England roll New Zealand for 80 in third T20 at Hove as Charlie Dean's side secure 2-1 series win with T20 World Cup looming

England eased to a T20 series win over New Zealand with a seven-wicket victory in Monday's Hove decider after a ruthless bowling display rolled their opponents for 80.

New Zealand were demolished in 19.1 overs after electing to bat - losing five wickets for four runs in 20 balls from 29-1 in the sixth over - as stand-in England skipper Charlie Dean (3-13) and Dani Gibson (3-14) shared six wickets.

Seam-bowling all-rounder Gibson accounted for Kiwi captain Melie Kerr (5) and the dangerous Sophie Devine (0) in the same over en route to career-best T20 international figures.

All five of the bowlers England used played their part, though, including left-arm spinners Linsey Smith (2-15) and Sophie Ecclestone (1-11) and pacer Issy Wong (1-20).

Ecclestone, who did not play in Saturday's 14-run loss at Canterbury and registered painful figures of 0-34 in the first T20 at Derby which her side won by seven wickets, bowled Izzy Sharp with a beauty in a timely return to form ahead of next month's home T20 World Cup.

England lost Alice Capsey (3) lbw, Sophia Dunkley (22) caught at mid-on, and Heather Knight (18) pouched on the reverse sweep in a fairly sedate chase that they completed in 13.5 overs, with Maia Bouchier (19no off 29) - not in her side's T20 World Cup squad - struggling to up the run-rate before Freya Kemp (7no off 5) hit the winning single.