Collingwood reached 12 at a good rate before being run out

New Zealand trounced the tourists by six wickets, and Collingwood said: "It looked a nice hard wicket and it was pretty much the opposite.

"It's been a good week for us with the Twenty20 [wins] and we came into this game full of confidence.

"But it didn't happen for us with the bat. It was difficult to score on."

Interview: England captain Paul Collingwood

England, for whom Phil Mustard top-scored with 31, were bowled out for 130 as New Zealand secured victory with 20 overs to spare.

Collingwood could not hide his disappointment at a poor start to the five-match series, but also gave New Zealand some credit.

"They bowled and fielded very well," he said.

"We didn't get enough runs on the board; if we had got to 200 it might have been defendable, but we were always chasing the game.

"We got off to a decent start but from that point we didn't get any kind of partnership going and they put us under a lot of pressure.

"It's something we are going to have to talk about in the dressing room.

We flipped the script today and kept up the pressure New Zealand's Dan Vettori

"When you lose three wickets to run-outs it's disappointing, there was a bit of misunderstanding there.

"But their fielding was exceptional, they were diving around and getting to balls we didn't think they were going to get to.

"We have had some great results in the one-day form of the game. We'll put this to bed and hopefully do better next time."

Collingwood's New Zealand counterpart Daniel Vettori was pleased to see his side respond to their Twenty20 setbacks in "emphatic fashion".

"We made the most of the conditions," he said.

"We would have batted first and would have thought 230-240 would have been competitive, so to bowl them out for 130 was outstanding.

"England put the pressure on us [in the Twenty20 matches] but we flipped the script today and kept up the pressure and they couldn't maintain partnerships through run-outs and good bowling."

Chris Martin, who took two wickets for the Black Caps, said: "The wicket gave them less pace to hit and if you hit the lines and the lengths pretty well they didn't seem to have a Plan B."