no room at all. He has been very effective.

  19. wicket

    WICKET

    Sodhi c Curran b Carse 16 (NZ 137-9)

    Three for Brydon Carse on debut!

    Banged into the surface, Ish Sodhi tries to swing it away but the timing isn't there.

    The ball carries out to Sam Curran at deep backward square and he makes no mistake. One ball to go...

  20. NZ 134-8

    Shot!

    Full and straight from Brydon Carse, Tim Southee clears his front leg but shows it the full face of the bat.

    Up and over mid-off for four.