NZ VS ENG - 2nd T20I, England tour of New Zealand, 2019

So 1-1 does look fair. When you play a five match series, the last thing you want is a side falling by the wayside and getting steamrolled against the momentum of the other. That isn't happening here. There's enough recent history between these two sides to allow any of that. That's all we have for you from Wellington, as I, Vineet Anantharaman, sign off on behalf of Varun Dixit, Raju Peethala and our scorer, Vinod. Until the beautiful Nelson, ta ta!!

Tim Southee | Winning skipper: It was a better performance in all three areas. We wanted to go hard right through to the end. We executed our plans a little better, we need to keep changing depending on the ground and the sizes. We'll chop and change sides when we get to Nelson. We are always looking to get better. There is still scope for improving in all three areas, but if we can keep playing the brand of cricket we like, then we'll go in the right direction.

Eoin Morgan | Losing skipper: I thought the Black Caps batted incredibly well, they used the dimensions really well. We bowled reasonably well. We didn't bat, bowl or field anywhere close to what we did the other day. We kept dropping catches and kept losing wickets. They used the longer side of the ground really well. A lot of things can happen between games, we need to keep a nice aggressive mindset and maintaining it is important especially with a young side. It is important to make mistakes, but the important part then is to learn from it and come back strong.

Mitchell Santner | MoM: It's nice to get a few poles and nice to get a win and go 1-1. Nice to get a win and move on. We talked after the last game to be up on the field. When the fielders back the bowlers up it feels good. We were a little bit off in the last game, and we upped in all three departments. It was a good wicket and it's a tough ground with the small boundaries. We needed to adapt our plans and a little bit and we did that.

17:21 Local Time, 04:21 GMT, 09:51 IST: So New Zealand at Christchurch wanted only three things from their players - to bat, bowl and field better. Simple, right. Surely if you are the Kiwis. They've turned around a scratchy morning from a couple of days ago into an absolutely clinical one here. 177 didn't really look enough, a mic-ed up Tim Siefert in his chat during the innings too felt they were a few short. But, but, the first two overs in the chase sealed it. Bairstow fell, Vince compounded his miseries on what was already a pretty awful day for him, and soon after Morgan too fell after he looked like he was timing them well. Apart from that Sodhi over where Chris Jordan really laid into him, this was a pretty dead chase. The scorecard and a 21-run defeat does do justice. Okay, here come the presentations ..

Daryl Mitchell to Adil Rashid, out Bowled!! Timbaaahh. Simple stuff - full, straight, on the stumps. Rashid was obviously going to slog, and he goes one-kneed as he tried, only for the ball to sneak under, fox him for the lack of pace and knock out off. Adil Rashid b Daryl Mitchell 4(6)

Daryl Mitchell to Adil Rashid, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!

Daryl Mitchell to Patrick Brown, 1 run, yorker, gets enough bat to drill it down the ground

Daryl Mitchell to Patrick Brown, no run, slower one. Brown continues wanting to slog it out of sight. He even clears his front leg out to it. Nah, not yet, not even worth a connection

Daryl Mitchell to Patrick Brown, no run, 123.5kph, another mighty swing. Equally might miss. He's keeping the number elevens' tryst with batting alive

Daryl Mitchell to Patrick Brown, no run, 124.6kph, nice floaty length outside off. Brown clears his front leg, has an almighty swing, and an equally almighty miss

Daryl Mitchell [1.0-0-8-0] is back into the attack

Southee to Adil Rashid, no run, 131.7kph, nails the yorker just outside off. Rashid drives/jams/something. Nope. Nothing

Southee to Adil Rashid, 2 runs, 127.5kph, a one-handed waft, losing all shape as he does. Gets a streaky edge though, past the keeper, for Ferguson at third man to dive

Southee to Patrick Brown, 1 run, 133.6kph, slaps it straight to cover, and runs blindly for the single. If only there were a direct hit ..

Southee to Patrick Brown, no run, 129.4kph, length, wide outside off. Brown moves away, doesn't help himself, and al his swinging drives are for thin air

Southee to Adil Rashid, 1 run, 134kph, full, a stoopy swipe across the line, through mid-wicket

Southee to Patrick Brown, 1 run, follows him in on the pads, for a hurried cramped jab through square leg

The equation: 28 runs | 12 balls. If only they had a few wickets in hand, if only ..

Ferguson to Adil Rashid, no run, 140.7kph, short, angling in, and at the very last moment straightening past Rashid's jumpy defence