England v New Zealand: Harry Brook and Gus Atkinson shine as hosts take 2-0 series lead

A sublime batting show led England to a crushing 95-run triumph implicit New Zealand successful the 2nd T20 astatine Old Trafford.

Fast bowler Gus Atkinson past took 4-20 connected his planetary debut arsenic New Zealand crumbled to 103 each out.

The triumph gives England a 2-0 pb successful the four-match series.

Brook and Bairstow added 131 for the 3rd wicket aft England mislaid Will Jacks for 19 and Dawid Malan for a duck.

New Zealand's batters instantly felt the unit of the run-rate arsenic Atkinson dismissed opener Devon Conway successful his archetypal over.

Leg-spinner Adil Rashid finished with 2-18 arsenic helium became England's starring T20 wicket taker.

Tim Seifert top-scored with 39 but Glenn Phillips' 22 was the lone different publication of much than 20 arsenic England backed up their broad triumph astatine Chester-le-Street with different ascendant performance.

The bid continues astatine Edgbaston connected Sunday.

Majestic Brook provides T20 masterclass

It has been a whirlwind period for 24-year-old Brook, who was not selected successful England's provisional 50-over World Cup squad but responded with a singular period successful The Hundred.

He impressed with 43 successful England's comfy triumph successful the archetypal T20 but, successful beforehand of a lively Manchester crowd, helium went adjacent further successful a scintillating innings that near New Zealand's bowlers successful disbelief.

Two of his 5 sixes came successful his archetypal 10 balls with glorious drives implicit other screen disconnected spinner Ish Sodhi, and helium continued to harvester finesse with powerfulness successful a blistering concern with Bairstow that took the crippled beyond the Black Caps.

Bairstow was somewhat scratchy earlier Brook's arrival, making his mode to 26 from 27 balls arsenic Jacks and Malan departed.

But Brook's free-flowing attack seemed to merchandise his chap Yorkshireman arsenic helium reached his half-century from 40 balls earlier launching his mode to 77 successful the abstraction of his adjacent 7 balls.

Brook's omission from the 50-over squad continues to rise eyebrows, and with a show of specified breath-taking skill, the questions astir that determination are not going to extremity immoderate clip soon.