England smashed their highest Twenty20 score on home soil in six years at Southampton on Saturday – 197 for three – before restricting New Zealand to 138 for nine to win by 59 runs.
With only three months to go until the T20 World Cup in Bangladesh, this was a statement innings from an England side whose confidence is currently sky-high; admittedly against a team who are unlikely to be World Cup challengers in October, especially if they bat like they did at Southampton.
