World Cricket Live Update

England managed to prevent a whitewash in the final One-Day International of the three match series yesterday. After England made 287/6 off their 50 overs, New Zealand were bowled out 34 runs short with a few overs remaining. It all came too little too late for England though after already giving up a 2-0 series lead to the kiwis. For those of you who have not seen it, try and get hold of some highlights of Martin Guptill's innings in the second ODI. After scoring a century in the first match, Guptill went even further with an incredible 189*. It was the highest score by a New Zealander in ODI's, as well as the fifth highest overall out of all countries. Despite his patchy performances in tests, Guptill is really shining in the 50 over game.

New Zealand could not have really asked for a better result in the lead up to the Champions Trophy. This series win makes it for the second for the year with the other one being away to South Africa. Their form this year has been quite impressive, and this is being reflected in the rankings with them now overtaking West Indies into 7th place.

England will be disappointed with the their first home ODI series loss since 2009, and it couldn't have come at a worse time, as they are about to play host to the Champions Trophy. They will still go in one of the favourites, however there are now more doubts than before, thanks to New Zealand.