Summary

  • Debutant Atkinson claims four wickets as NZ bowled out for 103 to lose by 95 runs

  • England post imposing 198-4

  • Bairstow smacks sublime 86 off 60 balls & Brook hits superb 67 off 36

  • England take 2-0 lead in four-match series

Live Reporting

Mike Peter and Ffion Wynne

  1. Stephen Fleming
    Former New Zealand captain on BBC Two

    Quietly, in between the carnage, Adam Milne has bowled pretty well. He's gone for 20, with three balls to go.

  2. Eng 182-4

    One, dot, dot from Adam Milne in a very good start to the penultimate over.

    Jonny Bairstow was kept quiet by Harry Brook's brilliance but he has 84 to his name.

  3. Harry Brook can bat, in case you didn't already know.

  4. Eng 181-4

    Imagine conceding 180 in 18 overs, finally taking two quick wickets, and then you see Jos Buttler coming out to bat.

    It's cruel.

  5. Tymal Mills
    England pace bowler on BBC Two

    It was good captaincy. Adam Milne had just been moved there, knowing Moeen Ali was going to target that leg-side.

  6. wicket

    WICKET

    Moeen c Milne b Sodhi 6 (Eng 180-4)

    Possibly the most Moeen Ali innings you'll ever see from Moeen Ali.

    Ish Sodhi takes a bit of the pace off and tempts him into the same shot - and Moeen obliges.

    He picks out Adam Milne at deep mid-wicket, who takes a juggling catch on the second attempt. He grins in relief after a heart-in-mouth moment.

  7. Tymal Mills
    England pace bowler on BBC Two

    Welcome to the game, Moeen Ali. No time to have a look, he goes straight after the leg spinner.

  8. 6 runs

    Eng 180-3

    In true Moeen Ali style, he gets down on one knee first ball and deposits Ish Sodhi into the crowd!

  9. wicket

    WICKET

    Brook c Allen b Sodhi 67 (Eng 174-3)

    Well, I won't need any more adjectives.

    But Old Trafford rises in appreciation for a phenomenal knock.

    He unselfishly goes for another big shot down the ground but doesn't get hold of it, and Finn Allen takes a simple catch.

  10. Eng 174-2

    Anyone got any more adjectives I can use for Harry Brook?

    I'm running out.

    The latest is a masterful reverse sweep for four more.

  11. Harry Brook is a cheat code.

  12. Eng 170-2

    Well, Tim Southee finally nails his wide yorker.

    Unfortunately, it comes with the final ball of his spell after he's bowled four overs for 48 runs.

  13. Stephen Fleming
    Former New Zealand captain on BBC Two

    When things get out of control, you've got to look at whether it's good batting or bad bowling. And I think in this match it is mostly good batting.

  14. 6 runs

    Eng 169-2

    Where on earth do you bowl to him?

    A good length from Tim Southee with the pace off, and Brook dispatches it into the stands with ease.

    England are on for an enormous total here.

  15. Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Two

    Brook's almost saying to the England selectors, I'm sorry you've got the decision wrong. I'll pay for my flight, but I'll see you in India.

  16. 50 runs

    50 for Harry Brook

    Eng 159-2

    And he reaches his fifty with a six, clubbed down the ground off Tim Southee.

    He is just hitting the ball wherever he wants. It is absurd how easy this lad makes batting look.

  17. Tymal Mills
    England pace bowler on BBC Two

    When you pull up a wagon wheel for a batter you typically see a clear preference. But not with Harry Brook.

  18. Eng 153-2

    Now that is timing.

    Harry Brook backs away to leg stump, and carves a 90mph delivery through cover for four.

    Special.

  19. Eng 148-2

    Oh, and Ferguson has overstepped!

    He gets away with the no-ball though, just a couple from it as Brook - for the first time - struggles to find timing.

  20. Eng 145-2

    We've had plenty of power, but Harry Brook brings up the 100 partnership between himself and Bairstow with a touch of class.

    A deliberately guided edge down to deep third for four more.