UPDATE 1-Cricket-Fleming gives New Zealand bright start

(updates at lunch)

By Greg Stutchbury

NAPIER, New Zealand, March 23 (Reuters) - Stephen Fleming and Jamie How gave New Zealand a bright start to their reply after debutant Tim Southee captured five wickets to dismiss England for 253 before lunch on the second day of the third test.

Fleming was 56 not out, his 45th test half century, with How on 30 and New Zealand on 93 for one after their reply began poorly with Matthew Bell dismissed for a duck off the third ball of the innings.

Fleming, the former New Zealand captain who retires from international cricket after the test, was at his flowing best, smashing eight boundaries and a six in his first 50 runs and bringing up his half century with a peerless cover drive.

The elegant left-hander had begun positively with a boundary off his first ball but when he smashed three boundaries and a six off successive balls from James Anderson he broke free from the shackles imposed by Ryan Sidebottom.

How, who had been mired on one for 22 balls, followed suit and smashed Stuart Broad for successive boundaries.

Earlier, teenage paceman Southee claimed a victim with the first ball of the day and completed a five-wicket haul.

Southee, 19, who took three wickets on Saturday, had Broad caught behind by wicketkeeper Brendon McCullum for 42 before Chris Martin bowled Monty Panesar for one to leave England 253 for nine.