England has won the ODI series after beating New Zealand by two wickets in game four in Derby.
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Chasing 245 for victory the homeside reached their target with 3 balls to spare.
England lead the five match series 3-1.
England won the toss and sent New Zealand into bat with the tourists making two changes with Jess Kerr and Hannah Rowe returning for Lea Tahuhu and Molly Penfold.
The White Ferns again relied on their middle order as they made 244 for eight with Katey Martin scoring an unbeaten 65, Amy Satterthwaite made 54 and Sophie Devine 41.
Spinner Charlotte Dean took three wickets.
In reply England captain Heather Knight scored her second ODI century, anchoring her side to victory.
She was dismissed in the penultimate over for 101, while Amy Jones made 40 and Lauren Winfield-Hill 33.
Rowe finished with four for 47 from her ten overs, while Devine took two and Satterthwaite and leigh Kasperek one each.
The fifth and final game is in Kent on Sunday night.
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Before the game White Ferns coach Bob Carter said he liked the way his side was tracking with the World Cup six months away.
"We've started to put more pieces together which has been pleasing for the group and the staff who have been able to bring the training programmes from home to here and I think the big part of that has been able to take that training to the middle.
So is winning a habit?
"It's a cliche, but it's true, you want to get that momentum and keep carrying it forward," Carter said.
"It gives players confidence and all along that's something that we've been trying to work towards... it's about changing the mindset from a losing one to a winning one and what does that look like."
England have been one of the dominant teams in the women's game since winning the last World Cup in 2017 and Carter said it was nice to show that they were competing well against them.
"I think it gauges where we're at and that we really need to compete, we need to be in the game for longer and I think we're slowly achieving that on this tour.
"We have to be really specific with our plans and stand up and perform."
He said they also have to learn to adapt to what they're presented with.
"Whether that's the Covid side of things, or the change in venue, we change venues quickly and that happens at the World Cup, so we have to adapt to what is in front of us."
