New Zealand maintain one-day dominance

HAMILTON, New Zealand -- New Zealand inflicted another embarrassing one-day defeat on England when they coasted to a 10-wicket win in a match reduced to 36 overs a side in Hamilton.

England crashed from 90 for two to 158 all out and New Zealand openers Jesse Ryder and Brendon McCullum reached an adjusted target of 165 with 107 balls to spare.

New Zealand won the first match in Wellington by six wickets on Saturday and have the chance to seal the series in the third match at Auckland on Friday.

Ryder hammered 79 off 62 balls in his second one-day international while McCullum needed only 47 deliveries to reach 80.

England followed their ineptitude with the bat by dropping three chances in the field.

There was no sign of impending disaster for the tourists when Alistair Cook and Phil Mustard romped to 41 in six overs but Chris Martin dismissed Mustard and Ian Bell with successive deliveries.

Cook and Kevin Pietersen steadied England by taking the total to 85 before rain caused a two-and-a-half-hour rain delay.

Pietersen was leg before soon after the resumption and next ball Paul Collingwood was run out attempting an ambitious second run.

This was the signal for England to implode, with two more run-outs accelerating the collapse.

The incompetence continued when McCullum was dropped by Mustard before he had scored and Ryder was put down by Owais Shah at slip when he had made eight.

The New Zealand batsmen made sure that England suffered for their lapses, flaying the bowling to all parts of Seddon Park.

With 19 runs needed for victory Ryan Sidebottom failed to accept a return catch from Ryder and McCullum brought the contest to a merciful end by square-cutting Collingwood to the point boundary.

England captain Collingwood said: "We started off well until the rain break and after that it was just a devastating period for us. We're not making any excuses tonight, we weren't good enough, simple as that."

Vettori was delighted with his openers. "They can be an exciting opening pair for us for a lot of years and if they keep playing like that they're going to make some crowds pretty happy," he said.

Sri Lanka defeated India by eight wickets in Canberra in the rain-hit tri-series with Australia.

Needing a revised target of 154 from 21 overs, Sri Lanka got home with two overs to spare for the first win of the series.

India made 195 for five from 29 overs after an early downpour delayed the start of play, and the game was shortened again after more rain arrived during the break between innings.

Indian fast bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth conceded 48 runs in three overs and Sri Lanka's Tillakaratne Dilshan was man-of-the match with an unbeaten 62 off 59 balls.

The first two matches in the tournament were washed out.

Australia will play Bangladesh in a three-match one-day series in the northern city of Darwin in August-September this year.

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