Summary

  • Netherlands struggle to keep pace with run-rate throughout

  • Santner stars with five-wicket haul

  • Ackermann gives Dutch brief hope with 69

  • New Zealand reach 322-7 after late flurry

  • Santner's 30 off 16 balls propels Black Caps beyond 300

  • Young lays platform with classy 70; Ravindra (51) again impresses

  • Mitchell, dropped on 22, hits 48; Latham scores 53

  • Van der Merwe 2-56, Van Meekeren 2-59, Dutt 2-62

  1. Ned 17-0published at 5 overs

    New Zealand fancy getting Max O'Dowd caught in the leg side. Trent Boult is switching between over and around the wicket, putting doubt into O'Dowd's mind.

    There's two catchers then positioned at mid-wicket and just behind square, waiting for a little flick off the pads or hip.

    Boult gives O'Dowd a little bit of width and the opener is able to work fine for four.

  2. Ned 12-0published at 4 overs

    Target 323

    Lovely shot.

    Vikram Singh picks up the first boundary of the chase with a gorgeous straight drive that whistles past the boot of Matt Henry and the stumps at the non-striker's end.

  3. Ned 7-0published at 3 overs

    The stats almost deliver again as Vikram Singh plays a loose drive at Trent Boult but the ball slides past the outside edge.

    Singh takes a very risky single off the final ball as he drops and runs into Mitchell Santner in the covers. It is directly to Santner's dominant left hand but his throw at the non-striker's end is wayward and Singh, who would have been out by a mile, survives.

  4. How's stat?!published at 14:01 British Summer Time 9 October 2023

    Left-arm pace is the best option to bowl at Vikram Singh. Prior to this tournament, he only averaged just over 16 against left-arm fast bowlers.

  5. Postpublished at 13:59 British Summer Time 9 October 2023

    Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    Daryl Mitchell got both hands to it, deflected it and it's gone back over his right shoulder.

  6. dropped catch

    Singh dropped on onepublished at 2 overs

    Arghhh Daryl Mitchell!

    New Zealand started with two slip catchers but dropped back down to one for the second half of Matt Henry's over.

    The seamer finds a thick outside edge from Vikram Singh and it goes straight in the direction of Mitchell. It gets quickly, and it is high to his right, but he gets both hands to it.

    It flies out and ends up looping up. It goes behind Tom Latham, who isn't aware to the possibility of a rebound.

  7. Postpublished at 13:56 British Summer Time 9 October 2023

    Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    Matt Henry bowled so well against England, he is opening instead of Lockie Ferguson.

  8. How's stat?!published at 13:55 British Summer Time 9 October 2023

    Andy Zaltzman
    Cricket statistician on Test Match Special

    New Zealand's innings was just the fourth in World Cup history that seven different players have hit a six. The other three were all in 2015.

  9. Ned 2-0published at 1 over

    Target 323

    O'DowdImage source, Getty Images

    Good news, Alex. No maidens here.

    Vikram Singh is off the mark first ball, before Max O'Dowd takes five balls to get his account up and running.

    It will be Matt Henry from the other end.

  10. Postpublished at 13:50 British Summer Time 9 October 2023

    Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    Hopefully, we don't see another three maidens, but it did make for great excitement. The key for the Netherlands is don't lose key wickets.

  11. Postpublished at 13:50 British Summer Time 9 October 2023

    Right, time for the chase.

    Max O'Dowd and Vikram Singh are out in the middle. Trent Boult has ball in hand.

    Will the Kiwis go two from two, or will the Netherlands get off the mark?

    Let's play.

  12. How SA legend Donald has made Bangladesh's pacers formidablepublished at 13:47 British Summer Time 9 October 2023

    Bangladesh pace bowlers graphicImage source, BBC Sport

    "It's fantastic that we have a group of guys who are super hungry and so competitive but also working for each other."

    You would naturally expect a fast-bowling coach, in this case Allan Donald, to speak gushingly about his charges. It goes with the territory.

    But the surprising thing is that ex-South Africa international Donald is describing Bangladesh's current crop of fast bowlers.

    A cricket nation steeped in the pre-eminence of spin bowling, is finally changing tack.

    "They've got the ability to swing the ball, they've got some of the best wrist turnovers going around, I wish I had a wrist turnover like that where every ball is coming out of the hand so sweetly," said Donald, who took more than 600 wickets for the Proteas.

    Read more about the challenge England will face from Bangladesh's pace bowlers.

  13. 'England need to return to what made them world champions'published at 13:44 British Summer Time 9 October 2023

    Steven Finn BBC cricket columnist bannerImage source, BBC Sport

    As a man who has crawled off the field after a chastening defeat, I can empathise with how England felt following their World Cup opener against New Zealand.

    I remember sitting in the dressing room of Wellington's WestPac Stadium, more commonly known as the Cake Tin, during the 2015 World Cup with the crowd stomping its feet, sounding like the entire ground was about to fall on our heads.

    The dressing room was in complete silence.

    New Zealand had entered the food interval, in front of a home crowd, on 112-1 needing 12 to win our group-stage match.

    We returned for 20 more balls and the hosts sealed victory in a 50-over game in 12.2 overs.

    No-one could quite believe the mauling we had just received or how to process it.

    We ended up on the team buses back to the hotel before it was dark.

    I didn't speak to anyone for a few days, I was so stunned at what had just happened. Bowling figures of 2-0-49-0 can do that to you.

    There may have been similar silence in the dressing room on Thursday in Ahmedabad.

    Read more in Steven Finn's column as he encourages England to stick to their attacking approach.

  14. Buttler questions 'poor' Dharmashala outfieldpublished at 13:42 British Summer Time 9 October 2023

    Outfield in DharmashalaImage source, BBC Sport

    England captain Jos Buttler has described the Dharamshala outfield as "poor" and questioned whether it impacts the integrity of Tuesday's World Cup match against Bangladesh.

    Concerns about the patchy, sand-based outfield, have meant England have barely trained on it before the match.

    Afghanistan coach Jonathan Trott said spinner Mujeeb ur Rahman was lucky to escape serious injury after his knee dug into the ground when sliding in a match at the same venue on Saturday.

    "You are going to have to be a little bit smart as fielders and a little bit careful, which isn't something you want to be when you are playing for your country," Buttler told BBC Sport.

    "You want to dive around and save every single run."

    Tournament officials inspected the surface on Sunday and match referee Javagal Srinath is understood to have no concerns.

    Read more from Jos Buttler on the Dharmashala outfield and England's game against Bangladesh.

  15. Postpublished at 13:41 British Summer Time 9 October 2023

    Thanks Sam.

    England are back in action against Bangladesh on Tuesday morning (06:00 BST) and will be looking to bounce back from their nine-wicket defeat by New Zealand in their opening game.

    We'll spend the rest of the interval building up to that game.

  16. Postpublished at 13:40 British Summer Time 9 October 2023

    Right then, that brings you up to date with all the action we've seen so far.

    I'm off for a bit of lunch so to take you through the remainder of the interval and the start of the Netherlands chase, I'll hand you over to Callum Matthews.

  17. Postpublished at 13:37 British Summer Time 9 October 2023

    Captain Tom Latham was the third New Zealand batter to make a half-century before he was stumped off the bowling of Aryan Dutt.

    But despite that wicket, the Kiwis finished strong thanks to Matt Henry and Mitchell Santner...

  18. Postpublished at 13:35 British Summer Time 9 October 2023

    Daryl Mitchell cleared the ropes a couple of times and looked set to take New Zealand to a very big total.

    However, he was bowled by Paul van Meekeren and Glenn Phillips was removed soon after as the Netherlands hit back again...

  19. Postpublished at 13:33 British Summer Time 9 October 2023

    New Zealand were slowed for a time but hit the accelerator again before too long.

    Will Young top-scored with 70 before falling to Paul van Meekeren, while Rachin Ravindra added a fifty to his century in the opening game...

  20. Postpublished at 13:30 British Summer Time 9 October 2023

    The innings started with three maidens but New Zealand soon started to kick on through Will Young and Devon Conway in the powerplay.

    However, Conway was dismissed for 32 as the Netherlands looked to claw their way back...