England vs New Zealand, 2nd ODI - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

If anyone would have told that England would go on to make 408 in the first ODI, it would have raised quite a few eyebrows. But the hosts not only did just that but also won by a record margin of 210 runs.

Unbelievably so, just 4 months ago, Tim Southee's 7/33 had destroyed England in the World Cup, a match they lost by eight wickets.

A host of records were broken in the first game and here at the Oval, where England have a good record, they would be gearing up to use their new-found aggression to go 2-0 in the series.

You can read more in our preview here. For now, toss and teams are coming up in a few minutes. Stay tuned.

England scored 206 runs in their last 20 overs to reach a score of 408 in the first ODI.

New Zealand today have 209 on board after 30 overs. How much can they get? I say, 341. What about you?

Ganesh 352

Vishaal 333

Ashwin 372

Bhanu 356

Krishna 360

Sidhant 334

Raju 330

Gokul 385

Kaushik 620 (combined, both innings)

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New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum won the toss and elected to bat first. Tim Southee came in for Matt Henry. England, as expected, are unchanged.

Teams:

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England (Playing XI): Alex Hales, Jason Roy, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan(c), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler(w), Sam Billings, Adil Rashid, Chris Jordan, Liam Plunkett, Steven Finn

New Zealand (Playing XI): Martin Guptill, Brendon McCullum(c), Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor, Grant Elliott, Mitchell Santner, Luke Ronchi(w), Nathan McCullum, Tim Southee, Mitchell McClenaghan, Trent Boult

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Oh bad news for the tourists - Corey Anderson has been ruled out of the series with a stress-related back injury and will be returning home for further assessment.

Openers Brendon McCullum and Martin Guptill helped New Zealand get off to a good start. They began the first few overs sedately but soon McCullum got in his groove and hit some wonderful shots. In Chris Jordan's third over, Baz went 4 6 6 4 on the first four balls and the bowler ended up conceding 21 in that over.

Brendon McCullum could not stay long and ended up throwing his wicket after a fiery 39. He was cramped for room on a short delivery and mistimed the pull shot and the ball ballooned towards short mid-wicket, where Stokes held onto a decent catch after running back to his right. That's an important wicket for the hosts. We all know what damage McCullum can inflict if he is allowed to run free.