McCullum sees chink in England's armour

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McCullum had taken the Kiwis to the verge of victory at Edgbaston with an unbeaten 60 before the umpires took the players off one over short of the minimum cut-off point to obtain a result.

"We know we've made a huge step forward in our ability to win this series from where we were a few days ago," he said.

"England have taken a stride back - and maybe they realise they're not as a good an ODI unit as they were giving themselves credit for.

"They are a confident side when they're in front and they managed to run away with the Twenty20 game and the first ODI at Durham.

"But there has definitely been a momentum shift and we've got no reason to believe we can't beat them three times in a row before the end of the series.

"Yes, we were down in the dumps and not playing as well as we knew we could. We still didn't play outstandingly well at Edgbaston but it was good, solid cricket.

"If we can put them under more pressure from the start I've got no doubt we can win this series."