England underway with a fairly comfortable 32-run win, New Zealand never recovering from a sluggish start, although you wonder what might have happened had Jacob Oram come in with more on the board. For England, the difference when they batted was the over when Dimitri Mascarenhas thumped four successive sixes off Jeetan Patel, reigniting the innings and setting them on their way to a formidable score.
We are all back again in two days time, so join us then. In the meantime, from Martin Williamson and Andrew Miller, it's goodnight.
JDP Oram c Bell b Sidebottom 61 (47m 40b 7x4 2x6) SR: 152.50
New Zealand's showing in the ODIs against England was about par for the course for them
For a batsman of his ability, the manner in which Gayle has been dominated by Vaas is amazing - seven dismissals for ten runs in all
Five New Zealand players signed with the Indian Premier League have been given permission to miss the opening two matches of the England tour
Steve Harmison and Matthew Hoggard will have the opportunity to fight for their England places from the start of the domestic season after being released to their counties for all the matches ahead of the first Test against New Zealand
Stats review of the three-Test series between New Zealand and England
