England beat New Zealand by 10 wickets and win the series 2-1


England's opening batsmens  Alex Hales and Michael Lumb makes  a ridicule of the New Zealand bowling attack to leads  the tourists  to a 10 wicket victory  in their 3rd  Twenty20 international and a 2-1 series win  on Friday.

After England's bowlers reduced  New Zealand to 139 for 8, Hales smashed  80 from  42 deliveries  while Lumb made  53 runs, including a six that landed on the roof to triumph the match and brought  his half century, as this  pair pushed England to win  in just 12.4 overs.

Martin Guptill had helped  New Zealand's innings made  59 from  55 deliveries. Broad ended with 3 for 15 from four overs spell, while Jade Dernbach also claimed  3 for 36, while Steve Finn was bristling belligerence as he gave just 18 runs from his  four overs.

England won the three match  series after winning  the first game  in Auckland by 40 runs, while New Zealand won the second in Hamilton by 55 runs. The first match  of the three match ODI Series  will starts in  Hamilton on Sunday.

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