New Zealand vs England, 1st ODI, England tour of New Zealand, 2025 - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Matt Henry to Brook, SIX, a repeat dose and this has gone back further - short and just outside off - Brook picks the length early, swivels across and then hammers the pull over deep mid-wicket for another maximum, 19 off the over

Matt Henry to Brook, SIX, massive, Brook is dealing in sixes at the moment - a friendly length ball from Henry, looked like the attempted slower ball - Brook picks the length, backs away and hammers it into the grass bank at deep mid-wicket, gets England past 200

Matt Henry to Brook, no run, back of a length and climbing onto the right-hander - Brook was looking to run it fine and missed

Matt Henry to Brook, no run, banged in short and just outside off - Brook makes room and runs it off the toe-end, straight to the fielder at short third

Matt Henry to Brook, wide, the attempted slower ball, but Henry has spilled it down leg, called as a wide

Matt Henry to Brook, no run, Henry goes full and wide as Brook backed away, he can't reach out on the drive

Matt Henry to Brook, SIX, top-edge and six, the off-cutter from Henry and Brook was early into the slog-sweep, catches the top-edge and lobs over the keeper's head, goes all the way over the ropes for a maximum

Matt Henry to Jamie Overton, no run, edge and safe! Good length ball, Overton defends with soft hands and the outside edge goes to first slip on the bounce

Matt Henry to Jamie Overton, FOUR, Henry shortens his length and Overton stands tall to heave it over vacant mid-on. Overton becomes the second batter to get into double digits

Matt Henry to Jamie Overton, no run, 132.5kph, fuller length, Overton gets forward and across to drive and inside-edges to midwicket

Matt Henry to Jamie Overton, no run, 128.5kph, short of a good length ball, Overton is half-forward to drive and inside-edges onto his thigh

Matt Henry to Brook, 1 run, 127kph, length ball angling in, Brook turns it to midwicket for a quick single

Matt Henry to Brook, no run, another bumper, this one is head-high and Brook is happy to sway away from it

Matt Henry to Brook, wide, banged in short, Brook sways away from it and that's been wided for height

Matt Henry to Jamie Overton, no run, short of a good length and on off, nudged onto the on-side

Matt Henry to Jamie Overton, FOUR, nicely played, tad too full from Henry - Overton takes the bottom-hand off on the drive, but he's timed it well to beat the diving fielder at mid-off

Matt Henry to Jamie Overton, wide, short of a good length and angling down leg, Overton shuffles across on the flick and missed, didn't miss the leg-stump by much, but it's given as a wide

Matt Henry to Jamie Overton, no run, fuller length delivery on off - a half-forward Overton defends it to backward point

Matt Henry to Jamie Overton, 2 runs, tad fuller and just outside off - hit high on the bat as Overton pushed it towards cover, the fielder fumbles and allows an extra run

Matt Henry to Jamie Overton, no run, beaten, on a good length and shaping away from the right-hander - Overton comes down the track and then looks to work it square on the on-side, closed the face of the bat and the ball goes past the outside edge

Matt Henry to Jamie Overton, no run, on a good length and holding its line outside off - draws Jamie Overton into a feeble push and beats him on the outside edge

Matt Henry to Sam Curran, no run, banged in short and pushed across the left-hander - left alone

Matt Henry to Sam Curran, no run, fraction fuller and on off - defended back at the bowler

Matt Henry to Sam Curran, FOUR, nicely played, too full and well wide of off - Curran leans into the drive and finds the gap through the vacant mid-off region, runs away across the fast outfield for another boundary

Matt Henry to Sam Curran, no run, on a good length and just outside off - a half-forward Curran defends it to the off-side

Matt Henry to Sam Curran, no run, fuller length delivery on the leg-stump line, Curran presses across and defends it to mid-on

Matt Henry to Sam Curran, 2 runs, short of a good length and angling across the left-hander - Curran doesn't have the room to cut, but manages to forcefully push it through cover-point for a couple of runs

Matt Henry to Sam Curran, no run, on a good length and around off - a half-forward Curran defends it to the off-side, a wicket-maiden from Henry

Matt Henry to Sam Curran, no run, a massive shout for LBW, was the inswinger and Curran was caught in the crease, struck right in front, was it doing too much? NZ have reviewed though - the nip-backer and it burst past the inside edge, struck on the back leg, no bat and UltraEdge confirms the same. Onto ball-tracking: It's umpire's call on hitting, flicking the top of middle and Sam Curran survives by a whisker

Matt Henry to Sam Curran, no run, back of a length and angling across the left-hander - Curran hops across and has a feel for it, beaten on the outside edge

Matt Henry to Buttler, out Caught by Latham!! Edged, and it's a one-handed beauty from Latham - England are on the rocks having lost half their side. Superb bowling from Henry - it's the awayswinger once again and a tentative Buttler has a feel for it, plays from the crease, catches the outside edge and goes low to the right of the keeper - Latham had to go one-handed, he does so and comes up with a beauty. The home team are all over the tourists on a wicket which has done just enough to keep their bowlers interested. Buttler c Latham b Matt Henry 4(8) [4s-1]

Matt Henry to Buttler, no run, short of a length and angling away from the right-hander, Buttler went chasing after that and missed

Matt Henry to Buttler, no run, back of a length and in that channel just outside off - Buttler has a half-hearted poke at that and misses

Matt Henry to Brook, leg byes, 1 run, short of a length and at the body, past Brook's tuck and rolls behind square on the on-side for a leg-bye

Matt Henry to Brook, FOUR, cracking shot, tad overpitched by Henry - Brook leans into the free-flowing drive, hit it uppishly, but well wide of mid-off and the ball races away to the ropes

Matt Henry to Brook, no run, Henry drags the length back as Brook came down the pitch - extra bounce, finds the shoulder of the bat as Brook stabbed it onto the off-side

Matt Henry to Brook, FOUR, lovely, a half-volley from Henry - Brook presses forward, presents the full face of the bat and drives it through the vacant mid-on region, no need to run for those

Matt Henry to Brook, no run, Henry shortens the length and follows Brook as he came down the pitch - cramped for room, Brook adjusts and defends it

Matt Henry to Brook, no run, on a good length and in that channel just outside off - a half-forward Buttler blocks it out

Matt Henry to Brook, no run, fuller length delivery at the stumps - a half-press forward as Brook defended to the on-side

Matt Henry to Brook, FOUR, beautifully played, typical Brook shot - comes down the pitch, makes room and then drives it on the rise, finds the gap wide of cover for the first boundary of the day

Matt Henry to Jacob Bethell, 1 run, on a good length and just outside off - Bethell plays with soft hands and drops it in front of mid-off - a run after 17 bals

Matt Henry to Jacob Bethell, no run, Henry shortens the length outside off - steered off the back-foot to cover-point

Matt Henry to Jacob Bethell, no run, fuller length delivery and a hint of swing after it passed the left-hander, left alone

Matt Henry to Jacob Bethell, no run, beaten, fuller length delivery and pushed across the left-hander, lures Bethell into the drive and beats him on the outside edge

Matt Henry to Jacob Bethell, no run, tad fuller and on the off-stump channel - defended with a straight bat to mid-on

Matt Henry to Jacob Bethell, no run, on a good length and just outside off - Bethell leans across into the defensive pish

Matt Henry to Jacob Bethell, no run, back of a length and well wide of off - Bethell stands tall and punches it to cover-point

Matt Henry to Jacob Bethell, no run, on a good length and seaming away from off - Bethell is drawn into a tentative poke and he's beaten by a fair way

Matt Henry to Jacob Bethell, no run, Henry shorterns the length outside off - Bethell plays with an angled bat and defends it to backward point

Matt Henry to Jacob Bethell, no run, on a good length and just outside off - Bethell gets a good stride forward on the defensive push

Matt Henry to Root, no run, Henry shortens the length and gets it to seam away from the right-hander, has Root feeling for that and beats him on the outside edge

Matt Henry to Root, no run, fuller length delivery outside off - Root presses forward and drives it back at the bowler

Matt Henry to Duckett, 1 run, fuller length delivery at the stumps, whipped to the right opens the face of the bat mid-wicket where KW dives and makes a good stop, saved three runs for his team

Matt Henry to Duckett, no run, beaten, on a good length and wobbling away from off - draws Duckett forward and then goes past the outside edge

Matt Henry to Root, 1 run, too straight from Henry, on the pads and it's flicked down to long leg - Root turns back for the second and slips, just a single then

Matt Henry to Jamie Smith, out Bowled!! .. and this is some start from Matt Henry - on a good length and a hint of nip back into the right-hander, has Smith pressing forward on the block, in doing so, he leaves a gap between bat and pad, the ball sneaks through and crashes into the top of middle - dream start for New Zealand and Henry, nightmarish start for England. Jamie Smith b Matt Henry 0(1)