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

Wood to Mitchell, FOUR, short ball with width on offer, Mitchell slashes hard and sends it over backward point

Wood to Mitchell, wide, 130kph, too short on this occasion, well over the batsman's head

Wood to Santner, 1 run, short ball, Santner swivels to pull and the ball falls short of deep backward square leg. Smith doesn't run forward and takes it on the bounce

Wood to Mitchell, 1 run, round the wicket, short of length, Mitchell shuffles to tuck and inside-edges to square leg

Wood to Santner, 1 run, pushes this full ball towards extra cover

Wood to Santner, 2 runs, in the air and safe! Santner takes on this short ball with a pull shot. Not fully in control of it. Carse runs in from deep backward square leg and puts in a dive. Gets fingertips on it. Very tough chance. Santner woud have had his heart in his mouth for a moment there

Wood to Santner, no run, length ball angling in, punched to cover

Wood to Santner, no run, banged in short and down leg - Santner ducks under and sways away from the line

Wood to Santner, 2 runs, a low full-toss and Santner has chipped it back over the bowler's head, chase for mid-on and Santner comes back for the second

Wood to Santner, no run, short of a good length and just outside off - defended to the off-side

Wood to Santner, no run, a wicked bouncer, right at Santner's badge - he ducks and the ball lobs up, Buttler takes the catch and England are celebrating, but umpire Ahsan Raza shakes his head and they'll review. Santner was pointing at his elbow and UltraEdge confirms that the ball came flush off the fore-arm, will stay NOT OUT and England have lost the review. Excellent bouncer though, short and at the left-hander - Santner had nowhere to go as he took his eyes off it, kept his gloves hanging as he did so and the ball popped up

Wood to Santner, no run, Wood shortens the length and gets it to climb back onto the left-hander - Santner was pressing forward and jams an inside edge onto the body

Wood to Santner, no run, fuller length delivery on off, pushed back at the bowler

Wood to Mitchell, SIX, cheeky and six, a pre-empted paddle from Mitchell - shuffled right across, used Wood's pace and laps it over short fine, the ball sails all the way over the ropes for a maximum

Wood to Mitchell, no run, on a good length and just outside off - defended off the back-foot to the off-side

Wood to Santner, 1 run, short and at the left-hander - Santner gets on top of the bounce and drops it onto the on-side - they're off for a quick single, the fielder at mid-wicket runs to his left, collects the ball and throws down the stumps at the bowler's end, but all in vain

Wood to Mitchell, 1 run, short and wide of off - Mitchell clears his front-leg and flays it square on the off-side for a single

Wood to Mitchell, no run, Wood shortens the length outside off - defended off the back-foot to the off-side

Wood to Mitchell, no run, short of a length and angling back into the right-hander, defended to the on-side

Wood to Mitchell, 1 run, fuller length delivery and pushed across the right-hander, steered down to third man for a single

Wood to Mitchell, FOUR, crunched, on a length and around off - Mitchell stands tall, gets his left leg out of the way - high elbow and a straight bat as he lifted it back over the umpire's head, couple of bounces and over the ropes

Wood to Mitchell, no run, Wood shortens the length outside off - pushed off the back-foot to cover-point

Wood to Latham, 1 run, short of a good length and at the stumps, nudged in front of square on the on-side for a single

Wood to Mitchell, 1 run, back of a length and at the pads, clipped behind square on the on-side for a run

Wood to Mitchell, no run, length ball angling into the right-hander, Mitchell was looking to flick and missed, the ball drops down off his thigh-pad

Wood to Latham, no run, short of a good length and just outside off - defended back at the bowler

Wood to Latham, 2 runs, edged, but the ball flies wide of second slip - a loose drive from Latham, went chasing at one that could've been left alone, the edge is found and it runs away towards third man

Wood to Latham, 2 runs, banged in short by Wood - the line is well wide of off and Latham was shaping for the pull, doesn't get hold of the shot, but has enough to clear square leg, comes back for the second run

Wood to Latham, FOUR, uppish and four, length ball on the pads, Latham gets inside the line and then doesn't bother to keep the flick down, placed it backward of square on the on-side and the ball rolls away to the ropes

Wood to Latham, wide, short and well down leg-side, called as a wide

Wood to Latham, no run, back of a length and straightening across the left-hander, has Latham feeling for it and beats him on the outside edge

Wood to Latham, no run, short of a good length and well wide of off, left alone

Wood to Latham, no run, full and curling away outside off, left alone

Wood to Latham, no run, straying onto the pads and that's been nudged to square leg

Wood to Latham, FOUR, 132.4kph, fuller length, Latham pushes it down the pitch and the timing is spot on. Mid-off gives the chase but can only escort the ball to the fence. Nice way to get off the mark

Wood to Latham, no run, fuller than a length angling in, Latham defends

Wood to Ravindra, out Caught by Jamie Overton!! Edged and gone! Fullish ball that shapes away outside off, Ravindra drives away from his body and gets a thick outside edge to second slip. Overton doesn't err and New Zealand have lost their top three. Ravindra c Jamie Overton b Wood 17(17) [4s-3]

Wood to Mitchell, 1 run, short and at the hips, nudged behind square on the on-side for a single

Wood to Ravindra, 1 run, back of a length and climbing onto the left-hander - Rachin pokes and gets a thick outside edge to third man

Wood to Ravindra, FOUR, clubbed, fraction short and just outside off - Rachin picks the length early, swivels onto the front-foot and then pulls it over mid-wicket for a boundary

Wood to Ravindra, no run, beaten, short of a good length and holding its line outside off - the angle makes Rachin feel for it and then the seam movement takes the ball past the outside edge

Wood to Ravindra, no run, fullish ball, pushed to mid-off

Wood to Ravindra, no run, fraction full and just outside the line of off-stump, a nice little block

Wood to Ravindra, 2 runs, on a length and juist outside off, steered behind square on the off-side for a couple

Wood to Will Young, no run, on a good length and just outside off - defended off the back-foot to the off-side

Wood to Ravindra, 1 run, just over backward point - Bethell was leaping full-stretch, but can't get to the pitch, fuller length fuller length and well wide of off, Ravindra was looking to drive and sliced a thick outside edge

Wood to Ravindra, FOUR, nicely played, too straight from Wood - the angle takes it onto Rachin's pads and he whips it nonchalantly over square leg for a boundary

Wood to Will Young, 1 run, too straight from Wood, on the pad and it's clipped down to long leg for a run

Wood to Will Young, no run, Wood shortens the length and gets it to angle back into the right-hander - Young is caught half-forward and squeezes an inside edge onto the pad

Wood to Will Young, no run, fuller length delivery outside off - Young leans into the drive and picks out cover