New Zealand have recorded a five-wicket win over England in the first one-day international at Lord's.
After winning the toss and putting England into bat, the tourists produced an excellent display in the field, taking wickets at regular intervals to restrict their hosts to 227-9.
James Anderson struck twice in the opening over to give his side plenty of hope, but a fantastic century from Martin Guptill helped his side take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
Read below to see how the action unfolded.
Hello, and welcome to Sports Mole's coverage of the first one-day international between England and New Zealand.
The outcome of the toss at Lord's has already been determined, and it has been won by New Zealand, who have elected to bowl first in overcast conditions.
The big news regarding the teams is that Stuart Broad and Steven Finn are missing for the hosts, while New Zealand spinner Daniel Vettori failed a late fitness test. Full team news to follow.
ENGLAND XI: Cook, Bell, Trott, Root, Morgan, Buttler, Bresnan, Swann, Anderson, Woakes, Dernbach
NEW ZEALAND XI: B.McCullum, Ronchi, Guptill, Williamson, Taylor, Elliott, Franklin, N.McCullum, Southee, Mills, McClenaghan
The news of the two absentees for England is that Broad will miss the first two one-day internationals with a bruised right knee, while Finn is unavailable due to shin soreness. Chris Woakes and Jade Dernbach are the two men who have been brought into the side.
The players look ready to make their way onto the field. The general feeling is that it was a good toss to win. The conditions will definitely suit the bowlers this morning, and with the weather expected to get brighter this afternoon, New Zealand could have a good opportunity to go 1-0 up in the series.
England captain Alastair Cook and Ian Bell will open the batting for the home side, and it appears that Mitchell McClenaghan has been given the new ball for New Zealand. Here we go!
Cook gets his side on their way when McClenaghan drifts down the leg side, and the left-arm seamer does the same twice in succession against Bell, who nudges the second delivery away for four.
Kyle Mills will take the new ball from the other end, and he soon finds his line and length. Cook tries to cut him away off the fourth delivery, but it is too close to his body. The final ball is much wider, and the England skipper prevents Mills from opening with a maiden.
That's a terrific shot from Cook, punching the ball down the ground for his first boundary, but McClenaghan finds his range with four balls in succession that whistle past the outside edge.
There hasn't been much swing with the new ball, but there has been a bit of movement off the pitch, which is keeping the England batsmen honest. Mills drops the ball short, which allows Bell to hit the ball through point from two runs, but the 34-year-old has started well for the tourists.
McClenaghan seems to be getting the better of Cook at the moment, and the opener is lucky to survive when he edges the ball past the slip fielder for four. McClenaghan is struggling with his line to Bell, and after conceding a wide, he allows the Warwickshire man to score two more off his pads.
Cook doesn't look comfortable out in the middle, and after Mills misses the outside edge, Cook sends an inside edge straight into his pads. Like in the first over from Mills, Cook prevents the maiden with a single towards third man.
Tim Southee is into the attack, but he gifts the hosts a run with a wide ball. Cook moves to 13 with a single, before Bell drives the ball straight back past the bowler for a boundary.
The first blot on Mills's copybook comes with the 22nd ball of his spell, dropping the ball short for Cook to strike the ball through mid-wicket for three. Mills has conceded just seven runs from his opening four overs.
Bell has batted immaculately so far, and he adds four more to his total with a stylish shot back over Southee's head. Bell has 18 from 24 balls, while Cook has 17 from 30.
The sun is trying to peak through at Lord's, and it is only helping the conditions for England. After flicking the ball for four off his pads, Cook crashes the next delivery through the covers for another. However, he nearly falls to Mills, prodding his bat at a wide delivery. England will be pleased with this start.
WICKET! Bell (18) c Ronchi b Southee
That's a bit of a blow for the hosts, Bell edging the ball into the grateful hands of Luke Ronchi, who takes his first catch behind the stumps for New Zealand. Jonathan Trott is the new batsman, but he can't get off the mark.
Super shot through point from Cook, who will take on the responsibility of maintaining his side's early momentum. He then brings up England's fifty, which has come off 71 balls.
WICKET! Cook (30) c Ronchi b Southee
Southee and Ronchi combine for the second successive over to dismiss Cook, who, like Bell, lost his patience to edge behind. England looked comfortable 15 minutes ago, but now New Zealand are in the ascendancy. A second wicket maiden for the fast bowler.
McClenaghan returns to replace Mills, but despite a decent start, he allows Trott to get off the mark with a boundary after drifting down the leg side. It should have been prevented by James Franklin though, who lost his concentration by the rope. Joe Root nicks a single off the final ball of the over.
Good shot from Root, but even better fielding from Nathan McCullum, who saves a couple of runs. Brother Brendon is also alert to save a certain four from Trott. Southee has conceded just a single from his last three overs.
Root picks up a quickly-run two early in the over, and he is unlucky not to pick his first four, but that is another bit of superb fielding from Nathan McCullum. A mis-timed pull shot takes him to five.
Nathan McCullum replaces Southee, for what is our first viewing of some spin during the innings. Trott immediately tries the reserve sweep, but he almost catches it too fine. Root goes for a conventional sweep with the next ball, and takes the single. Trott takes a different approach, advancing down the ground for one.
A bit more urgency between the stumps from Trott, who picks up two, before slicing the ball away for a single. The run-rate is considerably under four, and that is going to need to improve as the innings goes on.
Root has been quiet so far, but he scores three off McCullum's first two deliveries. Trott then helps himself to two after advancing down the ground. A better over for England.
James Franklin is the fifth man on for New Zealand, and his first ball is unlucky not to dismiss Trott, who narrowly avoids making connection with the ball. It looks to be a good start from Franklin, but Root records his first four with an excellent shot through mid-wicket.
Four runs come from McCullum's third over, but he is causing a few worries for the batsmen, completing the over with an optimistic lbw appeal against Trott, but the umpire remained unmoved.
Trott is beginning to get into a rhythm, and he soon latches onto a wayward ball from Franklin to score his second boundary. He deserved his third with a crunching drive, but it was straight into the fielder's hands.
That's an extravagant attempt at a sweep by Root, but he fails to make connection with the ball. He does pick up a single later in the over, but just two runs in total came from it.
Trott and Root are looking for power with most of their shots, but they might be better trying to move the ball around. A couple of neat shots bring up six more to the total.
England's hundred is up after a single from Trott, which also brings up the fifty partnership. Trott has 29 off 45 balls, while Root has moved to 25 off 34. The hosts will be confident of exceeding 250 if the first 25 overs are anything to go by.
That was such a relaxed and composed shot from Trott, taking one stride down the ground to send Franklin to the boundary, before hitting the ball off his pads for a single. Root then livens up the crowd with a flick over the wicket-keeper's head off one knee. 10 runs from the over, and I don't think we will be seeing Franklin again for a while.
WICKET! Root (30) b N.McCullum
England were starting to go along quite nicely, but Root is out after being bowled by Nathan McCullum after attempting a reverse sweep. Eoin Morgan has come to the crease, and he is soon off the mark with a four down the ground.
McClenaghan has returned for his third spell, and he will be pleased with his opening six balls, conceding just two runs and almost finding Trott's outside edge with the final delivery.
WICKET! Trott (37) c Taylor b N.McCullum
Nathan McCullum has been quietly effective since he was introduced about an hour ago, and he has seen Trott on his way back to the pavilion after he swept the ball straight to Ross Taylor on the rope. Jos Buttler is in to partner Morgan, and he moves to one off his second ball.
WICKET! Morgan (6) c Ronchi b McClenaghan
If England weren't in trouble before, they certainly are now. They would have been relying on Morgan to lead the innings, but he is gone, sending the ball skywards to hand an easy catch to Ronchi. It was clever bowling from McClenaghan, who spotted Morgan coming down the pitch. Chris Woakes and Buttler score a single each before the end of the over.
McCullum has flown through his eighth over, conceding just a single to Buttler off the final ball. England have a decision to make. Do they instruct these two batsmen to attack, or consolidate for the next 10 overs?
Interesting change from Brendon McCullum, who brings Southee back on. Woakes plays a lovely drive that evades two fielders, before Nathan McCullum falls over in trying to retrieve the ball to allow the batsmen to run four. Woakes nearly becomes the sixth batsman to fall, but his streaky shot through the off side just misses Kane Williamson.
McCullum is continuing to bowl well, but he is fortunate when Buttler fails to smash a short one away for four. The spinner wouldn't have been playing today if Vettori hadn't of failed a fitness test, but he has been fantastic during his nine overs.
Southee oversteps to hand Woakes a free hit, and he takes advantage by hooking the ball for a one-bounce four. Two balls later, Ross Taylor drops a very difficult chance at slip, but it did prevent a certain four. An eventful over, which England needed.
Just three runs come from McCullum's final over, and he will be very pleased with figures of 2-34. It will be interesting to see who brother Brendon opts for as a replacement. Maybe Kane Williamson.
Southee is another who is coming to the end of his spell, but he continues to look threatening, restricting Woakes to just a single. Buttler is struggling to get on strike, and he has scored just six from 16 balls.
As predicted, Kane Williamson has been introduced. He starts well, but he concedes a boundary to Buttler, who drives the ball between the fielders to the boundary, before picking up two more off the back foot.
Brendon McCullum appears to be saving Southee to the end of the innings after bringing back Mills. He gifts England just a single from his four balls, before Woakes nearly prods the ball straight to the close fielder.
WICKET! Buttler (14) c McClenaghan b Williamson
What was Buttler doing there? England were getting themselves back on track, but Buttler has reversed-swept the ball straight to McClenaghan. The fielder didn't even have to move. Tim Bresnan is in, and he records a single off his pads, before Woakes repeats the feat with the very next ball.
Woakes is a lucky boy after edging in the direction of Taylor for the second time, with the same result as the first. It was a fantastic effort from Taylor, but he couldn't cling on. You feel that England need at least seven runs per over from here onwards.
It's all happening. England pick up three runs from the first two balls, which is followed by a wide. However, New Zealand should have their seventh wicket via a run out, but Williamson failed to dislodge the bails with Bresnan several feet short.
Woakes moves into the thirties after pushing the ball into the gap for two, and England score five runs from the over. It could have been nine if it wasn't for a superb piece of fielding to prevent a boundary for Bresnan.
That's a bit streaky from Woakes, but it is another four to the total. He now has 36 from 50. There was a big shout for lbw from Williamson off the final ball, which warranted a review, but the ball was adjudged to be missing leg stump by millimetres.
WICKET! Woakes (36) c Guptill b Mills
Another blow to England's ambitions of reaching a competitive score after Woakes departs for 36. He was trying to hit the ball down the ground for six, but he could only send it into the air for Martin Guptill to pounce to hand Mills his first wicket. Graeme Swann nearly gets out from his first delivery after an inside edge just misses the stumps. Mills ends with figures of 1-36.
Swann has come to the crease with plenty of intent, and he ensures England score eight for the over with a splendid shot straight down the ground. You feel that England need to bat out their fifty overs if they are to give themselves a chance to win the match.
Bresnan gets lucky after mis-cueing a shot over the slip cordon for two, which he swiftly follows up with a single. A couple more runs leave England just one short of the 200-mark.
Swann is looking for the direct route for scoring his runs, but he is finding himself frustrated by the New Zealand fielders. However, Bresnan has more luck, powerfully sweeping the ball for four.
McClenaghan begins well, denying Bresnan the chance to get off strike. He follows up a yorker with a bouncer, before Bresnan clubs the ball away for four.
WICKET! Bresnan (25) b Southee
Nathan McCullum has excelled with the ball and in the field today, and he saves a certain boundary with a drive on the rope. Bresnan departs next ball when a full delivery from Southee crashes into his stumps. James Anderson is in at number 10, and an excellent cover drive is rewarded with four runs.
McClenaghan begins with a dot ball, but Swann steers him away for a single off the next. Anderson seems to stumble towards the ball, but he flicks it away for another single. After bowling a dot ball with the fourth delivery, McClenaghan attempts a bouncer, but Swann smashes the ball for four. However, off the final ball, he is caught out, and England finish on 227-9.
It picked up a bit towards the end, but England will feel that they have been out-performed by their opponents. A score of 250 should have been a minimum target, but after losing three wickets during the middle part of the innings, they were always struggling to set a decent target.
Join me in 30 minutes time to see the start of New Zealand's reply. England will need to get off to a flying start to swing the momentum.
Those sandwiches must have gone down well at lunch because the players are already back out in the middle.
James Anderson has the new ball in his hand for England, and he will bowl at Luke Ronchi, who is batting for the first time for New Zealand.
WICKET! Ronchi (0) c Swann b Anderson
WICKET! Williamson (0) c Buttler b Anderson
What a start for England. After bowling a wide with his second delivery, Anderson responds by tempting Ronchi into a drive and he edges to Graeme Swann, who takes a superb catch. Kane Williamson is the new batsman, but he lasts just two deliveries after a stunning one-handed catch by Jos Buttler. They don't come much better from a wicket-keeper.
Jade Dernbach is on at the other end, but he has started in sharp contrast to Anderson. He begins the over with a couple of wides, before finding his line with his third delivery. He then bowls a full toss to Ross Taylor, who whips the ball away for four. However, the seamer does finish with two dot balls.
This is a positive response from New Zealand, with Ross Taylor driving the ball through the gap on the off side. He then runs a very hard two, after the ball had cannoned into his pads.
That's much better from Dernbach, but his tight over is ruined when Taylor plays another drive through the covers. The New Zealand number four has scored 14 from 13 balls.
Guptill is lucky to avoid being Anderson's third victim when an inside edge just misses his leg stump, but he gets in on the scoring act with a crisp shot through the off side.
A maiden over for Dernbach, which is something that isn't said on a regular basis. To be fair to the Surrey man, he bowled a very consistent line, and Taylor could do nothing more than find the fielder.
Taylor strikes another boundary off the final ball of the over to ruin a good effort from Anderson. Taylor is looking like he will be the key man to this innings.
Taylor is in full flow, and he records another blow down to the third man boundary. Guptill has cut somewhat of a watchful figure, facing just 14 balls in eight overs.
The effects of the new ball have soon disappeared, and batting conditions look superb out in the middle. It is only giving Taylor further encouragement to go for his shots, and he scores another boundary through mid-off.
Chris Woakes replaces Dernbach, and it is a costly replacement, with the Warwickshire all-rounder conceding 11 runs. Guptill smashes his second boundary, before he pulls the ball just over the reach of Tim Bresnan for six.
Tim Bresnan is brought on for Anderson at the other end, and he suffers a similar introduction to that of Woakes, handing New Zealand nine runs, including a a boundary through square leg.
The required run-rate has soon been reduced by New Zealand, and they now need as little as 4.15 per over. Woakes has been wayward since he was introduced, and he gifts Taylor and Guptill a boundary each. The tourists have scored 11 fours and a six in their opening 12 overs.
Up until the final delivery, it had been a better six balls from Bresnan, but he misses out on a maiden after drifting down the leg side for Taylor to flick the ball fine for another four. Graeme Swann is coming on...
Swann's arrival brings a cheer from the crowd, who recognise that there is nothing there for the seamers. The spinner's first ball is hit into Buttler's pads, with Guptill remaining patient before hitting the ball away with the fourth ball. Taylor picks up a single off to move to 38.
Taking into account that this is Bresnan's first match since injury, he hasn't wasted any time in getting back into the groove. However, while he is keeping the run-rate down, he isn't looking like taking a wicket.
Swann has started well, posing a bit of variety to the batsmen, but like with Bresnan, Taylor and Guptill look in control at this stage. England need something to happen or else their opponents will coast to victory.
Another solid effort from Bresnan, who keeps it tight in securing a maiden over. The required run-rate is back up to 4.52. It's drinks.
There is a feeling that England are starting to frustrate both of the New Zealand batsmen. They are struggling to time their shots, and a mis-timed shot from Guptill is lucky not to fly straight into the hands of a fielder.
Three more come from the over for New Zealand, but England will be content with that at this stage. They are going to need a wicket sooner rather than later, but they are better off than they were 10 overs ago. Taylor is on 41, with Guptill on 36.
Taylor finally has a bit of joy in getting Swann away, although the fielder chases the ball down to restrict him to two runs. New Zealand have scored eight more runs than England at this stage of the innings.
Another three runs come from Bresnan's over, who might be due a break after getting through six overs. The run-rate is now up to 4.68, but New Zealand won't be worried just yet.
These two bowlers have conceded just 32 runs off the last 11 overs, in what has largely been a very uneventful hour. Cook needs to be careful not to waste all of Swann's overs too early incase he is needed at the end of the innings.
Chris Woakes is back into the attack, and it doesn't look like the smartest of moves as he concedes eight runs off the first three balls, with the last of them seeing Guptill record a boundary to bring up his fifty. The opener then plays and misses at the following ball, but Guptill picks up another boundary with the last ball of the over.
That last over from Woakes has undone some of the work of Bresnan and Swann, and just as it appears as though the spinner has recovered the situation, Guptill strikes a hefty blow to hit him for six down the ground. England need a wicket and fast.
Taylor moves to 51 with a fabulous cut shot that beats two fielders, before adding another three to his total with a two and a one. We are at the halfway stage of New Zealand's innings, and they require just another 107 to go 1-0 up in the series.
WICKET! Taylor (54) c Buttler b Anderson
Cook has withdrawn Swann from the attack to reintroduce Anderson, and it pays off immediately as the seamer finds the inside edge of Taylor's bat. Anderson concedes a couple of wides, but he has the breakthrough, which is the main thing.
Given his performance so far, it is a brave move from Cook to persist with Woakes, but it is an improved over from the all-rounder, who concedes just four runs. England need to strike while Grant Elliott is still new at the crease.
Elliott picks up a single off the final delivery to retain the strike. Time for Cook to risk Dernbach again? New Zealand are six runs ahead of what England were at the same stage in the match.
As predicted, Dernbach is back to replace Woakes, but after two dot balls, Elliott carves the ball through the off side for four. A quickly-run two takes him into double figures, before Dernbach strikes his pads off a full delivery, but it is going down the leg side.
Anderson is charging in for what is probably his final over for a while, but both batsmen remain in full control. Guptill has played a quite marvelous innings so far, scoring 65 runs from 79 deliveries.
I was just about to comment at how Dernbach was much more economical this afternoon, but as I was about to do so, he is walloped for six by Guptill for his third maximum of the day. It wasn't a bad ball, just brilliant technique.
Swann is back, with Cook no doubt wanting to keep a couple of overs in reserve to use Anderson in a few overs time. The spinner has decent figures of 0-22 off seven overs, but I can't remember him creating a chance.
Dernbach thinks he has his first wicket when the umpire raises his finger to an lbw appeal, but Elliott asks for a review and he is shown to have hit the ball. The fast bowler looks deflated. Four from the over.
Swann keeps it tight once more, offering Guptill and Taylor just two more, but he still doesn't look any closer to a wicket. It might be worth giving Joe Root the ball when the teams come back from drinks to see if he can have a similar impact to that of Kane Williamson.
There is a change in the attack, but it's Bresnan, not Root. The Yorkshire bowler has conceded around three per over throughout this innings, and he continues that trend in his seventh. The powerplay has been taken.
That's a good start to the batting powerplay for New Zealand, who add seven to their total. Elliott has been relatively quiet, but he plays a fine shot down the ground to bring up his second boundary.
New Zealand add five more, to get to within 60 runs of victory. It is getting to a stage where Guptill will be eyeing his century, a feat he has only achieved twice in 67 matches.
WICKET! Elliott (27) b Swann
Swann finally picks up his first wicket of the match, getting one to turn through the gate to strike Elliott's stumps. However, it might be a bit too late. Brendon McCullum is into the action and he is quickly off the mark. Swann finishes his spell with figures of 1-33.
That was a bit more of a profitable over from New Zealand, six coming from it. The tourists are well in control right now, but if England can dismiss one of these two batsmen in the next couple of overs, you never know...
Anderson is back on to complete his spell. It is now or never for England. He starts well enough, but after conceding four leg byes, he sees Guptill hit him for four on the leg side. Guptill now has 85 from 106 balls.
WICKET! B.McCullum (5) c Morgan b Dernbach
Now then, is this game still alive? Brendon McCullum sends a shot straight to the advancing Eoin Morgan and the skipper has gone. Now, if England could just get Guptill, and things will get very interesting.
Cook throws the ball to Joe Root. He must be wishing that Swann had a couple of overs left. Like many times this afternoon, the first five balls were good, but the final delivery gets struck to the boundary. 34 runs required from eight overs.
That could be the over that wins it for New Zealand. Three runs came from the first four balls, but Guptill unleashes a huge blow to record a six that flies into the stands. Dernbach replies with a decent enough ball, but it finds its way to the boundary for four leg byes.
What was Bresnan doing there? He makes a lot of ground to prevent the four, but he tries to slide around the ball, and inadvertently allows it to go for a boundary. New Zealand now need just 13 runs for the win. Guptill is five away from his century.
I thought Frankin might of considered giving Guptill the strike so that he can complete a well deserved century, but he looks intent on searching for boundaries. He picks up two with the first delivery, before retaining the strike for the majority of the over. Guptill has had enough and launches the ball a mile into the air, but it just evades a sprawling Chris Woakes to allow Guptill to run three. Lucky boy...
Guptill moves to 99 off the first ball, and there is a discussion between the two batsmen as to what Franklin should do. Guptill seems to indicate to his partner that he should go for the win, but Franklin ignores him and defends the final five balls of the over. A nice touch.
NEW ZEALAND WIN BY FIVE WICKETS!
My word, what an over that was. Guptill needed just a single for his cenutry but he didn't half make a meal of it. Firstly, he survived a video review for lbw, and then New Zealand moved one run away from victory thanks to four leg byes. However, it was nearly five with the ball just inches away from the wicket-keeper's helmet! That would have been disastrous. However, the opener stuck in there and pulled the ball away for four to complete the milestone.
However, as well as Guptill's fine innings, it was an excellent team effort by New Zealand. They were superb in the field, and despite a double blow at the start of their reply, they responded in some style thanks to some powerful hitting from Ross Taylor and Guptill, and they fully deserved their win.
As for the hosts, this was a below-par performance from Alastair Cook's team. The highest score with the bat was a 37 from Jonathan Trott, while only James Anderson made a significant impact with the ball. You would expect several changes for the second ODI in two days time.
That's all from Sports Mole this afternoon. Thank you for following our coverage this afternoon, and we hope to see you on Sunday. Goodbye.
