England win series after washout in final New Zealand T20 but Brook left frustrated

<ul><li><p>Third T20: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/cricket/match/2025-10-23/england-cricket-team">NZ 38 for 1 v England. Match abandoned</a></p></li><li><p>Rain means only 25 balls bowled in final match of series</p></li></ul><p>England’s T20 series against New Zealand ended <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/oct/18/sam-curran-and-rain-to-rescue-england-new-zealand-t20-cricket-opener">as it had started</a>, with a washout. On a previously dry day, the weather teased and taunted. Rain first intervened at 7.17pm, two minutes after the start of play. After a brief resumption it returned, paused, gave the ground staff a bit of time to mop up, allowed the umpires to schedule a 10pm restart and then fell once again at 9.59pm. Twenty-five balls were bowled.</p><p>“You don’t want to come all the way over to this part of the world and only play one game,” Harry Brook said. “Very frustrating.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/oct/23/third-t20-international-new-zealand-england-match-report">Continue reading...</a>