England won the Test match in napier by 121 runs to clinch the series in style.Monty Panesar was the magician behind england's win with match figures of 6 for 126.Ryan Sidebottom was the player of the series for the heroics he performed with the ball.Sidebottom took 24 wickets in 3 Tests with an average of 17.
Resuming on 5-222, still 321 short of an unlikely victory, Taylor and McCullum continued on to a 105-run sixth-wicket stand - their side's only century partnership of the match - before Panesar broke through at 6-276 when he had Taylor caught at first slip by Paul Collingwood for 74.
Taylor again proved he will be a vital asset on the upcoming tour to England, showing both defensive technique and attacking flair in a 117-ball innings including 14 boundaries.
McCullum followed five runs later when he attempted to whip Panesar's quicker ball square and was bowled for 42.
Daniel Vettori and Jeetan Patel also offered resistance and provided nuisance value in a 48-run partnership, until a stunning catch from paceman Stuart Broad ended Patel's innings on 18.
Patel swept Panesar low and fine to Broad's left at short fine leg and the tall 21-year-old took a fine catch to his left. It showed another string to his bow after impressing with bat and ball in Wellington and most notably in this Test.
That was followed by an umpiring brain melt that accounted for Vettori on 43. The New Zealand captain shuffled to the offside on the last ball of a James Anderson over and missed a short ball on leg stump, but Rudi Koertzen thought he was pulling away and called dead ball.
Just to top it off, Vettori tried the same thing again and was caught off the glove down the legside to become Anderson's first victim.
Tim southee the debutant who played in under 19 world cup for NewZealand came and played a little cameo at the end scoring 77 of just 40 balls which included 4 fours and 9 huge sixes.
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