END OF OVER:20 | 8 Runs 1 Wkt | ENG: 241/3 | RR: 12.05
- Sam Billings0 (1b)
- Dawid Malan103 (51b)
- Tim Southee4-0-47-1
- Daryl Mitchell1-0-25-0
7.35pm: McLean Park may be a postage stamp, but that England innings was sent special delivery. Dawid Malan has stated his case emphatically, adding only the second T20I century by an Englishman to his already impressive record, as he and the captain Eoin Morgan ran riot during their 182-run stand. From the halfway point, they thrashed 153 from 10 overs - the third-highest in the format. Not too many special deliveries from the NZ bowlers, but Malan and Morgan exacted full toll. Can the home side make a game of it with the bat? If so, we'll have another tonkfest like this on our hands. Find out with Valkerie shortly
Sam Billings is out, Malan on strike
EJG Morgan c Mitchell b Southee 91 (59m 41b 7x4 7x6) SR: 221.95
Fair to say this innings could have gone better for NZ. Tim Southee to finish off
This is England's highest T20I partnership, and fourth-highest overall
END OF OVER:19 | 25 Runs | ENG: 233/2 | RR: 12.26
- Eoin Morgan85 (39b)
- Dawid Malan101 (48b)
- Daryl Mitchell1-0-25-0
- Trent Boult4-0-35-0
Daryl Mitchell asked the bowl the 19th
END OF OVER:18 | 15 Runs | ENG: 208/2 | RR: 11.55
- Dawid Malan101 (48b)
- Eoin Morgan61 (33b)
- Trent Boult4-0-35-0
- Ish Sodhi3-0-49-0
That's the 150 stand between these two, as well
"Reasonable over in Stick Cricket, that," chuckles Duncan Ward
He's well into career-best territory here, by the way
Trent Boult is back, still three overs to go
Forecaster is up to 229 now
END OF OVER:17 | 28 Runs | ENG: 193/2 | RR: 11.35
- Dawid Malan89 (44b)
- Eoin Morgan60 (31b)
- Ish Sodhi3-0-49-0
- Blair Tickner4-0-50-0
"200 coming up - as predicted by Mystic Fergie half an hour ago." Well done, Fergster
Twenty-six and counting, this over...
Andy C has been statsguruing: "Fourth 100 partnership for 3rd wicket for Eng in T20Is - Morgan involved in all 4!"
Into the death overs, Ish Sodhi returns