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Stokes starred as England hammered New Zealand by six wickets in Mount Maunganui on Wednesday to level their five-match ODI series 1-1. New Zealand's top order went into a shell after losing wickets at regular intervals before Mitchell Santner's unbeaten 52-ball 63 helped them to finish with 223 on the board.

The scorebook will record that England coasted home with six wickets and fully 73 balls in hand after restricting New Zealand to a woefully below par 223 all out to level the series after their narrow defeat in Hamilton.

Opener Jonny Bairstow struck a respectable 37 before captain Eoin Morgan and allrounder Ben Stokes - hitting 62 and 63 respectively - guided their side home.

"Sloppy" fielding in the first one-day global cost them dear but here there was barely a blemish in a display that featured four sharp run-outs and three outstanding catches among the six safely pouched by England.

"I was a bit emotional tonight walking off the field today being not out".

"I did [feel nervous] before but when I walked out there it was the normal feeling I get, that was in the one place that I wanted to be, walking out and representing my country".

Stokes called for England to replicate their performance in the field in the third ODI in Wellington on Saturday.

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England's Ben Stokes and Jason Roy celebrate the wicket of Henry Nicholls.

The first saw the back of Tim Southee following a fumble at mid-wicket, while the second brought an end to the New Zealand innings with two balls remaining as Trent Boult pushed for a second run.

"Sometimes fielding can get a little bit not talked about as much as bowling and batting performances, but the way that everyone fielded was simply unbelievable", Stokes said. It's an unbelievable feeling to be back in among the team. Hopefully now, this is a stepping stone on the road to trying to keep on helping England win games.

"It's all about building for the future".

New Zealand never recovered from an early double blow by Woakes, who dismissed Colin Munro for one in his first over then Mark Chapman for the same score in his second.

'Ben Stokes is a big character, he lifts everybody in the side when he plays like that so it's great to see him back in fine form'. It's as good a fielding performance as we could have ever hoped for.

"They were smashing the ball out of the park left, right and centre". While Ferguson was generating good pace, clocking in excess of 145 kmph, it only made it easier for the batsmen as Morgan and Stokes scored a six and a four respectively, using the cut and pull to good effect. "I would give them 10 and a half out of 10".

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