England romped to a second comfortable victory over New Zealand in two weeks to secure a test series triumph on Sunday with skipper Ben Stokes apparently enjoying a Midas touch with his every decision turning to gold.

Consecutive Test defeats for New Zealand at home. They lost the two-match series against Australia 2-0 before their back-to-back defeats to England. It had happened only once before, when New Zealand suffered five consecutive Test defeats at home between 1955 and 1956.

Sweet” said Ben Stokes when told he had overtaken Mike Brearley with 19 Test wins as England captain. Not one for harking back to the past, Stokes was keener to talk up the achievements of his team in winning England’s first series in New Zealand for 16 years.