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Dominant England smash sorry New Zealand in fourth T20I

OSCAR RESS AT THE OVAL: England's spin duo of Sarah Glenn and Sophie Ecclestone combined for six of the eight New Zealand wickets to fall as they inspired the hosts to another comfortable victory

England v New Zealand, men's ODI player grades

With victories at Southampton, the Kia Oval and Lord's, England completed a 3-1 series win over New Zealand. NICK FRIEND rates all the performances from across the four matches

PLAYER RATINGS: Dawid Malan dominates New Zealand's walking wounded

The Cricketer rates the individual performances of every player during the fourth ODI between England and New Zealand

Rest required to give Joe Root the best chance of a World Cup revival

GEORGE DOBELL AT LORD'S: Root has now reached 30 once in his nine most recent ODI innings - which means that he goes to India averaging 27.85 since the last World Cup. But there should be no questioning his place in the squad. Or, indeed, the team

Unappreciated Dawid Malan is now the batter England need most

NICK HOWSON AT LORD'S: With much of the top-order struggling for runs or fitness, Malan reeled off a fifth ODI century, brought up 1,000 runs in the format in double-quick time and was once again a glue which held the innings together

Unsung hero Chris Woakes still paramount for England ahead of World Cup defence

GEORGE DOBELL: Woakes bowled beautifully at the Kia Oval, claiming three wickets in his opening spell and effectively sealing the match, but by then Ben Stokes had already stolen the headlines

Ben Stokes "not too fussed" about England ODI record

GEORGE DOBELL AT THE KIA OVAL: Stokes has welcomed the opportunity to re-acclimatise to the 50-over format during the New Zealand series. He has also downplayed his ongoing knee injury, which he now doesn't believe will need surgery

PLAYER RATINGS: Ben Stokes makes more history as Trent Boult strikes again

The Cricketer rates the individual performances of every player during the third ODI between England and New Zealand

Ben Stokes might be on the brink but he is more dangerous than ever

GEORGE DOBELL AT THE KIA OVAL: Stokes batted with a dominance you rarely see at this level. And while he is clearly horribly inconvenienced by that troublesome knee the strengths of his game overwhelmed the potential drawbacks

Merciful New Zealand let England off the hook again

NICK HOWSON AT THE KIA OVAL: Trent Boult took wickets with the new ball and at the death but lacked support from a mishmash Kiwi attack some of which are badly out of form ahead of the World Cup in India

Jason Roy's extended absence not expected to affect World Cup place

NICK HOWSON AT THE KIA OVAL: England's opener suffered another back spasm on the morning of the third ODI against New Zealand and has yet to feature. Adil Rashid, who was beset by cramp in Cardiff, is not expected to feature again in the series

David Willey taking nothing for granted despite elusive ODI World Cup coming into view

GEORGE DOBELL AT THE KIA OVAL: Willey has been told he will go to India, but admits he will not believe it until he is on the plane. Team management has downgraded the New Zealand squad, leaving several players looking over their shoulders

Reece Topley anxious injury curse could strike again ahead of return to India for World Cup

NICK HOWSON: England's left-arm seamer has timed his return from shoulder surgery to perfection but knows all too well how quickly things can change, having missed last year's T20 tournament and had a maiden Indian Premier League appearance scuppered

Liam Livingstone chooses opportune moment to rediscover art of batting long

GEORGE DOBELL AT THE AGEAS BOWL: This was – incredibly – Livingstone's longest innings in any format of the game since 2019 and the first time he had batted for 50 balls for two years