Dawid Malan fired England to victory with a stunning century at Lord’s with the hope that he has secured a pole position at the top of the order for his country at next month’s World Cup.

England beat New Zealand by 100 runs in the final ODI of the series, but eyes were already shifting towards India even before the series had even started.

That does not take away from Malan’s 127, scored while no one else could even hit a half century, and steered England towards the win, as he finishes player of the series.

“When I got the call I was told I would be going to the World Cup and then there was a little bit of noise around leading up to it but that’s part and parcel of World Cups and how we’re going,” the England opener said after the game.

“Until you’re on the plane you never really know if you’re in it (the squad) or not.”

Malan continued: “I wanted to play the series, leading up to the World Cup I wanted to play as much as I could. He (Malan’s new baby) was due on the 12th.

“I was given the option to stay at home if I wanted to but there was a bit of time afterwards but I wanted to come in and push for a spot in that World Cup. Thankfully it came off and I’ll be on babysitting duty when I get home tomorrow.”

Malan continued: “I actually found it quite hard to score when New Zealand held a good length but Lord’s is such a quick scoring ground when you hit it through the gaps.”

“When I got the call i was told I was going to the World Cup and then there was talk around leading up to it...that’s part and parcel of being a professional cricketer, until you’re on the plane you don’t know if you’re on it or not.

“My job is to score runs and hopefully if I can keep doing that I can keep the support from those in the changing room.”

Dawid Malan is up to speak to the press after his memorable 127 in the first innings to steer England to a winning total.

He said: “It was nice. I was gutted I missed out at the Oval on a good wicket there and thankfully today I was able to back it up. Especially to get a hundred at Lord’s its a special feeling.”

Tom Latham first to address the press, with a short message on Tim Southee: “Obviously not ideal for tim, we know what a character he is in the side for us. He’ll be assessed over the coming days to see how bad it is but we’ve got a bit of time before the opening games.”

“He’s a pretty resilient character so we know he’ll be doing everything he can to be on the plane.”

Stay tuned for the latest from the press conference:

Sam Curran returns after Moeen Ali’s impressive 10 overs, and strikes immediately!

With Tim Southee unable to bat that will be it, England wrap up the match and series victory after an impressive performance with bat and ball at the Oval.

Carse comes back on and is immediately dispatched over mid on for six, that was a huge hit towards the Warner Stand.

Ravindra is really opening up here. The next ball goes for another six! This time over fine leg, this has been a pretty good innings, and that shots brings up his half century from 42 deliveries.

It is also the New Zealand 200. Another four! This is an entertaining final stand from New Zealand.

Another four and Ravindra is on 60.

Ravindra has fired a massive six into the mound stand, that’s one of the biggest of the day, absolutely huge hit!

He is hitting these deliveries really hard here even though the game has gone.

New Zealand are still going, and Ali has been denied a five-fer, finishing his 10 overs with four wicket for 50.

Ravindra has hit Livingstone for a big six, but the batters are not running, potentially because Lister can’t with his hamstring issue.

There’s a big appeal for caught behind...England send the decision upstairs, Buttler has claimed this.

The replays however show the ball glancing off the pad and the game continues.