New Zealand beat England by three wickets in Twenty20

NZ XI beat England by three wickets in T20

A New Zealand XI have beaten England by three wickets in their Twenty20 warm-up match in Auckland.

The hosts won the game with the last ball of the innings when Matt Henry claimed the all-important final run.

The visitors posted a score of 170-5 with the highest scores being collected by Eoin Morgan and John Butler, who claimed 51 each, as Michael Lumb helped himself to a score of 45.

The majority of New Zealand's runs came from Tom Latham, as he ran himself to a 64, with Anton Devcich and Hamish Rutherford claiming scores of 33 and 30 respectively.

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