New Zealand beat England by five wickets to win the first one-day international at Lord’s on Friday.
Martin Guptill made 103 not out as New Zealand, chasing 228 for victory, finished on 5-231 with 19 balls to spare.
Earlier, Tim Southee took three wickets for 37 runs as England were held to a modest 9-227, with no batsman making more than Jonathan Trott’s 37.
The replay started badly as James Anderson struck twice in the first over.
Luke Ronchi was out for nought on his New Zealand debut, having previously played for Australia where he grew up, after Graeme Swann held a sharp second slip catch off Lancashire seamer Anderson.
Two balls later Kane Williamson also fell for a duck, superbly caught low down by diving wicket-keeper Jos Buttler.
Just a few weeks ago, New Zealand’s last visit to Lord’s included a collapse to 68 all out in a 170-run first Test defeat.
And further batting failures were behind a crushing 247-run loss that saw England complete a 2-0 Test series whitewash at Headingley on Tuesday.
But thoughts of an equally dramatic slump on Friday were stilled by a third-wicket stand of 120 between Guptill and Ross Taylor (54).
“I was happy to be there at the end and get the win for New Zealand,” man-of-the-match Guptill told BBC Radio’s Test Match Special.
“The 120-run partnership with Ross Taylor set us up. I enjoy batting with Ross – he takes some pressure off the batsman at the other end.”
Delighted New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum added: “We gave ourselves every opportunity by the way we bowled and fielded, then Martin played a fantastic innings.
“We had no concerns at 1-2 because we have an experienced team and the way we counter-attacked was pleasing.”
Guptill had a reprieve when on 13 he hooked first change Chris Woakes down to long leg.
But a back-pedalling Tim Bresnan, who was not right back on the rope, failed to hold the chance and deflected the ball for a six.
The partnership was eventually broken when Taylor was caught behind to give Anderson his third wicket of the innings.
Earlier, four England batsmen made it into the 30s but none could press on.
“The batsmen did the hard bit – all of us got in but none of us made the big score,” said England captain Alastair Cook.
“We have quality players but none of us got the runs.”
Southee removed Cook and fellow opener Ian Bell in the course of two successive wicket maidens.
Bell (18) edged a drive to wicket-keeper Ronchi before left-hander Cook (30) fell in mirror-image fashion.
Trott and Joe Root shared a stand of 67 but off-spinner Nathan McCullum then took two wickets for five runs in six balls.
This series effectively provides both sides with a ‘warm-up’ before next month’s Champions Trophy one-day tournament in the UK.
The second game is in Southampton on Sunday.