England white-ball captain Harry Brook believes his side's batting performances in their ODIs against New Zealand left the bowlers with too much work to do.

Brook's team were on the wrong end of a 3-0 series sweep, which concluded with a two-wicket victory for New Zealand in Wellington on Saturday.

England were bowled out for just 222 in the third ODI, meaning they failed to reach a score of 250 in any of the three matches (including scores of 223 and 175).

Their display with the bat in Wellington was particularly dismal, with their top four batters all being dismissed for a combined 21 runs inside 6.3 overs.

In Jamie Smith, Ben Duckett, Joe Root and Brook, England set a world record for the fewest runs scored by a team’s top four batters in an ODI series (84), where they batted at least three times.

Despite England's bowlers showcasing their quality, with Jamie Overton and Sam Curran taking two wickets apiece in the third match, Brook insisted the batters will learn from this series.

"I thought it was an amazing game of cricket there at the back end," said Brook.

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"For us to nearly defend that score, which probably wasn't quite enough, was a great effort from the lads.

"That's obviously one thing we've spoken about [the top order]. We didn't quite get big enough scores to be able to defend them and give the bowlers the best chance to win us the game.

"So we'll go back, we'll take the learnings that we've made from this trip here, and we'll try our best to be better in the future.

"It probably didn't help that I didn't win a toss as well. It favoured the toss a little bit. So, you know, they're the second-best team in the world for a reason. They've outplayed us this series.”

England's next competitive match in any format will be the first Ashes Test in Perth on November 21.