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Scott Styris, dropped by Ravi Bopara at backward point on 13, shared 53 from 13 overs with Flynn, who was deceived in the flight by Swann and bowled.

Stuart Broad struck in his first over as Jamie How fell at backward point and had Ross Taylor caught by Tim Ambrose, who earlier spilled a How top-edge.

Brendon McCullum struggled for 23 in 57 balls until edging to slip in the 19th.

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By Mark Mitchener

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32nd over - NZ 126-4
New batsman is Jacob Oram, so it's one lefty replacing another. Oram steers a single to long-off to get off the mark.

31.2 overs - WICKET - Flynn b Swann 35 - NZ 124-4
After a single from Styris, Swanny gives it a bit of loop against Flynn, draws him down the pitch with a bit of turnand he's bowled! A most welcome wicket for England.

31st over - NZ 123-3
Time for England's sixth bowler - Ravi Bopara, who's bowled just one over of medium pace so far this season. It always frustrates a certain Essex fan in this office that Bopara is very much an all-rounder for his county, yet seemingly isn't trusted much by England as a bowler - barely used in Sri Lanka during the winter Tests, despite seemingly being picked ahead of Shah because of his bowling. Wright takes a break, and Andrew Strauss is on as a sub-fielder for him. A handsome four from Flynn through mid-wicket brings up the fifty partnership before the pair exchange singles.

30th over - NZ 117-3
The Flynn-Styris combination are stroking Swann away for plenty of singles now, but can't find the boundaries, having hit just three between them, despite having added 46.

29th over - NZ 114-3
Wright bustles in to Flynn, who runs another quick single while the TMS team ponder the "do heroes make good captains?" question - comparing the captaincy skills of many international stars including messrs Flintoff, Botham, Imran Khan and Warne. More ones and twos from the Black Caps, five runs from the over.

28th over - NZ 109-3
The Kiwis are finally showing some urgency against Swann, although Flynn lives dangerously when he is firstly hit on the pad while sweeping, and then dances down the track and punches the ball just wide of Ian Bell, who's in a "shortstop"-style position in the covers.

27th over - NZ 105-3
Flynn heaves Wright to leg to bring up his country's three figures, then Styris has a mow across the line which flies down to fine leg and they run three. Flynn finishes the over with a well-run two. Meanwhile, Aggers on TMS reveals he watched the clip of the famous New Zealand-Australia "underarm" ODI on YouTube yesterday - and commends Richie Benaud (who roundly condemned the incident) for his unflappable professionalism in being able to finish a TV broadcast exactly on time (while being counted down by the producer in his earpiece).
INTERNET LINK: The "underarm" delivery on YouTube

26th over - DROPPED CATCH - NZ 99-3
Flynn tries to launch Swann over mid-on, which brings four. Pietersen's response is to drop mid-off back (yes, that's right, mid-off). Styris then tries to carve one towards long-off, it squirms to backward point, Bopara leaps in the air and gets a hand to it but can't hold on. A difficult chance, but still a chance. They run one, and the pair celebrate their let-off with a couple more singles.

"Ben Scott for England keeper! Let's see if that gets me published on your commentary"
Sophie in the TMS inbox
INTERNET LINK: Ben Scott's career statistics on Cricinfo

25th over - NZ 90-3
A good sprawling stop by Bopara at backward point denies Styris runs against Wright, before he prods one through the covers for a trotted single. Wright still has give men inside the circle (rather than the minimum four) for Flynn, and a single from him brings us to the halfway stage of the innings.

24th over - NZ 88-3
Styris steers Swann to Broad at long-on for a single. Flynn struggles to get Swann away for a couple of deliveries, but the Kiwi pair add a singleton apiece as Swann is quickly through his over.

"Not sure why Ambrose gets such a hard time. He kept Sangakarra away from stumps for Warwicks last year and still out-performed him with the bat. And his County Championship average this year is 112. We need to give him a chance and get stability in the team. One bad series does not a bad player maketh!"
Neil, London, in the TMS inbox
[I think the understanding behind Sanga going to Warwicks last year was that he wouldn't have to keep wicket - his Test average has sky-rocketed without him keeping after all - MM]

23rd over - NZ 85-3
Flynn and Styris exchange singles, before Flynn knocks Wright away for a couple and then flashes at a loose half-volley and despatches it to the point boundary for four. Pietersen's response is to take out the slip and reinstate a gully and a backward point. A better over for the Black Caps.

"Because of the good bowling in the first 20 overs, it's allowed Pietersen to keep the pressure on with men inside the circle"
Former New Zealand all-rounder Jeremy Coney on TMS

22nd over - NZ 77-3
It's a double change as we have our first sight of spin today. Fresh from his slip-catching heroics, Graeme Swann is on for some right-arm off-spin from the Pavilion End - which should give him the benefit of the famous Lord's slope. (For the uninitiated, the pitch slopes from the Grandstand side to the Mound and Tavern Stand side, thus aiding Swann's off-spin, while a left-arm spinner might prefer to bowl at the Nursery End). Styris works him away for a single, and with a left-hand/right-hand combination at the crease, the field changes a few times, but another Flynn single completes a tidy over for Swann. And we've found a picture of McCullum's broken bat!

21st over - NZ 75-3
The fielding restrictions are over and England turn to all-rounder Luke Wright's medium pace. With no Colly in the side, he's probably in for a long bowling stint today. Styris dabs his first ball into the covers for a single, then Flynn is hit on the pad, they run a leg-bye to third man but Mr Llong says "not out" (or very possibly "nnot oout"). Styris is starting to pick up the singles at will here, but Flynn is beaten by one that sails between bat and pad.

"Also following this in Portugal, Vilamoura, too hot here for cricket, the over rate would be about five an hour, would probably need to allocate five days or all the England team would end up banned. Off for a beer!"
Phil Garmston in the TMS inbox

20th over - NZ 72-3
We're into the last powerplay over as Flynn shoulders arms to Broad. The two exchange "hard stares" in the manner of Paddington Bear, mention of whom makes me feel hungry for a marmalade sandwich or two. Flynn is in no hurry here, playing out the first maiden of the match. And after the grand total of, erm, no replies to the quiz I set in the 2nd over, I can reveal that the two players to captain England in just one ODI were John Edrich and Alan Knott, both in the 1970s.

"Phil Mustard has to come back. He is scoring for fun at Durham (as usual). He is a classy keeper and the selectors have made a mistake opting for 'continuity'. Bring back the Colonel. He's Mustard!"
Dan, London, in the TMS inbox

19th over - NZ 72-3
New batsman is the left-handed Daniel Flynn - who has plenty of "previous" from Anderson at Lord's from earlier in the tour, as a nearby London dentist will testify. Flynn shoulders arms to the first couple he faces, but then chops one just wide of Cap'n Kev, who had just brought himself in at gully, and they run one.

18.2 overs - WICKET - McCullum c Swann b Anderson 23 - NZ 71-3
Jimmy Anderson's line and length is starting to stray again, conceding four leg-byes and a wide in quick succession. But the "Burnley Express" swiftly makes me eat my words by inducing an edge from the out-of-sorts McCullum to BBC Sport columnist Graeme Swann, who is the solitary slip.

18th over - NZ 66-2
Broad digs one in short to McCullum and gets a stern, finger-wagging "that's yer one for the over, lad" signal from umpire Steve "Interesting" Davis". McCullum, undeterred, dabs a single into the covers. The fifth ball of the over is also short, Styris ducks and umpire Davis shakes his head menacingly. A fluent cover-drive from the last ball of the over brings Styris his first boundary.

17th over - NZ 61-2
Astonishing scenes as McCullum tries to force Anderson to leg and his bat completely snaps in two as he plays the shop. McCullum drops the broken bat and runs through for the single. Graham Thorpe on TMS reveals that he used to use different bats for Tests, ODIs and county cricket - with the Test bat being the most important. After a short delay while a replacement bat for the Kiwi keeper is summoned, Styris takes a single and yet again, McCullum upper-cuts one to third man. The TMS team think third man should come in a little for McCullum, as he would be in danger of being caught there.

"Okay, since I have to stupidly work today and will miss most of the match, if not all, I am ordering England to win so I have something to celebrate. Let's try that cosmic ordering stuff, that's bound to work right? Also, while I would love to see Colonel playing for England again, the last time he got picked England broke him and he came back to Durham looking dejected, even his grandmother said he hadn't been the same. As a Durham fan I don't want a broken keeper who can't bat. He's just getting back to normal. (gives the England selectors a stern look)"
Sarah Taylor in the TMS inbox

16th over - NZ 58-2
England take the third powerplay - McCullum begins the over with a single off Broad, who then fires in a bouncer which Styris has to duck. Broad is looking very lively today - "bending his back" as fast bowlers are meant to do. Styris is finally off the mark with a single, only for McCullum to pinch the strike. His 20 not out have come from 48 balls with just one boundary - most un-McCullum-like.

15th over - NZ 55-2
Mark Pougatch on TMS reveals that he met new batsman Scott Styris at Wimbledon this week - it seems virtually the entire England and New Zealand squads were there at some point. McCullum finally plays with some of his usual aggression when he square-cuts one from Anderson to third man and they run one. Styris has to fend off a couple, but survives the over. And if you're a tennis fan, you may want to check out our live text coverage from Wimbledon, with our resident tennis expert Piers Newbery on duty.
LIVE TEXT: Day six at Wimbledon, with Piers Newbery

"New Zealand are quite cagey here, but England are chipping away at them well"
Former Middlesex and England spinner Phil Tufnell on TMS

14th over - WICKET - Taylor c Ambrose b Broad 4 - NZ 54-2
McCullum guides the first ball of Broad's third over to Wright on the mid-wicket boundary for a single, then Taylor dabs a streaky single to Anderson at short fine leg, but non-striker McCullum makes his ground safely. Sidey at third man continues to be kept busy as McCullum nudges another single. Then, it's another wicket for Broad as Taylor hesitantly hangs his bat out and it's a regulation catch for keeper Ambrose - this time he makes no mistake.

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13th over - NZ 51-1
Aggers says this is KP's first experience of captaincy, apart from a Notts 2nd XI game he can't remember - and he gets his first real opportunity for some arm-waving to rotate the field as Sidey takes a break and Anderson returns from the other end. The batsmen are happy to trot through for a leg-bye and a couple of singles, to bring up the Black Caps' fifty - will the real Brendon McCullum please stand up? Has he been kidnapped and replaced by an android duplicate with a non-functioning "one-day acceleration" circuit? McCullum benefits from another single when a mistimed on-drive flies off a leading edge and balloons away to third man. McCullum takes a tumble but completes the single.

12th over - NZ 47-1
Broad sends down one outside the off stump which Taylor leaves and it's surprisingly called a wide. The smooth tones of David Gower make a brief appearance in the TMS box, before Taylor guides one down to third man and some superb fielding from Sidey restricts them to a single.

"When oh when is Chris Read gonna get a real chance behind the stumps instead of these clueless simpletons?"
Stef, via text on 81111

11th over - NZ 45-1
The second powerplay is taken as a McCullum single brings Luteru Ross Poutoa Lote Taylor (Ross to his friends) on strike. He's off the mark with a single, then another McCullum leg-glance brings his first boundary.

"We go on about over-rates, but it's a big issue in cricket and it's one reason why cricket isn't on terrestrial telly at the moment as the networks don't know when the match will finish - that's why Channel 4 had to get them to start earlier. But it's different for channels like Sky who can have open-ended coverage"
BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew on TMS

10th over - NZ 39-1
Broad fires one in at 90mph and new batsman Ross Taylor plays defensively.

9.5 overs - WICKET - How c Bopara b Broad 22 - NZ 39-1
The first change of bowling sees Stuart Broad replace Anderson, How takes a big swing at his first ball and it sails over the slips for four. Our first boundary of the innings - how often does it take 10 overs to cross the ropes in one-day cricket these days? How hooks a short ball, Anderson races round from fine leg and gets his hands to the chance but can't help stumbling over the rope so it's six. A very difficult chance, that - the momentum would have probably carried him over. But How's luck finally runs out when he slashes at the next ball and is caught (albeit at the second attempt after a juggle) by Bopara in the "Colly position" at backward point.

9th over - NZ 29-0
More steady progress in the sunshine at Lord's. My pal Ed Howat is there with his dad today, so let's hope there's a good game to match the weather. Ed hit the winning runs for us yesterday in our team's first game of the season - I didn't bat or bowl but it's a team game and we won by seven wickets (after our top order feasted on some fairly unthreatening bowling) so there! Another tight over from Sidey, the batsmen take a single each, he's conceded just seven runs from five overs,

8th over - NZ 27-0
How clips one away which evades the diving Cap'n KP in the covers and they run two. A single apiece for the opening pair, and Phil Tufnell on TMS describes it as "a measured start". No "champagne overs" from McCullum yet.

"Morning, Mark, is there any reason why the umpire or scoreboard or something couldn't let the captain know how many overs had been bowled in the previous hour? Or the umpire could advise him that the over rate was too slow and he should get a move on. Why should it be totally the responsibility of the captain - I've never yet seen a cricketer wearing a watch"
Carol in Portugal (in the wild empty countryside near Silves, hello to Tom in packed Albufeira with all the tourists), in the TMS inbox
[Colly said on Wednesday that the umpires do keep the fielding captain informed and hurry him along if they're behind the rate - MM]

7th over - NZ 23-0
Having run a single off the last ball of the last over while he was being dropped, How makes the most of his reprieve with a quickly-run two and then an even quicker single to mid-off. Sidey has a belated lbw appeal against McCullum, but without much conviction.

6th over - DROPPED CATCH - NZ 20-0
Debate is raging on TMS over the run-out controversy at the Oval, as compared to New Zealand's decision to run out Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan when he left his crease to congratulate Kumar Sangakkara on reaching a century. Back at Lord's, Jimmy's radar is off as he sends down another wide, then How skies one down towards fine leg , surely it's an easy catch for keeper Tim Ambrose running back? But no! It squirms out of his gloves and the chance is put down. To be honest, questions must be raised over Tiny Tim's ODI future after eight runs in four ODI innings this series, and then a dropped dolly like that. Time to bring back Phil "The Colonel" Mustard, whose ODI wicket-keeping was exemplary and scored a few runs at the top of the order in Sri Lanka?
INTERNET LINK: Watch the Murali run-out on YouTube

"Why Cook has been picked over Strauss and Dimi beats me. He will be dropping anchor like Boycs and Tavare, weighing the team down. Clueless selection"
SwamyCricketAnanda on 606
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5th over - NZ 17-0
Sidey has a loud lbw shout against McCullum, who's batting outside his crease, but umpire Llong is unmoved. McCullum pushes him for a single to Shah at mid-on, but another tidy over from Sidey.

"If we are in for a 'denouement' today, shouldn't they be playing to the rules of French Cricket and wearing berets and stripey t-shirts? I, for one, would like the chance to try to hit Daniel Vettori on the leg with the ball!"
Alan in Gloucester in the TMS inbox

4th over - NZ 16-0
McCullum gets a thick outside edge to Anderson, and only a good diving stop from Sidey at third man cuts the boundary off. They run two. After Jimmy sends down a legside wide, another McCullum edge to third man brings a single. Sidey at third man is an absolute ball magnet at the minute, as the next ball is guided to him by How for another two. Jimmy's second wide prolongs the over.

"Playing cricket for money? (Referring to Jonathan Agnew's point on TMS about the Stanford Twenty20 match a few minutes ago). I recall reading that, in the earliest days of cricket, Lord A would issue a challenge/bet to Duke B and men would take the field for the money alone. Nothing's new, although I am worried that Stanford's idea might turn into the cricketing equivalent of the Harlem Globetrotters"
Tom, Albufeira, Portugal, in the TMS inbox

3rd over - NZ 9-0
Jeremy Coney on TMS thinks England are getting more swing from the white ball than either side have got in the series so far. How nudges another single, then McCullum tries to leg-glance one off his hip and it races away to the boundary, although it's called as leg-byes. McCullum is finally off the mark when he guides a shorter delivery from Sidey into a wide open gap at midwicket for a single.

"Maybe Sidebottom could consider a transfer to the English rugby team - he certainly is a better tackler than most of them"
Liamnz in the TMS inbox

2nd over - NZ 3-0
How plays and misses as Anderson gets some early bounce and swing. How then nudges another single to leg, McCullum is a bit more cautious against Jimmy and is yet to score. My "gaffer" Paul Grunill wants me to set you an end-of-series quiz - who are the only two players to captain England in just one ODI? Don't cheat and look at the internet - and certainly don't check on Wikipedia as its list is wrong!

Don't forget, if you can't stand my inane witterings but want to keep half an eye on the game, you can take a look at the live video scorecard (it's the same one you can get via the red button of your TV), which also features Test Match Special's commentary. You can also "detach" it into a separate pop-up window if you want.
Live video scorecard with TMS commentary

1st over - NZ 2-0
Ryan Sidebottom takes the new ball, and Jamie How is quickly off the mark with a single. How will his partner Brendon McCullum play today? In his usual way, it seems, as he slashes and misses a couple of times, though a wide advances the score.

1042: Pietersen leads England's fielders out. By reckoning, he's the first current Hampshire player to lead the full England side since Lionel (later Lord) Tennyson in 1921, unless you know better (although MCJ Nicholas led a few MCC and England A teams). Here we go.

1039: And if you think it's just Colly that's copping flak from the ICC, Australia captain Ricky Ponting was fined 30% of his match fee for showing dissent in their ODI win over West Indies yesterday.

1036: KP says it's an honour to be leading England out at the home of cricket, while Kiwi skipper Daniel Vettori insists that everything's been forgotten over the Elliott-Sidey collision and subsequent run-out that clouded the end of the last ODI.

1033: Here are the full teams:

England: Alastair Cook, Ian Bell, Kevin Pietersen (capt), Ravi Bopara, Owais Shah, Luke Wright, Tim Ambrose (wk), Graeme Swann, Stuart Broad, Ryan Sidebottom, James Anderson.

New Zealand: Jamie How, Brendon McCullum (wk), Ross Taylor, Scott Styris, Daniel Flynn, Jacob Oram, Grant Elliott, Daniel Vettori (capt), Kyle Mills, Tim Southee, Mark Gillespie.

Umpires are Steve Davis and Nigel Llong, with Richard Kettleborough as third ump (TV replays) and Richard Illingworth as fourth ump (replacement balls etc). Retaining his place, fresh from punishing Colly for England's over-rate, is Javagal Srinath, while I'm joined by Jamie Lillywhite on match report duties and our "gaffer" Paul Grunill.

TOSS NEWS: England stand-in captain Kevin Pietersen has won the toss and elected to field first. The Kiwis field an unchanged team, with all-rounder Grant Elliott (bruised thigh) and seamer Kyle Mills (lower back spasm) passing late fitness tests.

1024: Morning, everyone - well, all good things come to an end, and today's one-day international will be the last of 19 consecutive international matches between England and our friends from New Zealand (six Tests, 10 ODIs and three Twenty20s). The two teams are probably sick of the sight of each other, but there's everything to play for in this final match of the ODI series - and where better than the home of cricket for the denouement?

Full team news as and when we get it - but England have made an interesting choice as captain Paul Collingwood starts a four-match suspension (applicable to ODIs and T20s) for their slow over-rate.

With Colly batting at five and often bowling his full 10 overs, they've opted to replace him with a non-bowling batsman, Alastair Cook, which will mean all-rounder Luke Wright dropping down the order. In addition, Wright and Ravi Bopara (who has bowled one over in the whole series) will have to send down 10 overs between them.

(BBC)

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