England captain Eoin Morgan has admitted that he was "proud" of his side despite their 13-run defeat to New Zealand by the Duckworth-Lewis method in the second one-day international.
The Kiwis put the Three Lions' bowlers to the sword with an array of attacking shots at The Oval as they posted 398-5 in their 50 overs thanks to an unbeaten century from Ross Taylor.
England fought back and matched New Zealand's firepower in their innings, but a rain interruption halted their charge.
The Duckworth-Lewis method gave them an almost impossible task to achieve victory when play resumed as they fell narrowly short, which allowed Brendon McCullum's men to tie the series at 1-1.
Morgan told Sky Sports News: "It was epic. These are the games at cricket that we want our youngsters to play in and I want to play in more often than not.
"I think the style of cricket that we emulated today was fantastic - it was a sort of continuation of Birmingham and I'm very proud of the guys, the way they went about the chase.
"I'm a little bit disappointed with our fielding at times, and our execution with the ball a little bit, but credit to New Zealand. They're one of the best sides in the world - they came out and structured their innings really well and took advantage of the shorter boundary at times."
England and the Kiwis face off in the third ODI of the series on Sunday.
Simon Sinclair
