Harry Brook conceded his side had been "hammered" by New Zealand, with the white-ball captain at a loss to explain England's struggles in the format.

For the first time during Brook's tenure as captain, he failed to hide his disappointment after England slipped to a sixth ODI series defeat in seven and the second of his brief captaincy career.

For all the talk of wanting to entertain, Brook's disappointment was tangible as he responded to a question as to whether the result in Hamilton was the first time he had been frustrated with his players.

"It's disappointing, isn't it," Brook said. "You go round every single player there and you think, 'bloody hell, there aren't many teams that they don't get into in the world'. It's disappointing we haven't performed as well as we could. It happ

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