A superb day for England and they will hope to carry this start through the rest of the series. Five matches and the next coming up on Friday at The Oval, another day-nighter, 1pm BST start, so join us then. From Monty and myself Alex Winter, it's bye for now...
The Man of the Match goes to Jos Buttler for his outrageous ton in 66 balls: "With 400 on the board we could be really attacking, the pressure was on them and to win by such a margin gives everyone a boost of confidence moving forward. There was a game within a game at 200 for 6, Brendon used his front-line bowlers at that stage but we got through it and cashed in during the last ten. But to be in that position after 30 overs is credit to the way we played up top, Joe in particular. Adil bowled fantastically well, I always felt in the game, he bowled with great control and enjoyed some attacking fields."
Victorious captain Eoin Morgan: "The guys were outstanding today and considering what we asked the guys to do two days ago we have certainly started well. I'm surprised it's happened so quickly but given that we have two or three new faces I thought we were brilliant. Joe was brilliant and then Jos was unbelievable. The closer we can get to this performance today on a regular basis now, the better we become. The comeback for Adil is nice, it was ideal for him having 400 on the board, he turns it both ways and is a very valuable asset. The guys executed really well today and I thought they were brilliant today. You can look back and wonder about the World Cup but today I'm looking forward and I'm really excited. The more games we can get into the young guys before now the next World Cup the better we'll become. Jason and Sam are the calibre of athlete we want in our team but it's going to take some time for them to set in."
New Zealand will surely just shrug this off as a bad day. They did this to England at the Ageas Bowl two years ago remember. Let's hear what Brendon McCullum has to say: "It was good after the first ball but then there were two outstanding performances so credit to England they blew us off the park. I probably got it wrong at the toss, it didn't swing and the ball held up a bit in the second innings but don't take anything away from England it was a complete performance. We did really way to get back in the game taking wickets, at 200 for 6 and we felt like we could chase 250-300 but that seventh wicket played with no fear and it's tough when guys get in like that and we need to get better with the ball and stronger in our plans. We knew England would play positively but didn't expect 400! They just kept coming at us. We knew we had to hold firm and keep taking wickets but the game just got away from us. Tim Southee should be fine for the next match, he came up a bit sore after the Tests."
This is your blueprint ODI really. England went at it from ball one (despite losing Jason Roy first ball!). Joe Root set the tone and made a fine century but after he went and England wobbled, Jos Buttler took over with a scintillating innings that wowed the audience. A world record seventh-wicket stand took England to their first total over 400. There was also an important innings for Eoin Morgan, England's captain under pressure, and a pleasant knock from Adil Rashid who has backed up those runs with four wickets. Steven Finn also atoning for his hammering by New Zealand at the World Cup with a nice spell of his own. All in all, just so much better from England and they will be hoping a sign of things to come.
And there we have it, new era anyone? England win here by 210 runs, their highest runs victory in an ODI. It has been a brilliant performance, fearless batting, a record ODI total and then backed up with a smart bowling performance to see off New Zealand pretty quickly. The World Cup finalists beaten at their own game here. England coming out with a blitz with the bat and dominating the game. A superb display from the hosts and a great confidence boost for them as they try to move their one-day cricket forward after such a miserable time over the past year or so.