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England were as awful in Birmingham as they were dominant in Durham and Manchester, losing the third T20 against a motivated New Zealand by 74 runs to set up a tense series finale.
Challenged to make an imposing 203 for victory, Jos Buttler’s team hobbled to 128, with even Harry Brook — the man of the moment — falling short, skying leg-spinner Ish Sodhi to mid-on for eight.
Buttler himself managed 40 off 21 balls, but England were off the pace in almost every respect as the tourists closed the gap to 2-1 ahead of Monday's series finale at Trent Bridge.
Assistant coach Marcus Trescothick then admitted that the speculation about Brook’s potential selection for the 50-over World Cup might be playing on the minds of those in the provisional 15-man party. On this evidence, that group may include Dawid Malan and Liam Livingstone.
‘There’s no doubt, when you have that element — noise outside the changing room — you just start to question sometimes, especially if you are not playing well, of course you do,’ said Trescothick.
England lost the third T20 against New Zealand by 74 runs to set up a tense series finale
Man-of-the-moment Harry Brook fell short, skying leg-spinner Ish Sodhi to mid-on for eight
‘You deal with these anxieties and problems on many occasions, and you know what to do. It’s up to the individuals, with our help as coaches, to get themselves in the right frame of mind.’
If there was any glimmer to emerge, it
