Hamilton, Feb 12: Captain Brendon McCullum scored 74 from 38 balls as New Zealand beat England by 55 runs in the second Twenty20 cricket international on Tuesday to lock the three-match series at 1-1.
England crushed New Zealand by 40 runs in the first match, hitting 15 sixes in posting its highest-ever Twenty20 total of 214-7.
But New Zealand wholly reversed that result at Seddon Park on Tuesday, making 192-6 after being sent in to bat and dismissing England for 137 in 19.3 overs.
The third and deciding match is at Wellington on Friday.
McCullum hit five sixes and six fours, scoring at almost two runs per ball before being dismissed from the second-to-last ball of the innings.
