Toss New Zealand selected to bat vs England

New Zealand received the toss and opted to bat first on a blazing September day in Birmingham, with Tim Southee on the lookout for a response from his facet after being swept apart within the opening two matches.

Brydon Carse, who debuted within the collection opener at Chester-le-Street and has since been added to England's ODI squad, made means alongside Sam Curran.

England's 2-0 lead got here by way of profitable margins of seven wickets and 95 runs, with one other new face, quick bowler Gus Atkinson, claiming the perfect T20I figures by an Englishman on debut in Manchester.

England: 1 Jonny Bairstow, 2 Will Jacks, 3 Dawid Malan, 4 Harry Brook, 5 Jos Buttler (capt & wk), 6 Moeen Ali, 7 Liam Livingstone, 8 Chris Jordan, 9 Adil Rashid, 10 Luke Wood, 11 Gus Atkinson

New Zealand: 1 Devon Conway, 2 Finn Allen, 3 Tim Seifert (wk), 4 Glenn Phillips, 5 Mark Chapman, 6 Daryl Mitchell, 7 Mitchell Santner, 8 Kyle Jamieson, 9 Ish Sodhi, 10 Tim Southee, 11 Matt Henry