Black Caps down England

Southampton - New Zealand beat England by three wickets to win the third one-day international at Southampton on Sunday and so take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series.

Kane Williamson (118) and Ross Taylor (110) shared a record New Zealand third-wicket ODI stand of 206 after the Black Caps had been 36 for two, chasing 303 for victory.

England, who had threatened a huge score, were bowled out for 302 with 28 balls of their innings left despite fifties from skipper Eoin Morgan (71), Ben Stokes (68) and Joe Root (54).

Tim Southee (three for 44) and debutant left-arm paceman Ben Wheeler (three for 63) did the bulk of the damage.

England

J. Roy b Southee 9

A. Hales c Southee b Wheeler 23

J. Root b Santner 54

E. Morgan b Williamson 71

B. Stokes b Wheeler 68

J. Buttler c Ronchi b Southee 13

S. Billings c McClenaghan b Wheeler 34

A. Rashid c Guptill b Henry 0

D. Willey c McCullum b Henry 8

M. Wood not out 3

S. Finn b Southee 0

Extras (lb5, w14) 19

Total (all out, 45.2 overs) 302

Fall of wickets: 1-34 (Hales), 2-34 (Roy), 3-139 (Root), 4-194 (Morgan), 5-227 (Buttler), 6-288 (Billings), 7-290 (Rashid), 8-298 (Stokes), 9-300 (Willey), 10-302 (Finn)

Bowling: Southee 8.2-1-44-3 (1w); Wheeler 10-0-63-3 (2w); Henry 10-0-64-2 (6w); McClenaghan 8-0-67-0; Santner 5-0-30-1 (5w); Elliott 2-0-17-0; Williamson 2-0-12-1

New Zealand

M. Guptill lbw b Willey 2

B. McCullum lbw b Wood 11

K. Williamson c Wood b Willey 118

R. Taylor b Willey 110

G. Elliott c Root b Rashid 5

M. Santner c Root b Stokes 21

L. Ronchi c Roy b Stokes 13

B. Wheeler not out 3

T. Southee not out 5

Extras (lb6, w12) 18

Total (7 wkts, 49 overs) 306

Did not bat: M Henry, M McClenaghan

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Guptill), 2-36 (McCullum), 3-242 (Williamson), 4-249 (Elliott), 5-284 (Santner), 6-290 (Taylor), 7-300 (Ronchi)

Bowling: Finn 10-0-55-0 (2w); Willey 10-1-69-3 (1w); Wood 10-0-48-1 (2w); Rashid 10-0-72-1 (1w); Stokes 6-0-35-2 (2w); Root 3-0-21-0;

Result: New Zealand won by three wickets

Series: New Zealand lead five-match series 2-1

Toss: England

Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (AUS), Tim Robinson (ENG)

Third umpire: Steve Davis (AUS)

Match referee: Javagal Srinath (IND)

Remaining Fixtures

Jun 17: 4th ODI, Trent Bridge (d/n)

Jun 20: 5th ODI, Chester-le-Street

Previous Results

Jun 09: 1st ODI, Edgbaston (d/n): England won by 210 runs

Jun 12: 2nd ODI, The Oval (d/n): New Zealand won by 13 runs (D/L method)

Note: d/n = day/night, D/L = Duckworth/Lewis.