Ben Stokes hails improving England ahead of New Zealand decider

England all-rounder Ben Stokes has insisted that they have become a more attractive team to watch in their one-day series against New Zealand.

England were criticised for playing a boring brand of cricket in the World Cup, but they have dispelled that by scoring over 300 in all four one-day games so far.

The series is finely poised at 2-2 heading into the decider today, and Stokes says that they have improved greatly over the last few months.

He told reporters: "New Zealand were probably the best team in the World Cup until the final and we've played some outstanding cricket against the second best team in the world.

"So regardless of what happens tomorrow, we will be leaving here knowing that we've made people watch England cricket again. Hopefully we can get that victory and make it an even more special day.

"The cricket we've played is the way we want to be playing and we've taken really, really big steps forward with the way we are going about our one-day cricket."

The game will take place at the Emirates Durham ICG.