England Vs New Zealand Twenty20- Wngland won the Seiries 2-0

A proficient and professional allround display from England took them to an emphatic 50-run win over New Zealand in the second and final Twenty20 in Christchurch. With the one-day series two days away, England are bristling with confidence and New Zealand have it all to do.

England were in control from the outset, with Phil Mustard and Luke Wright launching an exuberant attack at the top of the order before Paul Collingwood and Owais Shah steered them to 193 for 8, in an excellent fifth-wicket stand of 102 - England's highest in Twenty20s. Impressively, all their bowlers played a part with Ryan Sidebottom particularly accurate while Dimitri Mascarenhas's underated dobblers accounted for Jamie How and Scott Styris. New Zealand were never in the hunt, and particularly missed Jacob Oram, their standout player in the first Twenty20 two days ago.

England gave the home crowd something to cheer with a middle-order slump, losing Kevin Pietersen for 3 and Ian Bell - who ran himself out with a brainless single to mid-on - for 1. England's hopes of passing 200 were fading, and when Mustard was superbly held by Mills on the long-on boundary, New Zealand had the visitors 76 for 4.

In came Shah and Collingwood who immediately turned England's fortunes around with a fine stand of 102 in just 10.2 overs. Shah got off the mark with a neat pull off Styris, but he saved the punishment for Ryder who was carved for 16 in one particularly drab over - the highlight, a flat and fiercely struck six over long-off. Collingwood was even more urgent than Shah, favouring the leg-side to smack Tim Southee over the top for six before driving the same bowler past extra cover.

Collingwood brought up a 24-ball fifty with his third six, flinging Mills over square leg boundary and also registering his and Shah's hundred stand. Hitchcock, after being lambasted for 37 from a couple of overs, found redemption when Shah smacked him straight to long-off. The very next ball, Collingwood mistimed another leg-side heave and found How lurking at long-on.

England have a terrific chance to dominate when the one-day series starts on Saturday.