10.00am Good morning and welcome to the first ODI in the tri-series, between Ireland and New Zealand from crickets most northern ODI venue, Mannofield in Aberdeen, Scotland.
I'm Callum Stewart and today I will be bringing you ball-by-ball coverage from Aberdeen. The teams are out practicing and we are due to start on time. No rain is due, but it is very windy here.
Plus, two old Sri Lankan foxes still going strong, an umpiring howler, and KP's English identity - all in our round-up of the on-field performance highlights from July
New Zealand finished their tour of England on a good note
Periodic fits of morality do cricket good, and the uproar over the Grant Elliott run-out might well do so, but perhaps not for the reasons that first come to mind
Umpiring howlers, a new twist on the reverse sweep, and more runs than you can shake a stick at - in our round-up of the on-field performance highlights for June
It was a day of records and near-records at Mannofield Park in Aberdeen, as a rampant New Zealand team totally outclassed a threadbare Ireland by a record ODI margin of 290 runs
