Cricket: England v New Zealand – Live!

Toss and teams: Right, so New Zealand have won the toss at The Oval and have stuck England in. Both sides like chasing, don't they? You'll notice, by the way, that Oram has come in for Gareth Hopkins, which means Brendon McCullum resumes his position behind the stumps.

England: 1 Ian Bell, 2 Luke Wright, 3 Kevin Pietersen, 4 Ravi Bopara, 5 Paul Collingwood (capt), Owais Shah, 7 Tim Ambrose (wk), 8 Graeme Swann, 9 Stuart Broad, 10 Ryan Sidebottom, 11 James Anderson.

New Zealand: 1 Jamie How, 2 Brendon McCullum (wk), 3 Ross Taylor, 4 Scott Styris, 5 Daniel Flynn, 6 Jacob Oram, 7 Grant Elliott, 8 Daniel Vettori (capt), 9 Kyle Mills, 10 Tim Southee, 11 Mark Gillespie.

Preamble: Hello and welcome to the latest in a long line of Seminal Moments for England's one-day team. If they lose today, they will not be able to win this five-match series, and the optimism generated by last year's wins over India and Sri Lanka will begin to wane. I mean, I realize New Zealand are ranked third in the world, but this is not the side that got them there. If England fail to win this series, they will look back on 15 minutes of sheer madness at Bristol on Saturday, when they lost four for two and made a total of 182 look like 282. Anyway, I digress. Ryan Sidebottom is back for Chris Tremlett, Ian Bell is fit to play and Jacob Oram returns for New Zealand. Full teams in a moment, but for the time being here's the latest edition of the Spin, and here's Mike Selvey on why 50-over cricket isn't actually dead.

Lawrence will be here from 10.30am, with a jaunty trilby and a gleeful smile.