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Rob Smyth

Rashid and Salt star as England thrash New Zealand in second men’s T20 – as it happened

Player of the match Harry Brook made 78 from 35 balls and caught out Jacob Duffy to end New Zealand’s innings.
Player of the match Harry Brook made 78 from 35 balls and caught out Jacob Duffy to end New Zealand’s innings. Photograph: Sanka Vidanagama/AFP/Getty Images

The third and final T20I is in Auckland on Thursday, with the match starting at 7.15pm local time/7.15am BST. I’ll leave you with Simon Burnton’s report from Hagley Oval – goodnight and good day to you.

Harry Brook puts his captaincy hat on for another quick chat

We’ve been good at taking wickets since the start of my captaincy, and to get another 10 there was awesome.

[On Rashid and Dawson] They’re extremely experienced. It’s warming to just be able to say, ‘Lads, you go and do your thing’. The odds weren’t really in Daws’s favour, bowling four overs in a row with a lot of balls to the left-handers and the wind howling towards the leg side, but he was phenomenal and that gives me a lot of confidence moving forward.

[On the detail of England’s field placing] There were a couple of shots that were plinked into the leg side and probably wouldn’t have carried if the fielder had been right on the rope. It’s another positive move towards taking wickets.

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