New Zealand 176-8 (Neesham 42, Jordan 3-23)England 155 (Malan 39, Santner 3-25)Five-match series tied at 1-1 4.32am GMT
For England, Curran and Jordan (and Morgan) deserved better. But
New Zealand prevailed because they had far more experience, and more than three players showing their class: Guptill and Neesham with the bat, Southee, Ferguson, Santner and Sodhi with the ball, and de Grandhomme and Guptill in the field. There has to be a Player of the Match, and it goes to Santner for his 3-25, but this was a team effort. New Zealand were cannier than England, playing the dimensions, and their fielding was in a different league. Thanks for your company, and do join Geoff Lemon for another T20 international (rain permitting). 4.22am GMT
20th over:
England 155 all out (Rashid b Mitchell 4, Brown 4 not out) The last over begins, surreally, with three dots, and ends, one ball early, with a fine yorker. NZ were far too good, even though they thought 180 was par on a sporting pitch. England lost too many early wickets and dropped far too many catches. So it’s 1-1 and rightly so.