Third Royal London One-Day International centurion Kane Williamson believes the partnerships the Black Caps have managed to forge will go a long way to winning the series at Trent Bridge on Wednesday.

Alongside Ross Taylor, who scored his second consecutive century, the pair put on a record third wicket stand of 206 in ODIs for the New Zealanders.

Man-of-the-match Williamson believes that partnership, along with others in the chase, were the key to moving 2-1 ahead in the series.

“I think that partnership in the middle was key as it is certainly harder to score 300 in the second innings than the first,” he said.

“It requires a complete batting performance to follow the calculations with chasing such a big total down and that chase will give us great confidence.

“First of all it was important to actually bowl England out today short of their 50 overs. They were on target for a big score and they’ve played really well again so it was nice to be able to do that and get a total that you could probably break down.

“England have been playing really well throughout the series and so it was pleasing that we managed to come out on top and I am sure the crowd will be loving the brand of cricket both teams are playing.”

After an emphatic win in the first game of the series, England have lost their way in the previous two ODIs with the World Cup finalists once again taking charge.

All-rounder Williamson is still wary of the talent England possess though and won’t be taking the challenged of winning the series lightly when they line up at Trent Bridge.

“They have a number of players that bat aggressively whether it be Jos Buttler or Eoin Morgan, they are full of talented players at the moment,” he said.

“Ben Stokes is also extremely talented, another one of the guys in their side who can bat, bowl, field and is a really good athlete.

“Adil Rashid is improving all the time and as I have said before he offers something in all three facets of the game so is he is a great player to have in your side.

“All the cricketers on show for their side and the others waiting in the wings show the depth of quality that England have at the moment.”