England hit a new low

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Put into bat, the tourists - who lost the opening ODI by six wickets - were on course for a competitive total at 85 for two after 15 overs when rain halted play for two hours and 20 minutes and restricted the match to 36 overs a side.

But their momentum was lost and England slumped to 158 all out by losing eight wickets for 73 runs after the restart, and New Zealand completed their victory in only 18.1 overs - chasing a target of 165 set by the Duckworth-Lewis method of calculation.

It was only the fourth time in 485 one-day internationals that England had suffered such a defeat and followed a record one-day partnership by New Zealand against England from Jessie Ryder and Brendon McCullum off only 109 balls.

Ryder, playing only his second one-day international, won the man-of-the-match award after hitting an unbeaten 79 off 62 balls, while McCullum was unbeaten on 80 from 47 balls.

It was a desperately inept display, which included three run-outs in England's innings for the second successive match, while McCullum and Ryder were both dropped inside the first five overs of New Zealand's reply.

England's innings again capitulated, starting when Kevin Pietersen was given lbw to seamer Michael Mason.

Captain Paul Collingwood was run out and Owais Shah followed him back to the changing room in the next over.

The low point of England's innings came seven overs later after an awful mix-up between Alastair Cook - who had batted impressively to reach 53 off 69 balls - and Ravi Bopara, resulting in the former's wicket.

Ryan Sidebottom completed another hat-trick of England run-outs.