03:48 PM BST
OVER 23: ENG 125/6 (Livingstone 47* S Curran 1*)
England need a big over or five, and here’s one of them, thanks to Liam Livingstone. Smashes one behind square for four, then a meaty but entirely correct shot slotted through cover, tucks it off his legs for three now. Ten off the first three balls, and he builds on it with a delicate glide behind point for four. A two and a single to complete it and that’s 17 off the over, very welcome runs for the hosts.
03:44 PM BST
OVER 22: ENG 108/6 (Livingstone 30* S Curran 1*)
Fielding ace Glenn Phillips now bowling his offies. Five off the over.
03:43 PM BST
OVER 21: ENG 103/6 (Livingstone 26* S Curran 0*)
Sam Curran comes in. Squared up by Southee. Good bowling in helpful conditions. England really up against it.
03:37 PM BST
WICKET! Ali c Phillips b Southee 33
Tim Southee is back, Moeen slashes the ball to point and it flies up in the air off the top edge… Phillips running to try and get there, he sprints, dives, and he has taken a magnificent catch. At some cost too, diving on the hard ground and getting a face full of turf. But what a catch. FOW 103/6
03:34 PM BST
OVER 20: ENG 99/5 (Ali 29* Livingstone 26*)
Rain is coming down now, but England have completed 20 overs of their innings so that will be enough for DL as long as the Kiwis get their 20 overs too. Moeen, possibly with that in mind I dunno, goes on the attack and SMASHES Ravindra out of the ground over midwicket. My goodness he got hold of that one.
03:32 PM BST
OVER 19: ENG 88/5 (Ali 20* Livingstone 24*)
Rain starting again and the Kiwis are going for the jug, bringing back Boult. Liam L with a woolly woof across the line, but then connects with one later in the over for four.
03:30 PM BST
OVER 18: ENG 82/5 (Ali 19* Livingstone 19*)
Ravindra continues. I’ve not seen him bowl before, but he’s got a nice elegant action and gives the ball a chance.
03:21 PM BST
OVER 17: ENG 79/5 (Ali 18* Livingstone 18*)
Santner continues. England to accumulate well enough. The old, old problem with the format though: this match was very likely over when Buttler was out to leave England 55/5 and now it’s the long slow death for the remaining 80% of the contest… In fairness, slow left arm spin at both ends doesn’t quite race the pulse.
03:18 PM BST
OVER 16: ENG 73/5 (Ali 17* Livingstone 14*)
Rachin Ravindra is coming on with his slow left arm. Ravindra soon feels the sting of Liam Livingstone’s bat as he crunches the ball away for four.
Eight off the over, the second most productive of the innings so far, and only one over has been in double figures. Funereal by today’s standards.
03:15 PM BST
OVER 15: ENG 65/5 (Ali 16* Livingstone 7*)
That’s five off the Santner over.
03:09 PM BST
OVER 14: ENG 60/5 (Ali 14* Livingstone 5*)
Livingstone carves Southee out to backward point for four. That’s the only score of the over. Tim Wigmore writes:
“New Zealand have had only two men out of the 30-yard circle for periods – they now have three – making rotating the strike much trickier. They adopted similar tactics to good effect in the middle overs on Friday: interesting aggressive approach from Tom Latham. A good example there of the merits of the idea: Liam Livingstone pushed a ball into the on side, but mid on was around to stop the single.”
03:09 PM BST
OVER 13: ENG 56/5 (Ali 14* Livingstone 1*)
Dr Livingstone I presume. Liam tends to function as England’s finisher but has plenty of time to bat here. Gets off the mark fifth ball with a single.
03:01 PM BST
WICKET! Buttler b Santner 30
Rebuild crumbles! Jos Buttler plays back, tries to force the ball away through the offside and plays on. Ball seemed to come off the pitch a bit slow, Santner seemed to feel it was a bit of a bonus wicket. It was a bit of a pie to be honest, short and wide outside off. Buttler howled with frustration. FOW 55/5
02:59 PM BST
OVER 12: ENG 55/4 (Buttler 30* Ali 14*)
England continue their rebuild as they manage six off Southee’s over.
02:55 PM BST
OVER 11: ENG 49/4 (Buttler 26* Ali 13*)
Three off Santner’s left-arm spin.
02:54 PM BST
OVER 10: ENG 46/4 (Buttler 24* Ali 12*)
Another change and it’s the ageless Tim Southee. Decent duel begins between him and Moeen. Beaten twice, there’s certainly plenty in this for the seamers and swingers, but Moeen comes back at him with a lovely shot through the covers.
02:52 PM BST
OVER 9: ENG 40/4 (Buttler 24* Ali 6*)
First bowling change, and it’s Mitchell Santner. England in all sorts but Jos Buttler going along well enough though, nice four through extra cover.
02:45 PM BST
OVER 8: ENG 34/4 (Buttler 19* Ali 4*)
Moeen Ali comes to the crease as a bit of drizzle begins to fall. Dear old Mo can light up any occasion though, and strokes the ball attractively through cover for four. Here’s Tim Wigmore:
“A good day for two England batsmen so far, anyway: Jason Roy and Dawid Malan. In their absence, the top four mustered just nine runs between them. Harry Brook’s two, from 12 balls, did his World Cup prospects no harm – even if he could rightly feel frustrated that both his appearances this series have been outside his favoured berth in the middle order.”
02:39 PM BST
WICKET! Brook c Allen b Henry 2
Another England man falls to a leading edge, this time it’s Brook caught at mid on. Is the pitch a bit slow/tacky maybe? FOW 28/4
02:37 PM BST
OVER 7: ENG 28/3 (Brook 2* Buttler 18*)
Finally England land some punches of their own – three of them in fact. Jos heaves the ball from off to leg with a pull drive that earns him four runs, and breaks his bat. Slots one attractively through the offside, and then goes over the top through mid off for the same result. 15 off the over to bring the powerplay to the end but even still, the Kiwis will be well pleased.
02:32 PM BST
OVER 6: ENG 13/3 (Brook 2* Buttler 4*)
Buttler using most of the bat but not the middle as yet as he mis-times or edges.
02:27 PM BST
OVER 5: ENG 10/3 (Brook 1* Buttler 2*)
Buttler in and off the mark with an edge wide of slip for two.
02:23 PM BST
WICKET! Stokes c Southee b Boult 1
Another one! England are in the soup in Southampton. Stokes probably figured that he cannot just sit there and let Trent and Matt have it all their own way, so he comes down the pitch and tries to go aerial. Succeeds only in chipping it to mid off and that’s a ten-ball 1 for the great man. FOW 8/3
02:20 PM BST
OVER 4: ENG 8/2 (Brook 1* Stokes 1*)
New Zealand well on top, Stokes nearly bowled leaving a straight one. Here’s Tim Wigmore:
“Tricky conditions for England to bat, with moisture on the pitch and Matt Henry and Trent Boult to exploit it. Back for New Zealand after 10 months, Trent Boult swinging and seaming the new ball and looking as dangerous as ever: two wickets in his second over – Jonny Bairstow caught brilliantly by Mitchell Santner, timing his dive to perfection, at cover, and then Joe Root lbw to a ball swinging back in. Not many better ODI new ball pairings than Boult and Matt Henry to exploit new ball movement. England will hope that it doesn’t move like this in Ahmedabad on October 5. Fascinating test for Harry Brook’s credentials as an ODI opener here. Come though this and it becomes even harder to leave him out of England’s final 15.”
02:18 PM BST
OVER 3: ENG 6/2 (Brook 0* Stokes 0*)
Stokes comes in and he is hit on the pad first ball! Given not out. It would have clipped the top of leg according to Hawkeye but, as Broad points out on comms, it hit the knee roll and it’s not the sort of decision you’d expect to go in the bowler’s favour on field.
Ben Stokes sees out what turns out to be a double wicket maiden.
02:17 PM BST
WICKET! Root lbw Boult 0
Joe Root’s gone second ball! Shapes back in and hits Joe on the front pad. That’s given out and Root does not review. Stuart Broad makes a point on commentary that it’s the classic left arm lbw and he is quite right. Smacking into middle and leg as it swung back in and that’s the end of Joe Root. FOW 6/2
02:14 PM BST
That wicket brings Joe Root
to the crease…
02:14 PM BST
WICKET! Bairstow c Santner b Boult 6
That’s a sensational catch from Mitchell Santner! Bairstow tries to clip the ball through the legside, gets a leading edge and Santner has leapt like a salmon at extra cover to grab. FOW 6/1
02:11 PM BST
OVER 2: ENG 6/0 (Bairstow 6* Brook 0*)
Matt Henry, or to give him his full Kiwi name: Mitt Hinry, taking the other new pill. Or new pull, I should say. Finds the edge of Bairstow’s bat first ball! Flies wide of the sole slip. Bairstow gets an unworthy four from that, then takes a single. Brook beaten by the fifth ball of the over and this is a good start from the Kiwi opening pair.
02:06 PM BST
OVER 1: ENG 1/0 (Bairstow 1* Brook 0*)
Little bit of shape from Boult, who looks match-ready and in the groove, despite not having played ODIs for a while. He’s played something like 45 T20 matches in the last year so not like he’s been on the beach.
Bairstow fiddles and misses at the second ball. Eventually YJB off the mark fifth ball. Little bit of shape back into Brook.
02:00 PM BST
The players are out on the pitch
Something of a timewarp feel as Trent Boult takes the new ball. The Kiwis have won the toss and it looks a decent afternoon for the swing bowlers.
Powerplay overs 1-7.
There will be a 20 minute interval.
And no bowler can bowl more than 7 overs.
34 over match.
01:56 PM BST
Good to see Andrew
01:44 PM BST
Playing conditions
34 overs a side.
01:41 PM BST
Jos Buttler
“We would have done the same thing. We’ll need to work out what a good score is.”
Bairstow, Moeen, Sam Curran come back. Sounds like Brook and Bairstow bat up top.
“Jason has an issue with his back and Woody is getting better every day so we hope they will both play a part this series.”
01:41 PM BST
New Zealand win the toss and bowl
They are making three changes.
01:28 PM BST
Toss at 1.40pm
Match will start at 2pm.
That’ll be a good effort from the groundstaff.
01:05 PM BST
The rain has stopped
The groundstaff are getting to work.
The umpires have yet to emerge.
The very tentative assessment is an hour, but I’d say that would be on the optimistic side.
Tim Wigmore writes: “Looking better now: the sun is out. We could end up with something like a 30-over-a-side game.”
12:43 PM BST
The covers are still on
And it’s still raining moderately.
12:17 PM BST
The mighty Tim Wigmore has news
“Still raining here unfortunately, and looking gloomy too. We started losing overs at 11.30am. By my calculations, the latest we could start a T20 match is around 4pm – though there’s still every chance we could start a long time before then.”
11:32 AM BST
An update from Tim Wigmore at The Ageas Bowl
“It’s still drizzling at the Ageas Bowl, so the wait to have the toss continues. When we do get it it will be fascinating to see the England team: Dawid Malan’s wife gave birth yesterday so he won’t be involved. Jason Roy – who could do with a score to make sure of his own World Cup berth – seems likely to be ruled out too, with his return from a back spasm taking longer than hoped. That means that Harry Brook could get another opportunity in his new role as opener.”
11:14 AM BST
Bad luck for Southampton
it’s absolutely scorchio here in London, but there’s a big splodge of rain from Reading down to Southampton in an oblong shape to the south and west of London. That will move through sooner or later though.
10:58 AM BST
The toss is delayed
and the start also. Weather updates as I have them.
10:43 AM BST
Forecast
Weather not very good at all for the next hour or so but better after that.
10:43 AM BST
Toss delayed a second time
So that’s going to be a late start almost certainly.
10:41 AM BST
Trent Boult
had retired but… now… hasn’t.
“Good to be back amongst it. Looking forward to a good campaign and nice to be back. I have always found 50 overs as an extension of 20 over cricket, batsmen come at you hard, the pitches are generally good.”
10:33 AM BST
Second ODI
Good morning and welcome to our live blog coverage of this one-day international between England and New Zealand at Southampton. I’ll start with the bad news, which is that the weather has been a bit drizzly there and the toss is being pushed back very slightly to 10.40am. There is still considerable optimism that we will kick off at the planned time of 11am, however.
New Zealand won the first match, which was at Cardiff, with plenty in hand. England put up 291 in 50 overs, with four players making half centuries but no man getting beyond 72 (Jos Buttler) to make a game-shaping contribution. Tim Wigmore wrote of that one: “Hundreds for Daryl Mitchell and Devon Conway as New Zealand punish England”; the tourists certainly didn’t hang about in their chase, they knocked those off with 26 balls unused.
Absolutely no reason that England cannot hit back today though and the odds are that we see a high quality and competitive contest.
There has been a nice sub plot around this series with the appearance of Andrew Flintoff, who had an awful accident while filming Top Gear, teaming up with the England squad for a bit of general coaching and mentoring. Liam Livingstone is one who enjoyed it.
“It’s incredible to have him,” Livingstone said. “He’s obviously been one of my heroes growing up. To have someone of his experience lingering around the dressing room is great for all the lads.
“When you see someone like Fred around, it’s always good to chat. Especially while you’re batting: there’s three and a half hours to pick the brains of someone who’s been there and done it.
“He’s probably a national hero, everybody loves that Fred’s joining us and I’m sure he’ll enjoy it as much himself. Over the next week or so, I’m sure he’ll have plenty of laughs inside there.”
More on Freddie as we have it and also we will have the toss and team news as soon as we can.
Jason Roy has got some back troubles and looks like to miss out, Adil Rashid has had some issues with cramp but not sure if he will play or not.
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