England captain Harry Brook and Phil Salt’s batting masterclass routed New Zealand in the second T20I as visitors registered an emphatic 65-run victory at Hagley Oval in Christchurch on Monday.

With a 129-run partnership, Brook and Salt engineered a ruthless assault to trouble New Zealand and steered England to a 1-0 lead in the three-match T20I series, after the opener was washed out due to persistent rain on Saturday.

With New Zealand pursuing an imposing 237-run target, Brydon Carse clipped the hosts’ wings with twin strikes in the second over. Tim Robinson (7) and Rachin Ravindra (8) returned without making much of an impact resulting in Tim Seiffert and Mark Chapman sparking the life in New Zealand’s chase one again.

With an entertaining 69-run stand, Seiffert (39) and Chapman (28)

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