England were on track to overhaul New Zealand's 180 when they reached 139 for two in the 15th over, with captain Eoin Morgan in full flight as he cracked sixes off consecutive Mitchell Santner deliveries.
But with England needing 42 off the remaining 31 deliveries Santner turned the match when he had Morgan caught by Colin Munro off the final ball of the over.
Dawid Malan (55) and James Vince (49) had laid a solid foundation for England at the top of the innings.
But Morgan's dismissal started a collapse which saw Munro run out Sam Billings for one in the following over before Blair Tickner removed Vince.
In the space of two deliveries Lockie Ferguson bowled Lewis Gregory without scoring and had Sam Curran caught for two leaving Tom Curran and Saqib Mahmood to struggle through to the end.
"That's one that got away," England captain Morgan said, pointing to the lack of experience in his squad. "We were in control for the whole chase until we were three or four down, probably that's a lack of experience. The the guys need to get more games into them at this level."-AFP
====================================================== New Zealand ====================================================== C. Munro c Mahmood b T. Curran 6 M. Guptill c T. Curran b Brown 33 T. Seifert b Parkinson 7 C. de Grandhomme c Banton b T. Curran 55 R. Taylor lbw Mahmood 27 J. Neesham b S. Curran 20 M. Santner run out (Billings) 15 T. Southee not out 1 Extras: (lb6, w8, nb2) 16 ====================================================== Total: (for 7 wkts, 20 overs) 180 ======================================================
Fall of wickets: 1-40 (Guptill), 2-42 (Munro), 3-69 (Seifert), 4-135 (de Grandhomme), 5-162 (Taylor), 6-171 (Neesham), 7-180 (Santner)
Bowling: S. Curran 4-0-29-1 (2w), T. Curran 4-0-29-2 (1w), Mahmood 4-0-49-1 (3w), Brown 4-0-34-1, Parkinson 2-0-14-1 (1w), Gregory 2-0-19-0 (2nb)
====================================================== England ====================================================== T. Banton b Tickner 18 D. Malan c Guptill b Sodhi 55 J. Vince c Southee b Tickner 49 E Morgan c Munro b Santner 18 S. Billings run out (Munro) 1 S. Curran c Munro b Ferguson 2 L. Gregory b Ferguson 0 T. Curran not out 14 S. Mahmood not out 3 Extras: (lb1, w5) 6 ====================================================== Total: (for 7 wkets, 20 overs) 166 ======================================================
Fall of wicket: 1-27 (Banton), 2-90 (Malan), 3-139 (Morgan), 4-142 (Billings), 5-147 (Vince), 6-148 (Gregory), 7-149 (Curran) Bowling: Southee 4-0-28-0, Ferguson 4-0-25-2 (1w), Tickner 4-0-25-2 (1w), Sodhi 3-0-30-1 (1w), Santner 4-0-41-1 (2w), Neesham 1-0-16-0
Toss: New Zealand
Result: New Zealand won by 14 runs
Series: New Zealand lead 2-1
Umpires: Wayne Knights (NZL) and Chris Brown (NZL)
TV Umpire: Shaun Haig (NZL) Match Referee: Andy Pycroft (ZIM)