Skipper Tim Southee is confident New Zealand can brush of their heavy loss to England in the pink ball test at Bay Oval and bounce back in the second match in daylight hours in Wellington next week.
England ran rampant with bat and ball in Tauranga to set up a 267-run victory on Sunday and take a 1-0 lead in the two-test series.
Perhaps most concerning for the Black Caps was that their world class top three - Tom Latham, Devon Conway and Kane Williamson - scored just one half century between them over the match."I think they had the worst of the conditions both times having to go out under lights, but if you look at our top three and they're three of the best players we've had.
"So as a group we know and we trust that they'll come right when we go back to Wellington with a more traditional test match." England secured their first test win in New Zealand since 2008 with the "Bazball" style of cricket they have been playing under the captaincy of Christchurch-born Ben Stokes and coaching of former New Zealand skipper Brendon "Baz" McCullum.
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