The Black Caps cricket match at Bay Oval is now sold out.
The Twenty20 match against Bangladesh starts at 3pm, but tickets to the event have already sold out.
Local girl Brooklyn Grigson, 8, tossed the coin at 2.20pm - Bangladesh winning the toss and deciding to bowl first.
Tauranga player and captain for the day Kane Williamson was up at bat first.
Local man Trent Boult was excited to be back in action at his home ground this afternoon, after resting the Twenty20 series opener in Napier on Tuesday.