England vs New Zealand LIVE: Cricket score updates from ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup opener as Stokes misses out

Harry Brook is the new batter and with one ball left in the over from Mitchell Santner he defends it well enough. Brook is into the team in the absence of Ben Stokes.

Jonny Bairstow looks to go over the top and cheaply lifts the ball to the boundary at deep mid on. Daryl Mitchell is waiting and takes the simplest of catches to send the second England opener back to the pavilion.

Matt Henry has left the pitch, possibly for a bathroom break, possibly because of a niggle. That’s one to keep an eye on as Mitchell Santner continues.

Joe Root turns him into the legside for one and Jonny Bairstow follows suit to keep his tally ticking over.

The England batters are content to work the spinner into the gaps and wait for a loose delivery…

The left-arm seamer is re-introduced into the attack after taking a little bit of tap from Bairstow earlier in the innings. Boult has a great record against Root especially when swinging the ball back into his pads. There’s not much movement in Ahmedabad today though.

Six! After a couple of dot balls Root drops low and reverse ramps Boult over the wicket keeper’s head for a maximum! He’s absolutely nailed that one.

Root then takes one from the last ball and keeps the strike.

The 11th over of England’s innings sees New Zealand spread the field after the end of the powerplay allowing Root and Bairstow to milk Santner away for three consecutive singles.

The left-arm spinner decides to dart the final three balls into Bairstow’s pads and there’s no way through the offside field for the England opener.

Just three from the over.

Matt Henry continues after dismissing Dawid Malan in his previous over. Joe Root having eased to three from his first four balls is on strike and he prods forward angling his bat to shape the ball away to gully.

The next delivery is fuller from Henry and he draws a booming drive from Root who misses it and looks disappointed at his stroke.

Root gets off strike with a push into the legside and the field spreds out for Jonny Bairstow though he just pushes a couple of drives to the fielder at mid off.

The final ball of the over is smoked through cover and brings Bairstow a boundary! England bring up 50.

Santner has just taken the pace off and the runs have started to come in singles rather than boundaries to the specialist white-ball spinner.

Root and Bairstow just knocking the ball into the gaps.

Malan went on the fourth ball of the over to bring Joe Root to the crease. He has experience in India and is widely considered one of the best players of spin in the world.

He’s off the mark with a scampered single, but it is hot out there and I wonder how long it will take for that to take it’s toll on both bowlers and batters today.

A first sign of extra bounce, Henry bowls one a bit short, it loops over Bairstow and almost over Latham as well.

It’s hot and humid and that might start taking his toll, but Malan has edged behind trying to drive the ball, just wafted at it without any foot movement, Latham this time holds on to the catch and Henry has his first wicket of the tournament.

Mitchell Santner will come on to try and find a breakthrough, with Latham already making a change, but only two fielders are allowed outside the ring in the first powerplay (the first 10 overs).

And he starts with a wide, Bairstow drives the next but only up to long off and will pick up a single.

But the lack of pace seems to be stemming the boundary rate, with Bairstow retreating into his crease and having to work it into the gaps.

Malan pulls out the reverse sweep, and was dropped on 14 the ball before! the ball skidded and kept low and Latham couldn’t hold onto it.