Paul Collingwood played a captain's innings to secure England a six-wicket win and their first victory in the one-day series against New Zealand.

The skipper hit a quickfire 70 not out to steer his side past their rain-reduced target of 229 off 47 overs in the third match in Auckland.

Ian Bell (73) and Kevin Pietersen (41) had put on 107 after England were 31-2.

England reduced New Zealand to 95-6 but Jacob Oram shared 74 with Vettori and hit four sixes in his 88.

By Mark Mitchener

606: DEBATE Discuss the 3rd ODI on 606

0901: Well, England may not have fielded a spinner - but that game had plenty of twists and turns in it. I suspect Colly will get the man-of-the-match award, but Vettori, Oram and Bell all made very significant contributions. With the magic hour of 0900 GMT having passed, 606 is open for business for you to discuss the game amongst yourselves.

Paul in Lancs (see below) may be concerned to hear this news, but I can reveal that Ben Dirs will be back on live text duty for the fourth ODI in Napier. More importantly, this is the only one of the five games in this series to be a day game - it starts at 2200 GMT on Tuesday evening (ie Wednesday morning, New Zealand time). Until then, have a good weekend!

"Mark, basically, we win when you do live text, lose when Ben D does it. As you will know from your bible study classes, the Gospel according to Mark is more focused than the other gospels on miraculous happenings, and the analogy is clear"
Paul in Lancs in the TMS inbox

"A huge machine, like something out of the War of the Worlds, is moving onto the field to take up the pitch and then ferry it off to another part of the ground where it's laid to rest until it's needed again, as we've got a rugby match here tomorrow"
Jonathan Agnew on TMS

ENGLAND WIN BY SIX WICKETS (D/L METHOD) - NEW ZEALAND LEAD SERIES 2-1

44th over - Eng 229-4
With the game all but won, Colly dabs Oram for a single. Shah runs one through the covers, and in a normal ODI, it would be "scores level", but apparently there's no such thing with Duckworth-Lewis - you either win or you lose. And Colly makes sure England win with a single to square leg, and the series is still alive. Colly finishes with 70 not out from 50 balls.

"New Zealand may be rueing the fact they didn't play Jeetan Patel, the other spinner"
Dermot Reeve on TMS

"The break for the shipping forecast reminds me of the loss in communication with Apollo 8 the first time it took its crew behind the Moon. Would they re-emerge unscathed? They did, but Jonathan Agnew's tone of voice immediately told a different tale"
Christopher, Walsall, via text on 81111

43rd over - Eng 226-4
Vettori shuffles his bowlers, with Hitchcock replacing Martin. But the next ball is bad for New Zealand in almost every respect - it's a waist-high full-toss (and hence a no-ball) which Colly hooks to long leg for six. The skipper is in full cry here, launching the next ball to long-on and they run a couple. Hitch has nowhere to hide now, and Colly picks a slower ball which is hammered through long-off for four. Colly then astonishingly reverse-sweeps for four - just four needed to win now. He dabs a single, and it's like all the fight has gone out of New Zealand with this blistering innings from the England captain. Shah has played an excellent supporting role here, and sees off the rest of the over.

42nd over - Eng 208-4
That six seems to have re-energised England, with Shah and Colly continuing to push the singles against Mills - this is his last over. Colly fiercely flays a wide one through extra cover for four. The next ball is similarly despatched for four as the skipper reaches his fifty from 42 balls. He then carefully guides a single to extra cover, and Shah carefully opens the face to steer Mills' last ball for two. 14 from the over - 21 needed from 30 balls now.

41st over - Eng 194-4
Collingwood continues to attack, carving Martin for a single, while Shah plays with soft hands and drops a gentle single into the covers. Colly clips a single to leg, and Shah again carefully guides a single into the off-side. Colly hoists a full-toss high in the air towards the TMS commentary box, but it lands in the stand for six anyway. Colly even asks the square-leg umpire if it should have been a no-ball for height, but his request is turned down. 10 off the over - 35 needed from 36 balls.

"No disrespect to Colly but if Mustard is the Colonel, surely Cook should be the Captain?"
Farouk, Hong Kong, in the TMS inbox

40th over - Eng 184-4
Keeper McCullum again dons a helmet to stand up to the stumps for Mills to keep the batsman in his crease - Colly and Shah only manage a single apiece off the first part of the over, then Colly hits out but fails to beat Fulton at deep midwicket and again, only a single is possible. Shah attacks the off-side field, but again can't beat the boundary sweeper. 45 needed from 42 balls.

"Vettori's putting five men on the boundary for Collingwood, but only four for Shah, who's playing second fiddle"
Dermot Reeve on TMS

39th over - Eng 179-4
So, who will Vettori turn to now he's bowled his full quota? Paceman Chris Martin is back for his sixth over, and Shah works his first ball away for a well-run two. Shah pulls one straight to Styris at short midwicket - that'll have hurt Styris's hands to stop that, but it may have saved a likely four. Shah and Colly exchange singles, then Shah straight-drives where Hitchcock makes a sprawling stop at mid-on and they can only manage one. Colly scampers a single off the final ball of the over. 50 needed from 48 balls.

38th over - Eng 173-4
Another Fulton fumble at deep midwicket allows Colly two runs when only a single was expected. Otherwise, Mills is bowling pretty tightly, until Colly shovels him towards cow corner and it bounces just in front of the rope for four.

37th over - Eng 167-4
Vettori in for his final over, which begins with two dot balls to Colly before the Durham man tickles a single to mid-on. The next ball is low and flat, but Shah can only guide it to cover for a single. Colly pushes-and-runs a single to Hitchcock at mid-off. And the final ball of a superb Vettori spell is blocked by Shah - he finishes with figures of 10-1-23-2, not a single boundary conceded. I take my hat off to him, he's bowled very well.

36th over - Eng 164-4
Oram takes a rest as Mills returns for his seventh over, and Shah guides a single to Fulton on the midwicket boundary. Colly then has to evade Mills when he pushes another single, but makes his ground safely. Shah picks out Fulton again, and earns a second run when "Two-Metre Peter" fumbles the ball. It's 65 needed from 66 balls - what a thriller?!

"Following the game and Australia v Sri Lanka here in Vancouver. We've got a little talking Warnie doll which a friend has brought back from Australia and it periodically shouts things like 'Back in the Kitchen, Haydos' during the matches. Can anyone explain how this works here in Canada, or is it just witchcraft? How does he know what's happening? Well done to Gilchrist I suppose for his century although it'll be nice to see the back of him"
Stuart, Vancouver, in the TMS inbox
[A certain beer company was advertising talking David Boon dolls when I was in Australia last winter - MM]

35th over - Eng 160-4
Colly nudges a single off Vettori - and the good news for England is that this is the Kiwi skipper's ninth (and penultimate) over. Shah steers a single to the extra cover boundary, and another tight over from the skipper - just two runs conceded.

"Nearly a run a ball, we can do this can't we? It can't be that hard?"
Rachel in Birmingham in the TMS inbox

34th over - Eng 158-4
New batsman is Owais Shah, who watches from the non-striker's end as Colly guides Oram to the cover boundary for two. With mid-off and mid-on up, Colly then launches a huge straight six. As the TMS crew have mentioned earlier today, the straight boundaries are rather short - straight hits have mostly gone for four (or six) or just one.

"Any chance of the end of over scores having the DL position included as well. 'Watching' whilst 'working' in sunny Manchester"
Jonathan Tipler in the TMS inbox
[I'd love to, Jonathan, but I don't have the D/L over scores - they'd only be available to the guys at the ground. But if ever I hear one mentioned on TMS, I mention it in the text for that over - MM]

"To Jim in Vancouver - I thought I was the only guy in BC staying in drinking beer at night watching cricket text... good to know there are two of us..."
Tick, Penticton, BC, in the TMS inbox

33rd over - WICKET - Pietersen lbw b Vettori 41 - Eng 149-4
Vettori is accidentally struck in the face by the ball when a half-volleyed return hits him. Colly is clearly in the mood to push for quick singles, but KP hasn't looked at all comfortable against the left-armer - and when he's hit low on the front pad, umpire Rauf sends him on his way.

32nd over - Eng 146-3
Oram trundles in for his seventh over as an ungainly swipe from Colly earns the England skipper four runs off the edge through third man. After he takes a single, Oram has a loud shout for lbw against KP - umpire Baxter says "not out" and it looks a good decision as it looks to have flicked his pad.

31st over - Eng 141-3
New batsman is Paul Collingwood. Just three more runs are possible from the over, Vettori still has KP pretty much tied up in knots.

30.1 overs - WICKET - Bell lbw b Vettori 73 - Eng 138-3
Vettori finally gets his reward for an excellent spell of left-arm spin bowling when he traps Bell in front.

30th over - Eng 138-2
Bell and Pietersen bring up their century partnership as Styris is off after one over and Oram returns for his sixth. Bell then carefully steers a two to fine leg, and after a lofted single to mid-on, Pietersen bludgeons another four through cow corner.

29th over - Eng 129-2
Vettori wheels away for his sixth over, and after Pietersen rotates the strike with a single, Bell steers a two to deep extra cover and nearly garners a third on an overthrow. There's another easy single to Martin at deep mid-on, then KP tips-and-runs another single, and Bell carves another to point to round off the over. Only six runs taken, although that's doubled the number of runs Vettori conceded off his first five overs.

28th over - Eng 123-2
A change of bowling as Scott Styris replaces fellow medium-pacer Paul Hitchcock, but Ian Bell bashes his first ball back past the bowler for four, before nudging a single to leg. Pietersen also adds a single as England continue to push their run rate on.

27th over - Eng 117-2
Another rapid Vettori over yields just a single to Bell as his figures are now 5-1-6-0.

26th over - Eng 116-2
With the crowd sensing rain (and England, three runs ahead on D/L, are desperate not to lose a wicket), Bell nudges Hitch for a single before Pietersen powers only his second four of the day, pulling the medium-pacer through midwicket for four. The next ball is punched through the covers, just wide of Styris's despairing dive, and that one goes for four. A third successive four is conceded by Hitch as Pietersen straight-drives. A huge over for England. At this stage, England are 15 ahead of the D/L par score of 101 (assuming two wickets down) after 26 overs.

25th over - Eng 103-2
Vettori races through his fourth over, from which the batsmen just take a single apiece. The Black Caps skipper has conceded just five runs from four overs.

24th over - Eng 101-2
KP dabs Hitchcock for a single, while a Vettori fumble at deep mid-off allows Bell to run a two which sees England reach three figures.

Elsewhere in the world of cricket, Adam Gilchrist has reached his century in his final international game as Australia take on Sri Lanka on his home ground, while England's women have closed on 22-0 after bowling Australia out for 154.

23rd over - Eng 98-2
Bell opens the face of the bat to steer Vettori into the covers for a single, while Arlo White on TMS alludes to the vertigo he suffered yesterday on visiting Auckland's Sky Tower - the tallest free-standing structure in the southern hemisphere. More economy from Vettori as a Pietersen single rounds off the over.

22nd over - Eng 96-2
More crazy running between the wickets as Bell pushes a single to Vettori at mid-off. Again, the throw didn't miss by much, and if he had hit then Bell would have been on his way. After Pietersen tries another streaky single, a wide boosts England's score. The attendance figure is revealed as 18,130, despite there being many wide open spaces today, and Bell rounds off the over with a single.

"I believe that you may have made a Freudian slip when you wrote: 'straight to Chris Martin at mind-on.' Perhaps you have stumbled upon the problem here, which is that some people are playing cricket with their mind on, while others do not. Meanwhile, I must say that I really enjoy your text commentary. You keep up to date and follow the overs logically and don't keep us hanging for several overs at a time. Thanks!"
Paul, sadly hanging on every word since text is the only commentary available here in British Columbia, in the TMS inbox
[I do my best - even if I can't tell the difference between mid-on and mind-on - MM]

21st over - Eng 92-2
Now it's Bell's turn to be tied down by Vettori, who finally concedes a single off the 11th ball of his spell. Just that one run off his first two over.

20th over - Eng 91-2
A marvellously-timed cover drive by Bell brings four runs off Hitch, and although a repeat of the same shot only brings a single to reach his half-century, which has included nine fours. That's the 15th time he has passed 50 in ODIs, but only reached three figures once, against India at the Rose Bowl last year - and I was there! With 20 overs bowled, we now officially have a match.

19th over - Eng 84-2
As Mega-Woodpecker finally ceases his drilling and with the fielding restrictions over, NZ captain Daniel Vettori introduces himself into the attack for the first spin of the day. More importantly, he's bowling with the wind behind him - making it more difficult for him to be hit back over his head. Vettori has KP deceived in the flight and completes a fine maiden over.

18th over - Eng 84-2
While the eardrums of my colleagues and I at BBC TV Centre are assaulted by a large amount of banging going on somewhere (it sounds like the building is being attacked by a woodpecker the size of King Kong), KP works Hitch away for a single and Bell then finds the gap on the leg side for four. KP is then nearly run out over a single that was never there when he's caught halfway down the track and Bell sends him back. Bell is clearly the dominant partner here, and takes two off the final ball.

17th over - Eng 77-2
Pietersen pushes a quick single off Martin to Mills at mid-on. Mills is "not the most agile of fielders", Aggers feels, so Vettori swaps him with "Two-Metre Peter" Fulton. Bell then swishes a four through point (taking him past 2,000 ODI runs) and dabs a single to rotate the strike. KP straight-drives the last ball of the over to keep the strike as a drinks break is taken. England's assigned drinks-carrier is Chris Tremlett.

"The most run-outs in an innings is four, for Pakistan v India, 1954-5, Australia v West Indies, 1968-9 (Tests), and for New Zealand v India (2007, Twenty20). England will be smugly confident of surpassing that record today"
Swiss Tony, in Cape Town, in the TMS inbox

16th over - Eng 70-2
Another change of bowling as Oram's off and Paul Hitchcock appears for some military medium - McCullum is standing up to the stumps with a helmet on. Hitch got rather carted in the second Twenty20 game - will England hit out against him? Bell runs a two, before he and KP exchange singles. The D/L par score at this stage is 68, so England are just ahead.

"Watching Bell bat, it's like watching Nasser Hussain play one-day cricket - occasionally the pressure builds up and he plays a 'get out of jail' shot"
Jonathan Agnew on TMS

15th over - Eng 66-2
Bill Frindall notes that there are more rain clouds on the way, but while England still need to face at least 20 overs (ie five more after this one) for it to constitute a match, they're just about up with the required Duckworth-Lewis par score. Umpire Asad Rauf signals the third powerplay, Pietersen dabs another quick single but Mills fumbles at mid-on. Another single takes Bell's score to 30.

14th over - Eng 64-2
KP pushes Oram for a single to Vettori at deep mid-off. Bell then lofts a drive which just sails safely enough to evade Vettori and find the boundary for four. Oram then fires one in which is short and wide, which Bell savagely square-cuts for four.

"I'm in Seattle, reading the BBC TMS text commentary on my computer while listening to live NZ radio commentary. At the same time I have another Internet window open keeping an eye on Adam Gilchrist batting against Sri Lanka. Isn't technology great?"
Jim, in the TMS inbox
[Don't forget, you can also access BBC Sport on your mobile or other handheld device - MM]

13th over - Eng 55-2
A change of bowling as Martin returns in place of Mills. KP pushes a quick single to midwicket, and Bell has to dive to beat Scott Styris's throw. The replay shows Bell would have been out if the throw (which was close) had hit. What is it about England and running between the wickets in this series? Just that one run from the over, in contrast to Martin's expensive opening overs.

"Please can someone explain how England have three overs deducted but only seven runs deducted from their target? Surely the target should be reduced at the same run rate as the opposition scored?"
Kurt Skelton in the TMS inbox

It's all to do with the Duckworth-Lewis method for rain-affected games. Very, very briefly:

Team total, wickets in hand and overs remaining are combined in a formula to form "resources"
When play stops, resources used are calculated
If play resumes, resources remaining are checked
The second figure is subtracted from the first and the formula applied to gain a revised target.

12th over - Eng 54-2
Vettori now has a word with the other umpire, Gary Baxter, and clearly isn't happy about something, as play is held up for a while. TMS commentator Bryan Waddle fears the rain may return soon. Bell moves across his stumps as Oram appeals for lbw but Bell got a definite inside edge. After he takes a single, KP has hardly faced a ball recently, but pushes the ball to mid-on and hustles for a single when he sees the fielder is Martin.

11th over - Eng 52-2
Kiwi captain Daniel Vettori exchanges a few harsh-looking words with umpire Asad Rauf, before Bell starts to walk down the track, Mills drops one in short and Bell launches a cross-batted swish to wide long-on for four. Bell attempts a similar shot, a bit more straight-batted this time, which brings up the England fifty. He again pinches the strike with a single off the last ball.

10th over - Eng 43-2
Umpire Gary Baxter signals the second powerplay and Bell opens the face to Oram but sub fielder Jeetan Patel is a livewire as ever at backward point and prevents the run. Bell finally pierces the infield with a well-timed cover drive for four, and pinches the strike with a well-run single.

9th over - Eng 38-2
Mills overpitches slightly and KP straight-drives him for four, but the Hampshire man is otherwise fairly restrained for the rest of the over. That's it for the first powerplay (which was reduced to nine overs by the overs lost to rain).

"A response to Nasr (0544): what about Kevin Pietersen?! And if one wasn't enough, didn't Dimi Mascarenhas prove a matchwinner in the second 20-20 match earlier this month? England's problem is not the lack of a matchwinner - they've always had matchwinners - it's the lack of consistency, the absence of a relentless focus on Winning At All Costs, that prevents us from getting to the top and confines England supporters to a yo-yo existence of ecstasy and despair in roughly equal measures"
Sleepless in South Lancashire in the TMS inbox

"You wouldn't put too much money on England, but then again it's a good pitch and 230's not a huge score in one-day cricket"
Geoff Boycott on TMS

8th over - Eng 34-2
New batsman Kevin Pietersen "has a big role to play here", says Arlo White on TMS, and KP is immediately off the mark with a single. Bell turns Oram to leg and they trot through for one. KP then tries to whip it through midwicket but gets a leading edge to third man for a single.

"Note to all fellow ex-pat Poms and those married to Kiwis/Aussies. Don't move to a country where they are better than you at sports, and marry a good Englishwoman. Simple. You know we're always average and the Antipodeans always like a pop at us. Don't give them the opportunity"
David, Hong Kong, married to a Home Counties beauty, in the TMS inbox

7.2 overs - WICKET - Cook c Martin b Oram 9 - Eng 31-2
Cook can only find a fielder at cover as Oram continues to bowl round the wicket to him. Cook then tries to force him into the on-side and hits the second ball of the over straight to Chris Martin at mid-on.

7th over - Eng 31-1
Bell works Mills to square leg where the huge figure of Fulton cuts off a possible run. The athletic Jeetan Patel is still on as a sub fielder, as the burly Jesse Ryder is off with a sprained ankle, and some of the TMS crew are slightly cynical about this move. ("It's amazing how often the poorest fielder in the side gets injured", says Angus Fraser). Another maiden over as the Kiwi fielders keep it tight.

"Another run-out! Please no more, I have to still live and work in Christchurch New Zealand! I am currently hiding in my office, if I leave I will be bombarded with abuse!"
Ben Gorst, Christchurch, in the TMS inbox

6th over - Eng 31-1
After two expensive overs from Chris Martin, Jacob Oram is introduced into the attack. He's had a great day for the Black Caps so far, and Arlo White on TMS says the adjusted D/L target of 229 has now been confirmed. Oram bowls round the wicket to the left-handed Cook, and sends down a maiden.

5th over - Eng 31-1
Cook works the first ball after the resumption for two off his legs, while Bill Frindall points out that the electronic scoreboard is now showing England's revised target as 229 rather than 228. But in any case, they need to get to 20 overs for it to constitute a match.

0605: We're under way again.

REDUCED DUCKWORTH-LEWIS TARGET: Aggers says England are now chasing 228 from 47 overs. So England have had three overs deducted, but only deducted seven runs - setting them a slightly tougher target.

"I have to agree with Tom from Sydney. Currently at my office in Perth surrounded by Aussies who are more interested in Gilly's goodbye match v Sri Lanka! A duck for him and a England win would do nicely! (Tempted to pop to the WACA after work though)"
Edward Ellis in the TMS inbox

0559: Play will resume at 0605 GMT.

0554: If you're just getting up, we've been off for rain for a while - although the time we've lost for what was only a light shower is a bit excessive.

But whether you're just getting up or have been with us all night, do join in the debate on e-mail (tms@bbc.co.uk with 'For Mark Mitchener' in the subject line), or text us on 81111 (with "CRICKET" as the first word). If you've ever wondered why we ask you to start with the word "CRICKET", it's because we share the 81111 number with other parts of the BBC (including Radio 1) and it allows us to easily distinguish your messages from those intended for the likes of Edith Bowman or Tim Westwood!

0551: Never mind the men, England's women have done the country proud in their Ashes defence against Australia - having bowled the Aussies out for 154, with Isa Guha taking 5-40. Speaking to Aggers on TMS over the phone, she's clearly been taking media lessons from Monty Panesar as she was quick to explain that she was just looking to get the ball "into the right areas".

"Please, someone else say that when they look at that picture of the sandwhich it looks like a Star Destroyer from Star Wars?! Either that, or I need to stop staying in at night drinking beer and watching cricket text and actually go out and find people to talk to"
Jim, Vancouver, in the TMS inbox
[The Star Destroyer comparison was made the last time I used that sandwich picture - I was accused of turning to the Dark Side - MM]

0546: Covers are now being taken off by the ground staff, under the watchful eye of the umpires.

0544: There are clear skies on the way, although it is still just raining.

"England lack a match winner. A consistent player that can stand up and say 'I'm gonna take this match by the scruff of the neck'... too few heroes, too little consistency leads to underperformance. South Africa has Kallis, Pakistan have Younus Khan, Australia has most of their team... who does England have?"
Nasr, South Africa, in the TMS inbox

0538: While Bill Frindall prepares his potential Duckworth-Lewis calculations, don't forget you can send your questions to the man himself via the TMS Blog.

4.1 overs - RAIN STOPPED PLAY - Eng 28-1
There's rain in the air - and after Bell takes a single off the first ball, they go off for what Aggers describes as "a squally shower". Apparently there is a 15-minute period of grace before Duckworth-Lewis comes into play.

"What we are seeing here is the difference between the two teams. NZ have the capability to get themselves something to bowl at after getting themselves in a spot of bother. Good lesson for us here I would say"
Darren, resident Pom, Perth WA, in the TMS inbox

4th over - Eng 27-1
R4 LW listeners returning from the mystical world of Dogger, Fisher and German Bight will be upset to see England one down already - after their seventh run-out of the series. New batsman Ian Bell is off the mark with a four through midwicket, and after he takes a single, Cook cleverly works Martin off his legs and it shoots past substitute fielder Jeetan Patel for four. That's 19 runs from Martin's first 10 balls.

3rd over - WICKET - Mustard run out (Vettori direct hit) 15 - Eng 18-1
After the umpires stop a film crew from shining a bright light at deep square leg, which was distracting Oram at backward point, Cook steers a single to deep point. Then, the Colonel hooks but gets a top edge over the keeper and slips for six! He then pushes a quick single off the final delivery, Vettori's throw breaks the stumps and they think they've got him. Umpire Asad Rauf calls for the third umpire, but there's hardly any need - and it's all over for the Colonel.

"The irritating IT people at the hospital have restricted the use of internet to a 60-minute quota per day and have banned most websites which are deemed unsuitable. Anything that is classed as 'Games', 'Entertainment', 'Lifestyle', 'Shopping' etc are banned. Luckily, BBC is allowed. Will be glued to the text commentary until 8am. Hoping for no interruptions from patients throwing sickies"
Dr Ed in the TMS inbox

2nd over - Eng 11-0
Mustard hammers Chris Martin's first ball for four though cover, just before Radio 4 Long Wave listeners are whisked away for the Shipping Forecast. The third ball of the over gets the same treatment from the Colonel and another four ensues. A prod to third man for a single rotates the strike for the first time, and Cook works away a single of his own to fine leg.

"Please, please, please England, actually finish the job rather than raising a nation's hopes again. I am sitting in an office in Sydney and am fed up of cricket-loving Aussies mocking me. I'm living with my Aussie girlfriend's folks at the moment and her Dad loves his cricket"
Tom, Sydney, in the TMS inbox

1st over - Eng 1-0
Kyle Mills sends down the first ball to Cook, Mustard backs up way too far, has to dash back and is nearly run out off the first ball of the innings without facing a ball. Golly. Don't forget, England had six run-outs in the first two ODIs. England are off the mark with a wide, but almost immediately Cook is flashing and missing at one outside off-stump.

"I feel Mustard is still a good, emphatic innings away from sealing his place in the team"
Jonathan Agnew on TMS

0515: Time flies by in these shortened intervals. New Zealand's fielders run out, followed by England openers Alastair Cook and Phil Mustard.

0450: And thanks to England's pathetically slow over-rate (taking 20 minutes longer to bowl their overs than they should have done), we have a shorter interval than we should do. England's innings is due to start around 0515 GMT, so I'm off for a sandwich.

"New Zealand have a very well-organised bowling side - England have to make sure they're not flops with the bat like they've been in the last two games"
Geoff Boycott on TMS

NEW ZEALAND INNINGS

50th over - NZ 234-9
Jimmy Anderson to bowl the last over - Hitch manages a single off the first ball to bring Martin on strike. Martin, let's not beat about the bush here, is number 11 entirely on merit. He fends off his first ball to leg, Pietersen's throw is well wide of the stumps. Hitch swings and misses but they run a leg-bye off the third ball. Martin (ODI batting average 1.20) gets a huge cheer from the crowd just for getting bat on ball, he can't get the fourth ball away but manages a single off the fifth. Hitch swings the final ball of the innings over extra cover for six, one of the best shots of the day! The Kiwis finish with 234-9, having been 95-6. That's England for you, I guess.

Oh, and Chris Martin's two not out was only one short of his highest ever ODI score (three). Well done him.

49th over - NZ 224-9
New batsman is Chris Martin - so Hitchcock desperately needs a single to keep the number 11 off strike, and gets one.

48.5 overs - WICKET - Oram c Bell b Sidebottom 88 - NZ 223-9
Oram smears a single off the first ball of Sidey's last over, Hitch walks into the off-side and drives a single to long-on. Oram takes another single, but Sidey is showing how effective bowling line and length can be at this stage - Broad and others should take note. Hitch digs out a single to mid-on, then it's a borderline beamer to Oram which is signalled as a no-ball as it was above waist-height. Geoff Boycott, keen to stick up for Sidey as a fellow Yotkshireman, points out that Oram was giving Sidey the charge so the ball was higher up than it should have been. Next ball is another full-toss, Oram hits it towards wide long-on where Ian Bell takes a staggeringly good catch.

48th over - NZ 218-8
Oddly, we've reached the 48th over, and only now will Broad become the first England bowler to complete his 10-over spell, having taken 3-17 from his first nine. Oram singles off the first ball, Hitch tries to open the face but can't get the second ball away. He finally gets Oram on strike with a single off the third. Oram hooks a short delivery and it sails away for a top-edged six over long leg. The next ball is loose down the leg side, and Oram despatches it for another six over midwicket - his third and fourth sixes of the innings. The last ball is pitched up and Oram takes a single - Broad may have conceded 17 off his first nine overs, but went for 15 off that one, finishing with 3-32.

47th over - NZ 203-8
Ryan Sidebottom, "normally a good death bowler" according to Geoff Boycott, will bowl the 47th and 49th overs, and Oram takes a single off his first ball. Colly brings the field in for Hitchcock, who is batting at 10 despite having opened the batting for his state side. But a loose delivery allows him to push a single off his first ball, and the field scatters again for Oram. Sidey fields well off his own bowling to enjoy a rare dot ball at this stage. Oram steers a single to long-on. Hitch can't get the last two deliveries away as Sidey varies his pace well.

"In response to Emma in Tauranga, being a Pom too, for a good cask conditioned real ale in NZ, I would recommend Galbraith's Ale House on Mount Eden Road in Auckland"
Roger in Auckland in the TMS inbox

46th over - NZ 200-8
New batsman is Paul Hitchcock, playing his 14th ODI at the age of 33, but the batsmen crossed on the catch, so Oram takes strike for the last ball and flicks one off his legs to take the strike yet again.

45.5 overs - WICKET - Mills c Cook b Broad 8 - NZ 199-8
Stuart Broad returns - can he contain Oram's big hitting? He opens the face to send a single to cover. Mills backs away, unhappy with something behind the bowler's arm, then carves a single to third man. Oram works one to leg, then Mills skies one to midwicket and Cook takes the catch.

"As a pom living in Hamilton for the last four years, and a veteran of the last English tour, I have been looking forward to this series for a long time. I can't even begin to describe my disbelief at England's woeful performance on Tuesday. It was gut-wrenching. Please, please, please England don't put me through that kind of misery again. If we throw it away the ODI series today, then all I have to look forward to this summer is getting lagered with 'Jimmy Saville' at the Test matches"
Matthew Scarborough in the TMS inbox

45th over - NZ 196-7
Oram steers Mascarenhas to extra cover where Pietersen misfields and they run a single. Mills cover-drives to point for one, and the Colonel's cries of "catch it" to every single ball in the air are starting to annoy me. Then, Dimi sends down the first no-ball of the series and they run two, giving Oram a free hit - and the big man doesn't disappoint as he hoists a six over point. A single rotates the strike again, even Mills is looking comfortable with singles now. Oram again takes the strike with a hammered single to long-on - Dimi has bowled seven overs for 55. At least England can revert to their main three seamers now.

44th over - NZ 182-7
Aggers fears an over-rate punishment for England unless they can bowl seven overs (or more realistically, bowl New Zealand out) before 0430 GMT. He and Boycs agree that the no-ball free-hit rule appears to have drastically reduced the number of no-balls bowled in ODIs. Oram drills Colly for a single, then Mills hoists a lofted straight-drive... but it lands safely and they can only run two. A slower ball flies off the edge to backward square leg and a single ensues. Oram reaches 55 with a straight-driven two, and flicks a single to midwicket to pinch the strike again.

43rd over - NZ 175-7
A single takes Oram to his half-century off 65 balls, while Aggers and Boycs think he should have been given out lbw in the 24th over. Mills does his job to get Oram on strike, and the Colonel does well to field a wide from Dimi. They then push for a single, hesitate, but Oram clearly makes his ground ahead of Bell's throw as Dimi shakes his head sadly. Oram pinches the strike with a single off the last ball.

42nd over - NZ 169-7
New batsman is pace bowler Kyle Mills, and he can throw the bat a little, though as Aggers points out, his main task will be to give Oram as much of the strike as he can. He sees off the rest of the over.

"Fraser Smith in Cambridge, I'm sat here in (dull) Hamilton surrounded by those gloating Kiwis also, just mention the Rugby World Cup to them, they shut up pretty quickly"
Andrew Knight, ex Bristol, in the TMS inbox

41.3 overs - WICKET - Vettori c Shah b Collingwood 42 - NZ 169-7
Colly in for his eighth over - with eight still to be bowled after this one, three have to be found from him, Dimi or Wright. Colly tries going round the wicket against Vettori, but the Kiwi skipper - whose batting has come on leaps and bounds in the last few years - just clubs him through cow corner for four. He then attempts a similar heave - and holes out to Shah on the midwicket boundary. His 42 came from 35 balls, and that stand was worth 74.

41st over - NZ 164-6
Vettori gives himself some room outside leg stump and then pulls Mascarenhas into the first row of the stand for six. An unorthodox carve to third man then brings a single. He and Oram continue to rattle off singles with ease - Oram has 48 and Vettori has 38. England are desperate for a wicket at this stage, having let the game rather slide away from them.

"We need to win this one guys. There are too many smug Kiwis here. In fact I haven't seen them this smug since just before the All Blacks v France game in the 2007 Rugby World Cup"
Fraser, Cambridge, New Zealand, in the TMS inbox

"I'm sat here in Manchester, I should be asleep, yet the prospect of an England team doing well is too tempting to allow to slip away..."
Andrew, defying the urge to sleep, in the TMS inbox

40th over - NZ 153-6
Vettori tries one of his favourite "dab to third man" shots against Colly but only succeeds at the second attempt. Another Oram single takes his score to 44, Vettori then steers a single to mid-off. Still the singles flow, but again no boundaries from this over.

39th over - NZ 149-6
Another bowling change as Mascarenhas returns in place of Wright, and Vettori takes a fresh guard. He runs a quick single to Wright at mid-off, who dives in with an underarm throw which just misses the stumps - Vettori needed to dive to make his ground. Just two singles for each of the batsmen, four off the over but no boundaries.

"I always thought England were better bowling first and run chasing second, seems to fit their game better. Any stats to back up my wild claim?"
Michael Brook, Masterton - another NZ expat feeling happier with today's performance, in the TMS inbox

38th over - NZ 145-6
Colly returns after that one-over Anderson spell, while TMS commentator Bryan Waddle bemoans the introduction of stump microphones because of constant chattering from wicket-keepers like the Colonel. Vettori apparently shares one batting fault with Stephen Fleming, his predecessor as captain, in that he "turns blind" while running between the wickets. A marginally better over for England as only four runs are yielded, but that's the fifty partnership - of which Vettori has contributed 26.

"I don't know if I agree with Peter's assessment that a few nights in a pub would do England good. It all depends on the availability of pedalos in the Auckland area..."
Chris Sobolowski, Vermont, USA, in the TMS inbox

37th over - NZ 140-6
Wright keeps plugging away, but Vettori is able to find the gaps and strokes a single. Oram effortlessly lofts an off-drive over Mascarenhas at deep mid-off for four. He was rather in no-man's land there, and Colly then pushes him back to the boundary. The NZ batting pair easily rotate the strike, and eight runs comr from the over.

"Mitch, nice start for the England boys; I knew bringing [Hey] Mascaranhas back into the fold would sort us out as well as bowling second. For the time being I'm looking forward to sinking a few with these Kiwis - just like I did following the 20/20 last Thursday � and no work tomorrow. I once got in a lift with Sinbad from Brookside, he didn't say much"
Sean, four floors from the nearest boozer, Christchurch, in the TMS inbox

36th over - NZ 132-6
With the Oram-Vettori partnership looking rather ominous, Colly takes himself off and recalls Anderson for his ninth over. But the runs continue to flow as a well-timed on-drive from Oram brings another four, and two more singles are added.

"Jonathan and Dermot mention the Colonel's incessant talking... he's a great lad. Why aye man, he's a Sunderland lad! Muzzy to get 50?"
George Roker, Sunderland, in the TMS inbox

"Hope Oram doesn't hang around for 20 overs. Following the text commentary here - Adelaide 31 degrees, I miss digital radio and TMS on longwave"
Simon Courtman in the TMS inbox

35th over - NZ 126-6
Vettori steers a two to fine leg, and then carves Wright to deep extra cover for a single. Oram punches one to long-off, Broad spectacularly saves the four but lands awkwardly on his shoulder. We hope he'll be OK, and two runs are taken. Oram and Vettori are now looking to take ones and twos at will against the England medium-pacers, while the Colonel is yelling "catch it" to virtually every ball, even those that land 15 yards away from any fielders.

"Re: Pink Floyd and the England cricket team. Dark Side claims its first wicket one minute and twenty seconds into "'Breathe'... Then - 'Any Colour You Like' - second wicket!"
Chris in the TMS inbox

34th over - NZ 120-6
The captains clash again as a low full-toss from, Colly is straight-driven for four by Vettori, before he nurdles a single to third man. Oram then profits from a needless Bell misfield which brings him a single, and three more singles are added as Colly completes the over.

"As a suffering Pom living in Napier, I too can confirm (Steve, West Brom, 17th over comment) that NZ Hotdogs are the most stupid invention ever - its' like eating a 'meat' Zoom ice lolly (for those old enough to remember). C'mon England - give me some ammunition to fire back at the Kiwis"
Ashley in the TMS inbox

33rd over - NZ 111-6
The TMS crew compare Luke Wright to Australia all-rounder Shane Watson (in terms of looks, batting and bowling styles etc, though Wright's hamstrings are less problematic), and Oram and Vettori just manage a single apiece off the first five balls of the Sussex man's over before a delightful square-drive from Oram brings him four.

"There was one season at Warwickshire when I was recovering from a shoulder injury and couldn't bowl - physically it was a doddle"
Dermot Reeve on TMS

32nd over - NZ 105-6
After a brief drinks break, Vettori whips Colly to the unguarded midwicket boundary for four. Colly had been bowling to a 6-3 off-side field, and immediately brings a man over to the leg side. There's a good game of cat and mouse between the two skippers as Colly sends down what are effectively some fast off-breaks to his opposite number, but that four is the only scoring stroke.

"Morning Mark, can anyone explain what's wrong with me - given the last two shambolic performances and the fact that I'm off to see the Smashing Pumpkins tonight and therefore should be getting a decent night's sleep, what am I doing still up listening to England? Is there a name for this disease I seem to be suffering?"
Ian, Warrington, in the TMS inbox

"Having been embarrassed to be English in Hamilton, it's great to hear about this comeback at the moment. Fans were offering their British passports for sale there! And I don't know what beer has been found in NZ to be good - oh, how I miss a good old pint of bitter! But the wine is worth coming out here for"
Emma in Tauranga in the TMS inbox

"Great to see the real England turn up. You would not believe the stick I have had from my in laws over here. Currently in the office but come 5.30pm NZ time I will be down the bar with a pint of Speights (NZ Brew) in hand to watch the rest of the fightback. Thanks for the great coverage"
Liam, Auckland, in the TMS inbox, in the TMS inbox

"Vettori shouldn't be underestimated with the bat, and Oram can score at 10 an over if he's still there later in the innings - it should get easier for him the longer he bats. It's still a good batting wicket"
Dermot Reeve on TMS

31st over - NZ 101-6
As the light drizzle continues, Dimi is removed from the attack after being clubbed for those two sixes, and sixth bowler Luke Wright enters the attack. He's quicker than Colly and Dimi, and Aggers on TMS wonders whether the Colonel should don a helmet as he's stood up to the stumps. A single from Oram brings up the Kiwi hundred, and Vettori clips a single off his legs to Anderson.

"Who needs to do revision for tomorrows university lectures when you've got Football Manager, Frankfurter Sandwiches, and 5 Live? Loving the coverage, cheers!"
Foxy, Stoke-on-Trent, in the TMS inbox

30th over - NZ 99-6
New batsman is the bespectacled Kiwi captain Daniel Vettori, so we have two left-handers in. Vettori tries to force a slower ball over mid-off where Anderson leaps up, gets a fingertip to it but can't take the catch as Colly holds his head in his hands. And it goes for four, as a light smattering of rain begins.

"Oram looked more out to that earlier lbw shout which wasn't given than Taylor did there"
Jonathan Agnew on TMS

29.3 overs - WICKET - Taylor lbw b Collingwood 31 - NZ 95-6
Astonishing scenes - umpire Asad Rauf is writing something down in his book and isn't ready for the over to begin, but Colly runs in and bowls anyway, Oram flays him through midwicket for four and Rauf, rightly, signals "dead ball" as he wasn't ready! Oram tickles a single to third man off the first legitimate ball, then Taylor tries to force a slower ball to leg and it almost carries to KP at short midwicket. Colly then traps Taylor in front, screams an appeal, and Rauf looks like he's walking off to the off-side - but raises his finger anyway!

29th over - NZ 94-5
The field is rotated for Dimi, and Oram clobbers the Hampshire man for a straight six to one of the aforementioned short boundaries, before nudging a single to third man. There's then a mix-up between the two batsmen, Taylor hesitates but his speed still takes him safely to the bowler's end as Colly's throw comes in. Oram takes another single, nine from the over and Dimi's three overs have gone for 20.

"The night is young yet in Vermont, USA where I'm eyeing the over-by-overs and listening to Pink Floyd. I think it's helping England, as they've taken two wickets to Animals, and two to Atom Heart Mother. I bet Dark Side'll be good for three at least! But for now I'm interested to see how Sidebottom bowls to 'Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast'..."
Chris in the TMS inbox

28th over - NZ 85-5
TMS scorer Bill Frindall points out that a different bowler has bowled each of the last five overs as Broad's off after one over and Colly returns, with more shouting from the Colonel supporting his Durham team-mate when he lands it on a good length. The batsmen exchange singles, with Taylor showing his pace between the wickets - Dermot and Aggers think he's the quickest between the wickets of all 22 players in this game, even quicker than Colly. Oram prods another quick one to pinch the strike.

"It's been a painful few days being an Englishman in New Zealand. So far this is looking so much better from the boys in blue - I am so very glad I don't have many patients booked in this afternoon"
Dr Jekyll in the TMS inbox

27th over - NZ 82-5
"Oh, Dimi, that's your length, Dimi", pipes up the Colonel from behind the stumps as Mascarenhas keeps Taylor tied down in his crease. Taylor then takes a single to Broad at mid-off, Broad has a rather needless shy at the stumps to a run which was already completed, and New Zealand profit as they run an overthrow. Taylor then pushes another quick one to mid-on, takes on Anderson's arm and makes his ground as Anderson's underarm throw just misses. Oram tucks an easy single to long-off, and Taylor goes aerial, slog-sweeping a good length ball over midwicket for six into an empty stand, so Shah has to climb up into the stand himself, helped only by a solitary steward.

"Well, I am sat here in Cambridge, NZ at work and following the game on the BBC website, surrounded by Kiwis, gloating. For Pete's sake England keep it up and quieten them down!"
Fraser Smith - ex Nottinghamshire-ite, in the TMS inbox

26th over - NZ 72-5
Sidebottom disappears off the field to be replaced by sub fielder and BBC Sport columnist Graeme Swann, who's immediately into the action as Taylor nudges Broad (who's quickly back on for his eighth over) for a single. Oram drives Broad powerfully but is unable to penetrate the infield.

"If England can mantain this bowling, then I'll wake up happy"
Harry Bronsdon in the TMS inbox

"At last England have realised they can't just expect NZ to give them the series they have to work at it. Give an Englishman something to cheer about in NZ"
Graham in Auckland in the TMS inbox

"There isn't anything too special about Mascarenhas's bowling, but he has a clever change and variety of pace"
Geoff Boycott on TMS

25th over - NZ 71-5
It's finally time for Dimitri Mascarenhas to turn his arm over - can he repeat his bowling feats from the Twenty20 games? Bizarrely, a few boos ring out around the ground as he is brought on (why?). Taylor pushes-and-runs a quick single. The Colonel is standing up to the stumps to Dimi's medium pace, and a good diving stop from Broad at mid-off prevents a run for Oram. Just one run from the over.

"To respond to Ravi's pleas around fluid mechanics and orifice meters - I've done my fair share of labs around those, and currently am taking a computational fluid dynamics course. Not like that is much help now, given the fact that the simulation machines are in the lab at school. Luckily I have England cricket to keep me company whilst I write an online economics quiz. It'll be like England - at first, it's not too bad, but then bowls one out for a duck when the crunch comes"
Alan, Hamilton, Canada (McMaster University), in the TMS inbox

24th over - NZ 70-5
Intriguing bowling change from Captain Colly - having made the breakthrough, he's taken himself off and recalled Sidey to the attack. Oram gets a very fortunate inside edge which sails inches past the stumps for four. A huge, Sree Santh-style appeal for lbw follows from Sidey when Oram is struck on the pad walking across his stumps. Boycs on TMS thinks it was out (and Hawkeye agrees), but Sidey gets no help from the similarly shaggy-haired Asad Rauf. Sidey gives Oram a couple of verbals as the over concludes.

"My grandfather would often gesture to anyone overweight and say 'he (or she) doesn't look like he (or she) goes long between meals'. Could be paraphrased to 'doesn't look he walks far between pubs'. Of course, despite being a professional athlete, he might be pigeon-toed - can't walk past a pub without his feet turning in. Following the ball by ball on the net from a cold Calgary and hoping that this time the boys can make a decent fist of it. Perhaps a few nights in the pub would do them good"
Peter Cain, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, in the TMS inbox

23rd over - NZ 66-5
Fulton took 25 balls to get those four runs - but his dismissal has brought in the big-hitting Jacob Oram. Taylor is on strike and works Broad to leg where some more sharp fielding from Dimi restricts them to a single. The field is rotated for the left-handed Oram, who square-drives his first ball to Colly at point. He then strides through for a single as Mascarenhas ("a safe fielder, but not necessarily a quick fielder", according to Geoff Boycott) fields and his throw just misses the stumps. Taylor weaves out of the way of a bouncer, and that's just two runs from the over.

"Seems to be paying dividends, this batting-second malarky. Just about to settle in with a curry and a cheeky beer in chilly Vancouver. Come on the England Boys!"
Jim, Vancouver, in the TMS inbox

22nd over - WICKET - Fulton b Collingwood 4 - NZ 64-5
I called it right - Colly himself is going to bowl some military medium. Taylor clubs him in the air towards midwicket, Luke Wright comes in well but can only take it on the bounce but his sharp throw prevents more than one run being taken. A lovely slower ball from Colly is completely missed by Fulton and is taken sharply by Colly's Durham team-mate Phil "The Colonel" Mustard, standing up to the stumps. Next ball, Fulton attempts another expansive shot and is bowled off his pad!

"For Tim - re: a better euphemism for someone whose taste for the stuff has clearly taken its toll on their physique? How about 'waisted'?"
Brian Farrar, Newmarket, Canada, in the TMS inbox

21st over - NZ 63-4
Broad continues from the Dominion Road End for his sixth over - presumably we'll see a fourth bowler soon, and Captain Colly himself is doing some stretching exercises. A good throw from Sidey restricts Taylor to a single, and it's been over half-an-hour since the last boundary.

"New Zealand to hit a tame 180. England to typically collapse to 145-9 in the 49th over only for Mascarenhas to hit six sixes in an over to win and save the tour"
Joe in the TMS inbox

"I hope we don't collapse batting but the England cricket team is much like Tim Henman, a show of promise that never quite materialises no matter how much one hopes and dreams. On a secondary note Kat surely a cricket loving lady should not be alone on Valentine's night - maybe if you put the heating on once in a while?"
Lewis Hughes, Manchester, in the TMS inbox

20th over - NZ 62-4
Arlo White on TMS continues his "famous people in lifts" story from earlier - it was Sir Richard Hadlee yesterday, and he once got in a lift with Bob Monkhouse at BBC Broadcasting House in London. It's still just ones and twos from Taylor and Fulton against Sidebottom - and there's a chance of a run-out when Luke Wright's throw just misses the stumps and the diving Fulton may have been in trouble. That's it for the fielding restrictions - just nine runs from that third and last powerplay.

"Dennis Lillee is Sir Richard Hadlee's hero - he's really in awe of Lillee, despite having more Test wickets than him"
Angus Fraser on TMS

19th over - NZ 59-4
Ravi Bopara is temporarily on the field - as a sub fielder for Anderson. Taylor and Fulton nudge three singles, all to leg, while if you're interested in England starting well against Australia, the Aussie women are already three down against England at Bowral as Charlotte Edwards's side try to defend the Ashes.

18th over - NZ 56-4
While Arlo White and Angus Fraser on TMS compare notes on Art Deco architecture (honestly), Anderson takes a rest and Sidey returns for his sixth over - bowling downwind, with his wild hair behind him rather than blowing in his face. The over yields just two runs as Fulton's score reaches three from 13 balls.

"Fair comment about Sidey and Broad. Oh well, hopefully Swann will get his place back in the team before the end of the tour and hopefully he is not made the scapegoat of the team. By the way, are there any more job vacancies going at BBC Sport for live F1 or Moto GP text or something? If a perk of the job is Valentine's dinner dates with Kylie, then I will be straight down to London to hand my CV in for 9am Friday morning"
Ryan Collins, Grimsby, in the TMS inbox

17th over - NZ 54-4
The tall Broad keeps it tight against the tall Fulton, and even manages to get a bouncer to rise above "Two-Metre Peter's" head. Fulton turns one off his legs, Mascarenhas is in quickly from midwicket and it's just a single from the over.

"I'd rather have one of Jesse's pies than a NZ hotdog. Ordered one in Napier at the Bangladesh game and got a battered saveloy on a stick dunked in a bucket of ketchup. Beer was good though"
Steve, West Brom, in the TMS inbox

16th over - NZ 53-4
It's still Jimmy for his eighth over as umpire Asad Rauf signals the third powerplay. He also appears to thrust three fingers into the air - as I thought Baxter had at the beginning of the 11th over. So England have three men outside the fielding circle for the next five-over spell. While Anderson sends down a maiden, Broad is fielding on the boundary - and reapplies a thick barrier of sun cream to his nose and cheeks, before handing the stick of sun cream to England reserve James Tredwell.

"That was a great five-over spell for England - taking three wickets for 14 runs"
Former Middlesex and England seamer Angus Fraser on TMS

15th over - NZ 53-4
New batsman is the lanky "Two-Metre Peter" Fulton, who turns his first ball to midwicket. Dot ball. Broad's figures are 3-1-5-2.

14.5 overs - WICKET - Styris c Mascarenhas b Broad 3 - NZ 53-4
With Eden Park still sparsely populated, there is muted applause as a Styris single brings up New Zealand's half-century. With the wind still very heavy, Broad pulls up in his delivery stride like Sidebottom did earlier. When the ball is eventually delivered, Sidey does the fielding as Taylor works a two to leg. He rotates the strike with another single - then Styris tries to hook a bouncer and Dimi leaps into the air to take a good catch at midwicket, his second of the game. It's all over for the Penguin.

"I'm grateful England are bowling, at least I'll have company for longer doing another all-nighter. Anyone out there know anything about orifice meters and fluid mechanics?"
Ravi in the TMS inbox

14th over - NZ 49-3
Taylor slashes at one outside off-stump and it flies just wide of the diving Cook at gully for four. Otherwise, it's another tidy over. Aggers notes that with no spinner playing, they'll have to get a shift on between overs to avoid a very slow over-rate.

"I am wondering if anyone has been as rubbish as me on Valentine's Day. I didn't wake up for when my missus got up for work, I went out to play darts for my local team before she got back from work and now I am watching cricket as I got home and she was asleep"
Mark, Rochdale, in the TMS inbox

"Despite the fact that there is always potential for disaster I still think following the cricket all night is preferrable to a 9 o'clock lecture on virtual organisations... What do you reckon Mark?"
Tom Lovegrove in the TMS inbox
[I'm biased, but I'd say stick with the game as England have had a reasonable start! MM]

13th over - NZ 45-3
TMS summariser Dermot Reeve strays towards a Richie Benaud "12th Man"-style impression by informing the listeners that Anderson's figures are 2-22 after his first six overs. Even Reeve's replacement Angus Fraser feels a "vibe" that England might win today. Broad sends down a maiden over as England's fielders keep it tight.

12th over - NZ 45-3
Well, that partnership between two former flat-mates from their Central Districts days didn't last - and the Black Caps have two new batsmen in. Scott Styris has to duck out of the way of his first ball from Anderson, and after he's off the mark with a single, Taylor straight-drives and a combination of Sidey and KP restrict him to three rather than four. Styris then pushes for a quick single and dives for the crease as Wright's underarm throw breaks the stumps, but "The Penguin" is in by about two feet.

"We need to keep the Kiwis below 220 if England have a chance of winning"
Nick, Essex, via text on 81111

"Disappointedly given up up a lot of good sleep to watch England so far this series - forcing me largely grumpy and grouchy over the last few days. For the sake of ever staying up to watch England again I hope they perform today"
Joe Collins, camping in front of the TV for the night, Nottingham, in the TMS inbox

11.1 overs - WICKET - Ryder c Mascarenhas b Anderson 23 - NZ 40-3
Ryder tries to attack Anderson with the same shot which brought him a six earlier - but he hits it straight into the safe hands of Dimitri Mascarenhas on the square leg boundary! Big wicket foror England.

11th over - NZ 40-2
New batsman is Ross Taylor (Luteru Ross Poutoa Lote Taylor on his birth certificate), who shoulders arms to his first ball from Broad and confidently defends the second.

10.4 overs - WICKET - How c Collingwood b Broad 10 - NZ 40-2
With Sidey having problems with his run-up last over, Stuart Broad enters the attack as umpire Gary Baxter signals the second powerplay - and by the looks of things, he held three fingers aloft which means England are allowed three fielders outside the circle for the next five overs. Broad strikes as How steers one straight to backward point where Captain Colly takes a good diving catch.

"I'm currently trying to finish a presentation for Uni tomorrow but I thought let you know that my friend Laurence has just done the funniest things I've ever seen. As we're listening to TMS he's announced that he'll imitate every shot with a broom in our house. In attempting to pick the broom up with his foot, he stood on it and the handle sprung up, cracked him in the eye and he now has the makings of a beautiful shiner, eyes bloodshot. Absolutely tremendous. I can't remember laughing like that for some time. Nice to hear Geoffrey's dulcet tones too by the way"
Sam J in the TMS inbox

10th over - NZ 39-1
As Arlo White hands over to Bryan Waddle after explaining a recent bout of vertigo, How prods a comfortable single into the covers, and another quick single takes Ryder to 22. How then takes a well-run two to Wright on the midwicket boundary.

"Ryder moves well between the wickets for a big man, rather like Mike Gatting"
Former Warwickshire, Sussex and England all-rounder Dermot Reeve on TMS

"Could someone tell me why Ed Joyce is not in this team?"
Justin Cramp in the TMS inbox

"The other day when David Lloyd first clapped eyes on the large frame of Jesse Ryder, he said 'Well, 'e looks a thirsty lad, doesn't 'e?' As I sit here doing my expenses with nary a drop of beer in sight, can anyone come up with a better euphemism for someone whose taste for the stuff has clearly taken its toll on their physique?"
Tim in the TMS inbox

9th over - NZ 35-1
How's best shot yet as a superbly-timed "forward press" brings a straight-driven four off Sidey, who's trotting in for his fifth over. He loses his run-up before the third ball of the over and has to walk all the way back, hair still blowing in the breeze. After he takes a single, Ryder spots Sidey's slower ball and cautiously defends. Sidey loses his run-up again before the final delivery - clearly something's not right with the Notts swinger. he doesn't look a happy bunny.

"Here we go! My nightshift buddies and I have just started our shift, so let's hope England don't get flannelled!"
Rich in the TMS inbox

"Ryan Collins (4th over) - of course it's bias. Nothing at all to do with the 45-metre boundaries at Eden Park"
Neil, Oxford, via text on 81111

8th over - NZ 30-1
Anderson is finding a bit of movement off the seam as Ryder dabs another single and the Lancastrian has How playing and missing. How then nudges another leg-bye, and clearly there's something up with Bill Frindall's microphone in the TMS box as he's virtually inaudible.

"Just got in from playing poker... who needs a woman on Valentine's Day? What do you mean no spinner in the England team? KP to come on and take a five-fer"
Clarue in New Eltham in the TMS inbox
[Is that a "Michelle" five-fer? MM]

"I've decided to stay up tonight for the first time this series, in the hope that we actually put in a decent performance. After all, we can't possibly be as bad as the last match... can we?"
Kat, in a cold, cold flat in London Town, in the TMS inbox

7th over - NZ 28-1
How clips Sidey off his legs for a single, then Ryder attempts a similar shot which has the recalled Luke Wright dashing in off the boundary as his cap comes off, restricting them to a single. Mascarenhas is "very alert in the field", according to TMS summariser Dermot Reeve.

"If Jesse Ryder does what he did in Hamilton, I'll steal his after-match pies and I mean it. OK, maybe not"
Ian in Bedford, via text on 81111

6th over - NZ 26-1
Ryder dabs a single, before How trots through for a leg-bye signalled by umpire Asad Rauf. (By the way, we have a change of umpire from the previously announced line-up - Gary Baxter is on the field and Billy Bowden is on TV replays). Another pugnacious square-drive from Ryder brings another four, and he and Anderson exchange a few words after Ryder plays and misses at the last ball.

"When Sir Richard Hadlee walked into a lift yesterday yesterday with me, I felt a buzz. He's a great guy, and made a bee-line for Aggers as soon as he got out of the lift"
Arlo White on TMS

5th over - NZ 20-1
How, facing only his fourth ball, nudges a single to square leg before Ryder square-drives a loose one from Sidey for four. A firm back-foot drive brings the burly left-hander another single. Arlo White replaces Aggers on TMS and notes that the "dots" of the 30-yard fielding circle are barely visible, as the ground staff apparently don't want to paint it in too heavily because there's an upcoming rugby match here.

"It's late, I'm tired and should really be in bed... Tomorrow will be like Christmas Day - I shall awake, fire up the PC and click on BBC Sport Cricket - we've beaten the Kiwis! Any other presents will be tossed back into our annual festive log fire... Burn, baby, burn!"
Alex in the TMS inbox

"Great news that NZ are batting first � there might actually still be a match being played by the time I get there at 4pm (NZ time)!"
Richard Reynolds in the TMS inbox

4th over - NZ 14-1
Ryder can't beat the infield early on, but then hoists Anderson over the short boundary at square leg, but Aggers thinks it would have been six on most grounds. That's the only scoring stroke from the over as Ryder swings and misses again.

"I see now that Graeme Swann is the new scapegoat for the England cricket team. It is strange that we had dropped our only spinner instead of run out king Shah. Then again, Swann does play for Nottinghamshire just like Chris Read. Perhaps that has something to do with the decision?
Ryan Collins, Grimsby, in the TMS inbox
[Sidebottom and Broad play for Notts too, so I don't think it's that. Perhaps it's the curse of the BBC Sport columnist, as Swann has recently succeeded Matt Prior! MM]

3rd over - NZ 8-1
There are still plenty of empty seats around the ground as Ryder is looking to get after Sidey early on. He pushes one to Anderson at mid-on, and a crazy throw to the bowler's end from Jimmy almost brings some overthrows.

"Mornin' Mark, I'm just back in Lancs after my hot date at the Ivy with Danni M. Was that you over there in the corner with her sister? Anyway, I've got some numbers to crunch so if you'd oblige with a few good news updates. They don't have to be true, just good"
Paul in Lancs in the TMS inbox[To be back in Lancashire from the Ivy that quickly, you must have broken a few speed limits - or travelled by Tardis - MM]

2nd over - NZ 7-1
New batsman Jamie How expertly defends his first ball which trickles to captain Paul Collingwood at backward point.

1.5 overs - WICKET - McCullum c Cook b Anderson 4 - NZ 7-1
Ryder tips-and-runs a single to midwicket off James Anderson, then Anderson gets one to nip back which just beats McCullum's outside edge. The Eden Park groundsman clearly has had plenty of time on his hands - as the outfield has been mowed with huge wavy lines everywhere. McCullum then charges down the track, Anderson digs one in very short and McCullum plays and misses with a flailing cross-batted shot. Next ball, McCullum weaves backwards, fending at a short ball off the back foot and it loops easily into the hands of Alastair Cook at second slip. Not even England could miss a chance like that.

"It would be interesting to see England bowl 50 overs for a change"
Grant Simpson, Edinburgh, in the TMS inbox

1st over - NZ 6-0
Sidey (whose long hair is labelled "a haystack" by Aggers) opens with a legside wide to Ryder, and the first run off the bat comes when Ryder carves a single to Mascarenhas on the point boundary. McCullum then punches one back past Sidey (out of his reach) for four.

0101: Ryan Sidebottom taking the new ball against Jesse Ryder and Brendon McCullum. Here we go.

"Anderson and Sidebottom are length bowlers, swing bowlers, but they tried to bang it in short in the last game. They've got to pitch it up and play to their strengths"
Former Yorkshire and England opener Geoff Boycott on TMS

0056: Interesting team choices by both sides - Vettori is the only recognised spinner on either side. Aggers and Boycs on TMS think the shortness of the boundaries are the reason that England spinner Swann has been omitted.

I was in full agreement with an e-mail I received at last year's World Cup, proposing that South Africa be docked 50 runs in any ODI in which they fail to field a spinner. But England need all the runs they can get!

0052: Right, here are the full teams:

New Zealand: Jesse Ryder, Brendon McCullum (wk), Jamie How, Ross Taylor, Scott Styris, Peter Fulton, Jacob Oram, Daniel Vettori (capt), Paul Hitchcock, Chris Martin.

England: Alastair Cook, Phil Mustard (wk), Ian Bell, Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood (capt), Owais Shah, Luke Wright, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Stuart Broad, Ryan Sidebottom, James Anderson.

Umpires are Pakistan's Asad Rauf and New Zealand's Billy Bowden - two of the most demonstrative umpires on the international circuit. Third umpire on TV replays is Gary Baxter, reserve ump is Evan Watkin, match referee is Alan Hurst and today my match report wing-man is Jamie Lillywhite.

"At least we can cheer winning something today - the toss"
Dan in Bristol, via text on 81111

"Please win this one England - I am at work in NZ and is not nice being English over here at the moment"
Chris Dunn in the TMS inbox

"England have put New Zealand in on what looks like a very flat pitch, but after the way they've batted in the last two games, they couldn't really bat first"
BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew on TMS

"I'm not too disappointed that we're batting first, but this wicket hasn't turned for eight years, so that's why we didn't bring in Jeetan Patel as a second spinner"
New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori

TEAM NEWS: England make two changes - all-rounders Luke Wright and Dimitri Mascarenhas are brought in for Ravi Bopara and BBC Sport columnist Graeme Swann. New Zealand recall all-rounder Paul Hitchcock, who played in one of the Twenty20 games, for injured seamer Michael Mason.

TOSS NEWS: Paul Collingwood calls "heads" correctly, and England will field first.

0030: Morning, everyone - it's eyes down for the third one-day international in Auckland, with England battling to save the five-match series after losing the first two games heavily.