Vitality Roses head coach Jess Thirlby said it was "the most composed" her side have looked as England levelled their three-match netball series against New Zealand with a 61-58 win in Sunday's second match.

Thirlby rued the sloppy errors made by the hosts in a 61-58 reverse to the Silver Ferns in Saturday's opener at the Copper Box Arena in London, but they corrected things impressively at the same venue a day later.

"That's the most composed I think I've seen us deep into a game in that context and I think just physically and psychologically we stood up much better in the moments that we needed to," Thirlby said afterwards.

"It wasn't without its challenges, with New Zealand often going ahead and few lapses for us, but the fight and the way in which they backed each other up in the cl

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