Stand-in New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum won the toss and elected to field in the Twenty20 international at Eden Gardens in Auckland.

There was no place in the England team for Alastair Cook despite scores of 51 and 138 against Canterbury.

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Mills parts company with lawyers ... was selected to open the batting alongside Phil Mustard.

Off-spinner Graeme Swann was included despite the short Eden Park boundaries but Ravi Bopara, James Tredwell, Tim Ambrose and Tim Tremlett missed out.

LATEST ACTION AS IT HAPPENS (ALL TIMES BST)

By Ben Dirs

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ENGLAND INNINGS

1st over - 10-0 Mills has first bung and Mustard gets England off the mark with a clip tp leg for one. Wright is off the mark with a fence to point before Mustard goes for some heave-ho, attempting to cart Mills over Cow Corner when a stroke through covers might have worked. Mustard then gropes at one and is beaten before he crashes Mills for two fours, the first to the wide long-on fence and the second a paddle round the corner.

0557: The Black Caps have two new faces in their line-up - Jesse Ryder, who will open with McCullum, and fast bowler Tim Southee...hold on a second, I've naused that up - the Kiwis won the toss and have put England in...sorry, the pair of you...

0554: New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum has won the toss and decided to bat first at Eden Park. Stand by for some serious crash, bang, wallop...although I might have to make most of it up as neither TV or radio have kicked in yet...yes they have, we'll be off in three...

"I'm off to tell my boss I don't feel well and find a pub with Foxtel not too close to work. Come on England!"
Andy, Brisbane

"It's 0839 here in Riyadh and another 16 hour day beckons (that'll be 32 straight). Always good to be able to escape to the cricket news in a country where almost every taxi driver is from Pakistan and I regularly have conversations about the greats of the past (Khan, Younis etc.) Have a great day - you're going to distract me from mine."
Richard Jones, News at Ten, working like a pillock in Saudi Arabia

0541: I would like to provide you with some information about the toss at Eden Park, but Sky One are instead showing a promotional programme about 'The Bricky', which, to be fair, looks like the absolute daddy. It appears to be a lump of plastic with which you can build your own house. If only Bobby George had known about that, he might not have knackered his back trying to knock up his own gaff and won the Embassy in 1994. Sorry, if you don't know anything about darts, that will mean nothing to you...

0532: Morning all. Good grief this is unGodly...team news has just dropped on the wires and the main headline is that Alastair Cook's impressive early tour form has failed to earn him a place in England's line-up.

Instead, hard-hitting Sussex all-rounder Luke Wright will open alongside wicket-keeper Phil Mustard while Ravi Bopara, spinner James Tredwell, wicketkeeper Tim Ambrose and Tim Tremlett have also been overlooked, although off-spinner Graeme Swann is included.

Nottinghamshire fast bowler Stuart Broad plays his first Twenty20 match since being hit for six sixes in an over by Yuvraj Singh during the ICC World Twenty20 in South Africa.

0517: Just before Senor Dirs meanders his way into the building, a very good day to you, particularly those of you in the US preparing to vote on "Super Duper" Tuesday.

No team news yet from Auckland, where it is 6.17pm in the evening local time with a start due at 7pm there. We'll keep you posted.

(BBC)

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