NZ VS ENG - 1st ODI, England tour of New Zealand, 2018

Right, that should end things for us from Hamilton. Brace up, given the 50-over form and confidence these two sides are coming in here with we should have a seriously fun series. Don't forget the small boundaries too. Time for us to set out .. this is Vineet Anantharaman and on behalf of Sriram and Raju Peethala, it's ta ta!!

Kane Williamson: Dew was a factor tonight but we played most of our cricket before it set in. I thought they had a competitive total on the board and we knew we needed to have a skillful partnership to take us there, which was provided by Ross and Tom. There was definitely an assessment period when we went in to bat, with the wicket on the slower side, but full credit to the death bowlers bowling to guys like Jos Buttler. Keeping them to 70 in the last ten was a great effort. A good, even game of cricket in the end. Guys have their roles and it is fantastic to see the guys perform them. It was a fantastic partnership for us in the middle but Santner finished it superbly. Ross has been batting well through the season, Tom did it too and we did really well. Tim's batting has come along a long way and he strikes it cleanly. England too did well and required smart thinking on both parties. It's a different format, there's more time. We know how England play their cricket very positively with the bat, but we needed to assess and realize that it wasn't easy to score for the new guys coming in. We saw it from both teams.

Eoin Morgan, England skipper: Wasn't much between the sides today which was reflected in the result. We posted a good competitive score, courtesy Root, Roy and Buttler at the end and made really good inroads at the start. But they fought back really well, Ross showed what he's capable of and Latham was superb too. It ebbed and flowed for quite a while and when we broke the partnership we knew we were in the game. In the end we just didn't have enough runs in the tank. Dew definitely had a big role to play but New Zealand were the better side. We would have bowled first as well. A couple of them in the side need a bit of guidance and that's what we try to do.

Ross Taylor, MoM: It was one hell of a game today. England came out and posted a strong total. Tom came out and manipulated the ball well in the middle overs and took it from there. But Santner given the way he finished it off in the end was the difference. Apart from Root everyone struggled at the start, I just needed to take it deep and give us a chance. It is always a pleasure batting with Tom. The wicket was a bit two-paced, even the slower ones kissed off the surface. We backed ourselves to get 50 off the last five overs with these small boundaries and the guys took us over. I played with a bit of anger but I'll probably get back and nudge it around a little bit.

20:56 local: If this is a precedent for what is to come over the next couple of weeks, nail-cutters would be extinct. It was a foregone conclusion when Taylor and Latham were batting. And then when Rashid prized Taylor out. And then when Santner couldn't find a gap to save his life. Just what a 50-over contest gives you .. ebbs, flows and twists all through. In the end, it was Morgan's brave captaincy to bowl spin in the 48th over that went against England. But in the longer scheme of things, you'd argue the way the Kiwi bowlers pulled things back in the death with the ball was the decider. Never mind, bask in what's just hit us, brutally as we ready up for the presentations.

Woakes to Santner, SIX, that'll do it. Kills the contest with a tonk. Juicy, in the zone and is sent flying into that tree over mid-wicket. New Zealand have clinched it, stolen it

Woakes to Santner, wide, goes to his slower stickers in the pitch. But the angle keeps getting big, wide and away

Woakes to Santner, FOUR, my word. Yorkers don't come better. Santner would've been happy to keep it out, but instead gets the ball through his legs. Nut-megging it and fine leg's in the ring. That's the game .. surely

Right then, 9 in 6. England would give anything to get that run they lost off the last ball of their innings. Meanwhile it's a big GD that's taking place. Five heads chipping in. And it'll be Woakes who has to filter through the advice. He has eight runs to play around with ..

Tom Curran to Santner, 1 run, back in the yorker zone. Squeezed to long-off. Strike's his, yet again

Tom Curran to Santner, FOUR, 123.1kph. Feeds middle from the back of his hand. Santner stands in front of his stumps and is on the swinging swipe across the line. Clears the infield .. simplifies the equation

Tom Curran to Southee, 1 run, shuffles, gets behind the line in trying to open up the on-side. Plants a leg down to hack it to long-on. Oh this was in the slot for more

Tom Curran to Santner, 1 run, 137.2kph of a yorker. Santner swings, has to do with a toe end

Tom Curran to Southee, 1 run, 134.6kph, in the length slot. Nails it to long-on

Tom Curran to Santner, 1 run, 112kph of a loopy dipper. Into the crease and is jammed back over a leaping Curran. 17 off 11

Adil Rashid to Santner, 1 run, a desperate club down. Was the short quick googly and Santner mistimes it eventually as he muscles it to long-on. Gets his strike back more importantly

Adil Rashid to Southee, 1 run, opens up his bat face to punch it through sweeper

Adil Rashid to Southee, no run, 89.6kph, the leggie on middle. Southee is happy to knock it back in defence

Adil Rashid to Santner, 1 run, gets in the googly, four balls later than he'd have liked. Santner rocks back, mowing it down to long-on

Adil Rashid to Santner, wide, oh the pressure. Throws it half way down the track and way past the tramline outside off