Live Cricket Score of England vs New Zealand, 5th ODI at Chester-le-Street

A score of 300-plus has been achieved in 7 out of 8 innings in the series so far. Judging the way both teams have gone about their business, we are in for another cracking encounter. The series is currently levelled at 2-2 and today will decide who will take the trophy.

England are the 'New England' with their new-found aggressive attitude while New Zealand have been in a terrific form since the year began.

Despite chasing 350 in the fourth ODI, the hosts played no-fear cricket and in fact, won the game with as many as 36 balls to spare. Skipper Eoin Morgan and Joe Root led from the front with hundreds, while Alex Hales scored a breezy fifty and gave England a great start alongside Jason Roy.

On the other hand, Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor have been the star performers with the bat for New Zealand throughout the series and the visitors would hope that they would continue their good form here as well.

Team news: Jos Buttler, who split his webbing on the left hand during practice, has been ruled out of the game.

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England skipper Eoin Morgan won the toss and elected to field. As expected, Joss Buttler misses out and he will be replaced by Jonny Bairstow.

For New Zealand, Mitchell McClenaghan sits out and Andrew Mathieson is making his ODI debut.

Teams:

New Zealand (Playing XI): Martin Guptill, Brendon McCullum(c), Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor, Grant Elliott, Mitchell Santner, Luke Ronchi(w), Ben Wheeler, Matt Henry, Tim Southee, Andrew Mathieson

England (Playing XI): Jason Roy, Alex Hales, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan(c), Ben Stokes, Jonathan Bairstow(w), Sam Billings, Adil Rashid, David Willey, Mark Wood, Steven Finn