On a very tricky pitch, England won by 4 runs in a game which was still in doubt to the very last delivery of the 600 bowled in the match.
On paper, the England score of 235 looked well-undercooked but anyone who had seen the vagaries of this drop-in pitch would have soon realised that this would be a challenging total to chase down - and so it proved.
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| Adil Rashid.England spread their runs with the first nine batsmen all attaining double figures - NZ, in their turn, relied on a brilliant knock of an undefeated 112 from skipper Kane Williamson. |
The New Zealand seamers bowled superbly well - but so too did the England spin twins of Rashid and Ali.
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