Ben Stokes urges England to intensify attack in 2nd New Zealand Test

Ben Stokes has urged England to be "even more positive" as they go in search of a series-clinching win over New Zealand in the second Test at Trent Bridge starting Friday. England's new leadership duo of captain Stokes and red-ball head coach Brendon McCullum, a former New Zealand skipper, had promised an attacking style ahead of their first game at the helm at Lord's last week.

Their side largely made good on those intentions as England, who had won just one of their previous 17 Tests, bowled aggressively and produced a markedly improved fielding display. If England's top-order batting remains a concern, they still ended a see-saw contest with a five-wicket win secured by Joe Root's superb unbeaten century in the outstanding batsman's first Test since resigning as captain.

England are fielding an unchanged XI in Nottingham from the one originally selected at Lord's after Jack Leach, passed fit to play after suffering a concussion fielding at the 'Home of Cricket', retained his place ahead of substitute Matt Parkinson. And Stokes wants England's approach to be similarly unaltered, with no thought of protecting their 1-0 lead in a three-match series.

"The message from me to everyone is to be even more positive than we were last week," he told reporters at Trent Bridge on Thursday. "If you look at the result, we ended up winning, but let's just not be comfortable with where we are.

Let's just always look to try and be better." The 50-over World Cup-winning all-rounder added: "Something I learned from the way that Eoin Morgan captains the one-day team is that he's just looking to be more positive, in defeat or in victory... I just want everyone to enjoy every single moment, whether that be on the training field or out in