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13th over: England 57-5 ( Buttler 10, Curran 5) It\u2019s not fun to bat at Wellington on a sunny day, the commentators say. It\u2019s when the ball swings. Hopefully England have worked that out now. A couple of firmly run singles, Buttler sprints down the pitch and lands and slides on his belly.<\/p>\n
Share<\/a><\/p>\n 12th over: England 55-5 ( Buttler 9, Curran 4) A couple of wides again from Foulkes, but they\u2019re the only runs from the over.<\/p>\n \u201cDate scones? Date scones? asks Ian Copestake. \u201cConsidering the size of dates to raisins, how big are the scones?\u201d Perhaps chopped dates Ian?<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a022.07 EDT<\/p>\n 11th over: England 53-5 ( Buttler 9, Curran 4) A glimpse of Wellington harbour, deep blue with a white sailed boat, proves gentle respite from the England card.Parma Violet anyone? (I haven\u2019t had one for 40 years and can now confirm they\u2019re disgusting)<\/p>\n Share<\/a>WICKET! Bethell c Mitchell b Duffy 11 (England 44-5)<\/p>\n Outstanding catch! Mitchell throws himself into the air at slips and holds on with both hands to Bethell\u2019s heady slash at a wide ball. He tosses the ball behind him as he lands -all in a day\u2019s work.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 10th over: England 44-4 (Bethell 11, Buttler 5) Foulkes is making the ball sing. A corking inswinger and a huge lbw shout against Buttler \u2013 but not out and New Zealand don\u2019t review. Tonks four next ball.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is threatening to become habit forming,\u201d writes Brian Withington. \u201cThank goodness there\u2019s plenty of time to recover before England next face another attack as good as NZ\u2019s \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 9th over: England 40-4 (Bethell 11, Buttler 5) I think Buttler is key to this, a few more brains to his biff. Drives Duffy sweetly to the rope. Bethell also picks up four, though with more of a wild west approach, a thick edge wide of the slips. In between, a near run-out.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 8th over: England 31-4 (Bethell 7, Buttler 0) An immaculate maiden from Foulkes.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 7th over: England 31-4 (Bethell 7, Buttler 0) Bethell picks up four thanks to Ravindra accidentally throwing the ball over the boundary as he fields. Brook falls to actually one of his least aggressive shots, and then Duffy greets Buttler with a beauty of an away swinger.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>WICKET! Brook c Bracewell b Duffy 6 (England 31-4)<\/p>\n And another! Brook props forward and slots the cheese straight to the waiting fox at second slip.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 6th over: England 26-3 (Brook 6, Bethell 2) England are helped by a couple of wides from Foulkes, Bethell got a gorgeous ball first delivery that straightens, but Brook edges four later in the over.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 5th over: England 19-3 (Brook 2, Bethell 1) This is the first I\u2019ve seen of this series and it\u2019s a dog\u2019s breakfast so far. Straight in, food everywhere, and a right mess all over the kitchen floor.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>WICKET! Duckett c Ravindar b Duffy 8 (England 17-3)<\/p>\n Um. Duckett pulls\/hacks, top edges and Ravindra takes a running catch at mid-on. Not pretty.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 4th over: England 17-2 (Duckett 8, Brook 2) Another low score for Root in what has been a series to forget. Brook attacks his first ball as a man trying to hack out of a burning barn and nearly loses his stumps. Picks up a more sensible two later in the over.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>WICKET! Root lbw Foukes 2 (England 15-2)<\/p>\n A corking inswinger hones in on Root\u2019s pads. Root stuck in the crease has no answer.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 3rd over: England 9-1 (Duckett 8, Root 2) Five dots and a huge six flayed by Duckett over deep square leg off Duffy.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 2nd over: England 9-1 (Duckett 2, Root 2) A very good over by Foulkes and his long-legged run-up. Smith cracked four from his first ball, but was nearly bowled by his third which licked in and just over the stumps. Lost his wicket next ball. .<\/p>\n Share<\/a>WICKET! Smith c b Foulkes (England 7-0)<\/p>\n New Zealand are very confident that they will overturn the not-out decision on the field\u2026 and so they should be. Paul Reiffel is the TV umpire and soon finds the guilty spike. A gung-ho slap Smith\u2019s downfall.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 1st over: England 3-0 (Smith 1, Duckett 2) England off the mark with a streaky outside edge as Smith throws bat at ball. A decent first over from Duffy. I reach into the leftover Halloween chocolate and pull out some Love Hearts. DREAM BIG is the instruction.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n A moment\u2019s silence for young Ben Austin, who died after being hit in the nets while practising in Melbourne.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Grant Elliot has the microphone, and very suave he looks too in his brown Chelsea boots and green cords. Apparently 296 is the average score for a winning team here. But are England listening?<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Aha! A message drops from the Guardian\u2019s Simon Burnton, fresh from a date scone.<\/p>\n \u201cMorning\/afternoon\/whatever Tanya. So, we\u2019ve reached the end. The end of the tour – or at least this leg of it – and of England\u2019s white-ball 2025. It\u2019s been a rather ignominious end, for all that Harry Brook\u2019s side \u201cwon\u201d the \u201cT20 series\u201d that preceded these three ODIs.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd the curtain comes down in Wellington\u2019s Sky Stadium, which is expected to be less than a quarter full for the game. England trained yesterday at the Basin Reserve, the lovely bespoke cricket ground across town and perhaps the world\u2019s finest roundabout, but for contractual reasons the match itself has to be played in a giant, echoing, sparsely-populated bowl and this is a bad thing.<\/p>\n \u201cBeyond that, I have learned that Wellingtonians are extremely committed to celebrating Halloween in fully costumed and completely intoxicated style, and that date scones are the finest of all scones, with only cheese even close, and I will never understand why Britons insist on putting raisins in theirs.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a020.56 EDT<\/p>\n It\u2019s a drop-in pitch and Conway reckons it might do a bit early after the weather they\u2019ve had the last few weeks. Just going to grab a quick cup of tea, back in five.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Though this is a dead game, it could still give England valuable points as they scramble to automatically qualify for the 2027 World Cup. Simon has the details:<\/p>\n Share<\/a>New Zealand XI<\/p>\n New Zealand XI: Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Will Young, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham (wk), Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (capt), Nathan Smith, Zak Foulkes, Blair Tickner, Jacob Duffy.<\/p>\n Conway for Williamson at the top of the order.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>England XI<\/p>\n Unchanged.<\/p>\n England XI: Jamie Smith, Ben Duckertt, Joe Root, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook (capt), Jos Buttler (wk), Sam Curran, Jamie Overton, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid<\/p>\n Share<\/a>New Zealand win the toss and will bowl<\/p>\n There\u2019s a very cute little boy who hands the coin over to Mitchell Santner, who duly wins the toss. \u201cIt looks like a good wicket\u201d Santner says, \u201ca bit of grass on it.\u201d One change \u2013 Devon Conway replaces Kane Williamson who has a twinge in the groin.<\/p>\n Brook says he\u2019d like to win a toss at some point. \u201cWe\u2019ll go out today, play with freedom, try and have fun. We haven\u2019t quite got the runs but we\u2019ll try and have some presence with our batting.\u201d<\/p>\n