New Zealand Innings
6:40pm - Brendon McCullum enters the fray and immediately punishes Rankin for over-pitching when driving four down the ground. Rankin's Warwickshire team-mate Chris Woakes is off to a disappointing start as Hamish Rutherford whips four over square-leg, a six in the same area and drives another boundary over mid-off before McCullum cuts to the fence in an over costing 19. If you want to keep up with the action ball-by-ball to go alongside my uninspiring words, click here.
6:33pm - WICKET! Franklin c Buttler b Rankin; New Zealand 1/1 - What a start for Boyd Rankin! Delivering the ball at around 90mph in his first over for England, the paceman nips one back to James Franklin - who inside-edges behind for a golden duck.
Pre-Play News
6:28pm - The players are heading on to the field and we're almost ready for the action.
6:19pm - Here is the New Zealand XI: Hamish Rutherford, James Franklin, Brendon McCullum (wicketkeeper), Ross Taylor, Tom Latham, Colin Munro, Nathan McCullum, Corey Anderson, Ian Butler, Roneel Hira, Mitchell McClenaghan.
6:10pm - ENGLAND WIN TOSS & BOWL - England skipper Eoin Morgan has called correctly at the coin-flip and asked the Black Caps to bat first.
6:04pm - Boyd Rankin will make his England debut. The hosts' side is much-changed from the one that lost the Champions Trophy final against India on Sunday, with this encounter representing a fine opportunity for some of those on the periphery.
Here is the XI: Alex Hales, Michael Lumb, Luke Wright, Eoin Morgan, Ravi Bopara, Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes, James Tredwell, Jade Dernbach, Rankin.
5:55pm - Hello and welcome to our live commentary of the first of two Twenty20 internationals between England and New Zealand at the Kia Oval.