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Alec Stewart - former England captain

England one-day ratings (0)

Here's how I rated the performances of the England team in the one-day series against New Zealand.

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Jonathan Agnew

Pietersen shows captaincy promise (0)

This was a really poor batting performance by England, but in the field, at least, Kevin Pietersen showed a refreshingly positive attitude to the captaincy.

For a man who can't remember ever having led a team before - is anyone else amazed that he never even captained his school team? - he seemed calm and definitely in charge.

I liked the way he kept his slip in position in the 19th over of New Zealand's innings, and he was rewarded for that when Graeme Swann took the catch to remove the curiously subdued Brendon McCullum whose 23 came from 57 balls.

Pietersen also insisted on keeping his mid on and mid off inside the circle, pressurising the batsman to hit over the top.

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