Vaughan demands more

Michael Vaughan took great delight in his side's 126-run win in Wellington © Getty Images

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Michael Vaughan saluted England’s resilience after they bounced back to win the second Test against New Zealand but admitted they are still some way from becoming “a proper team”.

The England captain celebrated only his side’s second overseas Test win in the last 17 outings after they completed a comfortable 126-run triumph on the final day at the Basin Reserve.

Resuming on 242 for six - needing a further 196 to pull off an improbable victory - New Zealand were dismissed for 311 before lunch as Ryan Sidebottom claimed 5-105 to set up a series finale in Napier later next week.

It was an impressive turnaround for a side beaten by 189 runs in the opening Test at Hamilton and represented England’s first Test triumph in eight matches, but Vaughan refused to get carried away by the success.

“I can only say how delighted I am for this set of players and the management because we haven’t won many games,” said Vaughan.

“We’ve all worked very hard and it’s nice to be sat in a dressing room with a victory under our belts.

“There is an improvement there from Hamilton, but there’s still a long way to go before we can start saying we’re a proper team again.”

Left-arm seamer Sidebottom claimed two further wickets on the fifth morning and, despite a defiant 85 from Brendon McCullum, England wrapped up victory in just 19.3 overs.

It took Sidebottom’s tally in the last two Tests to 16 wickets and Vaughan, who used to play alongside the left-armer at Yorkshire, admitted: “I think we’ve all been surprised by him.

Ryan Sidebottom leads England off the field after taking 5-105 © Getty Images

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“His pace is very impressive, his control is exactly what you’d want and I think he’s got a really good cricket brain as well. When you put those into a package as a bowler you get a decent finish.

“I guess he’s getting all the rewards now for all the hard work he’s put in over the years and hopefully that will continue for a long, long while and he can have a really good, sustained international career.

“He’s only played 12 Tests and he’s our most experienced bowler. I guess it proves that bowling all those overs in the county game, really knowing his game before he played at international level, can help.”

Vaughan added: “A week in cricket is a long time as it’s just shown.

“What we tried to do in this match was respect the game, play as well as we can and come out with a victory. We’ll do exactly the same over the next week.

“It sets the series up brilliantly now. It’s 1-1, I keep getting told it’s going to be a flat wicket (at Napier) but five days is a long time and you can make things happen.

“We hope to play an even better game than we’ve done here because there are areas we need to work on and improve. If we do that I’m sure we can put New Zealand under more pressure.”