Injured Taylor hammers 181 as NZ beat England

DUNEDIN: Injury-hit Ross Taylor played through the pain to score an unbeaten 181 and seal a series-levelling win for New Zealand in the fourth ODI against England on Wednesday. Taylor limped through much of his innings in Dunedin after aggravating a thigh injury, but batted on to compile a career-best innings and make it 2-2 in the series with one to play.

Brief scores England 335/9 (J Bairstow 138, J Root 102) lost to New Zealand 339/5 in 49.3 overs (R Taylor 181*, T Latham 71, T Curran 2/57)