KEY POINTS:
England have set New Zealand 131 to win the first game of their five-match one-day cricket series here today after being dismissed in the final over for 130 at Westpac Stadium.
Opener Phil Mustard top scored with 31 off 60 balls, an innings that encapsulated the English batsmen difficulties on a slow pitch offering uneven bounce.
Allrounder Owais Shah was the next best contributor with 20.
Pace bowler Chris Martin took two for 22 off eight overs, while medium pacer Scott Styris achieved the same return after bowling 10 overs unchanged.
NZ V ENGLAND INNINGS SCOREBOARD
Innings scoreboard from the first one-day cricket international played between New Zealand and England at Westpac Stadium here today.
England
A Cook b Martin 11
P Mustard b Styris 31
I Bell b Martin 5
K Pietersen b Oram 6
P Collingwood run out (Taylor) 12
O Shah run out (How) 20
R Bopara c Fulton b Styris 3
G Swann run out (How) 7
S Broad not out 18
R Sidebottom c and b Patel 4
J Anderson b Patel 3
Extras (4lb, 6w) 10
Total: (all out, 49.4 overs) 130
Fall: 34 (Cook), 42 (Bell), 55 (Pietersen), 67 (Mustard), 80 (Collingwood), 91 (Bopara), 103 (Swann), 104 (Bopara), 120 (Sidebottom), 130 (Anderson).
Bowling: K Mills 9-0-27-0 (4w), C Martin 8-1-22-2, J Oram 8-0-20-1, S Styris 10-1-22-2 (1w), D Vettori 8-1-21-0, J Patel 6.4-0-14-2.
- NZPA
