New Zealand tour of England 2013

New Zealand will be bringing the curtain down on a roller-coaster summer as they look to clean-sweep England in the final T20I at the Oval.

New Zealand have won a dramatic encounter over England by five runs in the opening Twenty20 match at a sold-out Oval in London.

New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum praised Hamish Rutherford for an "outstanding" innings as the Black Caps beat England by just five runs to win the first Twenty20 international at The Oval on Tuesday.

Both teams had contrasting Champions Trophy campaigns with New Zealand falling short in the group stages, while England were outdone by India at the final hurdle and they will be keen to put that behind them with a resounding win.

A convincing all-round performance by England helped them beat New Zealand by 34 runs in Nottingham and prevent a series whitewash.

Martin Guptill's magnificent unbeaten 189 helped New Zealand beat England by 86 runs and take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the 3-match ODI series.

Martin Guptill hit a splendid unbeaten 103 and helped New Zealand beat England by 5 wickets in the first ODI in London.

England skipper, Alastair Cook expects New Zealand to put up a stiff challenge in the upcoming ODI series which gets underway at Lord's from Friday.

New Zealand left-arm bowler Trent Boult has been ruled out of the one-day cricket series against England and next month's Champions Trophy after failing to recover from a side strain.

Graeme Swann picked up his 3rd 10-wicket haul in Test cricket as England thrashed New Zealand by 247 runs on Day 5 of the 2nd Test at Leeds.