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The opener combined with Luke Wright to lead England to 22-0 from four overs.

Ryan Sidebottom returned for the hosts after missing Friday's Twenty20 match, Dimitri Mascarenhas the man dropped.

New Zealand handed an ODI debut to Tim Southee and Gareth Hopkins will keep wicket, Brendon McCullum will play as a specialist batsmen.

LATEST ACTION (ALL TIMES BST)

By Tom Fordyce

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6th over: England 31-0
Nice slashing cut from Wright to widish third man - Brendon McCullum doing the honours down there. Decent shadows on the pitch - nice day for a few refreshers at the mo.

From Nick Halsall, TMS inbox: "Morning Tom, or rather the subject line looks more like Fro Tof Frydoces with the hangover I have. Am trying to decide whether to stagger to the local shop and buy breakfast goodies, or go to the local greasy spoon and eat there - it is a quality v quantity debate with a side issue of effort / cooking thrown in. Suggestions welcome."

5th over: England 27-0
It's all Belly so far this morno - Wright scampers a leg-bye as he struggles to find his mojo before Bell tickles a lovely deflector of a four down to long leg.

4th over: England 22-0
Super shot from Belly - a casual bottom-hand flip away for six over midwicket as Southee strays legwards. Interesting conversation going on at the turnstile between a steward and a man dressed as a seagull. As the steward requests a body-search, the seagull flaps its wings in agitated fashion and makes a pecking motion with its beak.

3rd over: England 13-0
Hello - there's Sir Bobby of Robson in the crowd, wearing exactly the sort of grey flannel blazer that he was sporting in the semi-final heart-breaker back in Turin 1990. Single to Wright.

2nd over: England 12-0
Tim Southee in for his ODI over dayboo, and if he keeps it like that he'll soon be an all-time great - it's a maiden that's so on the money it could be Lizzie's face. Decent ell bee shouter against Wright too - there was some bat in it, but the ball cracked into the pad first.

1st over: England 12-0
Very dull opening over - just a no-ball and edge first ball, a lofted four from Bell on the free hit, a clip through midwicket for three, another clip that just misses midwicket and a nearly-edge down leg. So dull, 50-over cricket.

1040: Forecast suggests a few showers later doors, but let's worry about that when our noses get wet. Pitch looks decent enough - bit of grass on it, but not enough to frighten the England blades.

1030: Morning all, and what a day for a spot of slap-bang-bish-bosheroo. England to bat first at the Riverside after Daniel Vettori won the toss; blue skies overhead with a decent amount of fluffy whiteness up there too.

(BBC)

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