New Zealand in shock win over England

England's dominance over New Zealand has ended in abrupt fashion after they slumped to a comprehensive six-wicket defeat in the opening one-day international at the Westpac Stadium.

Favourites to win the five-match series following their comprehensive victories in the two Twenty20 internationals, the tourists were outplayed in the day-night encounter by a New Zealand line-up galvanised by the return of captain Daniel Vettori from injury.

Having won the toss and decided to bat first, England panicked after being confronted with a two-paced pitch and crumbled to 130 all out in 49.4 overs.

Opener Phil Mustard top-scored with a patient 31 off 60 balls, only seven boundaries were hit in the whole innings and England's frustration at being unable to score resulted in three run-outs.

To compound their disappointment at such a dismal display, England struggled to make inroads when New Zealand replied and they cruised to victory with 20 overs remaining.

England captain Paul Collingwood could not hide his disappointment at a poor start to the five-match series.

He said: "It's been a good week for us with the Twenty20s and we came into this game full of confidence, and it didn't really happen for us with the bat.

"It looked a nice hard wicket and it was pretty much the opposite. It was difficult to score on and they bowled and fielded very well. We didn't get enough runs on the board, if we had got to 200 it might have been defendable, but we were always chasing the game.

"We got off to a decent start but from that point we didn't get any kind of partnership going and they put us under a lot of pressure."

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