England failed to build on Jonny Bairstow’s 73, and Tim Seifert’s 48, Glenn Phillips’ 42 and 40 not out from Mark Chapman gave New Zealand a 2-2 draw
Having been almost contemptuously dismissed in the first two games of the series New Zealand completed a hugely impressive fightback by winning the final game by six wickets to claim a 2-2 draw and propel themselves into the forthcoming one-day internationals in full confidence.
One of them was for Jos Buttler to have a rest. Instead England’s white-ball captain was forced to don the gloves as an injury substitute after Bairstow reported a mildly painful right shoulder during his innings. Thus even the Yorkshireman, England’s one truly successful batter, had a night of mixed fortunes; many of his teammates did not even manage that.
Dawid Malan and Liam Livingstone produced superficially near-identical innings of 26, off 21 and 20 deliveries respectively. Rehan Ahmed, making his first international appearance of the summer, produced a fine cameo, featuring one beautiful six over long-on and a selfless dismissal, running himself out to keep Livingstone at the crease.
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