England skipper Nasser Hussain pulled no punches about his side's abject performance following their 155-run defeat by New Zealand in the second one-day international.

"We were outplayed in all three departments, to be honest. Batting, bowling, fielding - they did better than us, simple as that.

"We didn't turn up today. We were dreadful," he admitted.

England's effort was reminiscent of last summer, when they lost every match in the home triangular series against Australia and Pakistan.

Their score of 89 all out was only three runs better than they managed against Australia at Old Trafford, England's lowest ever one-day total.

"We've got no excuses. We dropped catches, we didn't put the ball in the right areas and batted poorly all the way down.

"In fact, I'm probably more disappointed about the loss the other day. That was a game we should have won and in games like this, you play badly, you lose.

"It's when you play well, you've got to cash in and win," said Hussain.

England must now win all three remaining matches to take the series.