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Jonathan Agnew

England take confidence from second win

An emphatic and thoroughly deserved victory in the second Twenty20 match puts England in great heart for the 50-over series that starts in Wellington on Saturday.

Their extra experience at this form of the game shone like a beacon under the Lancaster Park floodlights - and it is clear that they took great confidence from their opening victory in Auckland on Tuesday.

Luke Wright and Phil Mustard got the innings away to a tremendous start, thrashing 65 from the first six overs – but this was the only time that New Zealand were in the game as they took four wickets in four overs to reduce England to 76-4.

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