NZ VS ENG - 2nd T20I, England tour of New Zealand, 2025

That's 1-0 for England. We will have the decider on Thursday (23rd) at Eden Park. Do join us then. For now it's bye bye from all of us here.

Mitch Santner | New Zealand captain: Yeah, some good batting by England. Obviously the pitch was definitely a little bit flatter than it was the other night. It wasn't that kind of steep bounce that we were getting. I think England were very smart in the way they played it. They obviously had the short side, but they also got a lot of twos on the big side. Yeah, and kind of kept ticking over, and there was no kind of small overs there. Whenever you get a 100-run partnership in a T20, we don't stop. Yeah, I think you look at the quality of the batters as well. We threw different options at them, and they were able to keep going. Yeah, I think the key is if you can try and get some dots, try and get wickets that way, you'll be able to generate your twos within obviously the boundaries as well. I guess if we go to Eden Park, there probably won't be as many twos because it's a smaller ground. Yeah, it becomes a bit of a different game, but perhaps one again where it's high scoring. Yeah, I think you need a lot of things to go well. You obviously need a big powerplay, and I think the way they were able to pick up wickets at the top as well makes it a challenge. But yeah, I think they were smart with the wind. The wind was there throughout the whole game, and trying to use the big side. I think we holed out a lot of times to the bigger side where I think they only had one catch up that way. (plans for Eden Park?) Try and get Brookie and Salt out. Yeah, I think again, we got a couple of days. Obviously training, assess what Eden Park's got for us. Could be a very high-scoring game again, or we've had some ones that are a little bit sticky. So we'll obviously wait and see and try and come up with some plans I guess for them.

Harry Brook | Player of the Match and England captain: Yeah, it felt good. It's always nice to contribute and to do alongside Salty, who's been very successful for us in this new era. Yeah, it was good to contribute. (partnership with Salt) No, it was just that really, just keeping each other calm, composed, and looking to manipulate the field and put them under as much pressure as possible. Yeah, absolutely. The other night we thought it probably had a little bit more live grass on it. The sun's probably helped us out and made that pitch a little bit flatter and easier for the batters. Sometimes, yeah, definitely. It depends if it comes out the middle of the bat. Yeah, tonight it was just nice to get some runs out there and hit a few out the back. (favorite shot of his tonight?) Probably one off Mitch, actually, which off the back foot. Sorry, sorry, Mitch. It's exactly what we have been talking about. We've done well in this. From the start of my captaincy we had taken a lot of wickets. And yet, to get another innings out of 10 wickets was awesome. (on his two spinners) Yeah, absolutely. They're extremely experienced and it's warming to just be able to go, lads, you go and do your thing. And Dawes took about four overs in a row there. A lot of balls to left-handers with that wind howling towards the lakeside. And the odds weren't really in his favour, but he bowled phenomenally there. And that gives me a lot of confidence moving forward. (on fielders being in from the fence) Yeah, it's just something else we've spoken about. There's a lot of balls that just get plinked into the outfield. I think there was a couple of occasions today where if we were on the road, they'd probably not carry it. So, yeah, that's just another positive move towards taking wickets.

22:33 Local Time, 09:33 GMT, 15:03 IST: All 10 New Zealand wickets have fallen to catches. Only the 13th time it has happened in T20Is. And England held on to every one of them. Just one tough one which Rashid couldn't grasp off Mitchell. The rest were all taken and some judged nicely. No big contributions from any of the New Zealanders and that hurt them. The highest was from Seifert who made 39 and that was never enough in such a big chase. Santner at the end played a nice cameo and struck them cleanly but by then the asking rate had gone up miles. Just the 5 bowlers used by England and except Sam Curran, the rest were among the wickets. Adil Rashid the pick with a four-fer and the spinners combined for 6 wickets for 70 runs. New Zealand had too much to do with the bat after giving away so many with the ball. Stay tuned for the post-match stuff...

Wood to Jacob Duffy, out Caught by Brook!! Wood finishes it off. A back of a length delivery on the stumps, Jacob Duffy backs away to flat-bat, is rushed and it's a smart catch by mid-off where Brook comes and takes it well to his left. Duffy has a look at his bat as he walks off. England win this easily. Jacob Duffy c Brook b Wood 1(2)

Wood to Jacob Duffy, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Wood to Jamieson, 1 run, short of length on off, Jamieson goes on the back foot and pulls straight to the fielder at long-on

Wood to Jacob Duffy, 1 run, low full-toss on the stumps, Jacob Duffy gets forward to drive wide of mid-off for one

Jacob Duffy, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Wood to Matt Henry, out Caught by Jacob Bethell!! Golden duck for Matt Henry. On a length on middle, the cutter into the wicket, Matt Henry hits the pull well but Bethell reverse-cups to his right at deep mid-wicket, he is in from the fence some 10 yards and judged it nicely. That was travelling too. Matt Henry c Jacob Bethell b Wood 0(1)

Wood to Matt Henry, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Wood to Jamieson, 1 run, length delivery on middle and leg, Jamieson goes on the back foot and tucks it to deep backward square-leg

Wood to Jamieson, FOUR, fine timing. Full and following Jamieson on the pads, he clears his front leg and flicks over mid-wicket, runs away wide of both deep mid-wicket and long-on

Luke Wood [3.0-0-29-0] is back into the attack

Matt Henry, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Adil Rashid to Santner, out Caught by Sam Curran!! Down leg and four for Adil Rashid. It's well outside the leg-stump, Santner gets there and whips it flat, but picks out deep backward square-leg. Another catch and England don't drop it. That should be the end for New Zealand. Santner c Sam Curran b Adil Rashid 36(15) [4s-3 6s-3]

Adil Rashid to Santner, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Adil Rashid to Jamieson, 1 run, flat good length delivery on off, Jamieson goes on the back foot and punches it past Adil Rashid for one

Adil Rashid to Santner, 1 run, Santner comes down the track and looks to flick this, thick inside-edge and it rolls to deep backward square-leg

Adil Rashid to Jamieson, 1 run, another googly, it's tossed up full outside off, Jamieson looks for a big slogsweep, thick inside-edge rolls away to deep backward square-leg