England’s third T20 against New Zealand was washed out by rain in Auckland, giving Harry Brook’s side a 1-0 series victory.

Just 3.4 overs were possible either side of an initial interruption. with the Black Caps reaching 38-1.

Severe weather has impacted flights and left thousands of people without power in New Zealand, though most of the disruption has come south of Auckland.

Brydon Carse had opener Tim Robinson caught on the deep square-leg boundary, while Tim Seifert targeted Eden Park’s short boundaries and hit two sixes in an 11-ball 23 not out.

Despite repeated attempts to restart, the match was abandoned at 10:10 BST.

This series, which was preceded by New Zealand hosting Australia in three T20s, has been scheduled unusually early in New Zealand’s season.

Only 20 overs were possible in the first T20 in Christchurch, an England batting innings shaded by the hosts, before Brook’s side dominated the second match to secure a 65-run win.

The result is a first overseas series win for Brook as England’s white-ball captain. They have won seven of their eight completed T20s since he took charge of England’s white-ball sides in April in an encouraging start.

The New Zealand weather has denied Brook more time to fine tune his side before the T20 World Cup in February, though this series was always likely to be overshadowed by the Ashes, which begins next month.

England have only three more T20s, against co-hosts Sri Lanka from 30 January, before their World Cup campaign begins.

A three-match one-day international series against the Black Caps begins on Sunday (01:00 BST) when Ashes players Joe Root, Ben Duckett, Jofra Archer and Jamie Smith join the squad.

Archer will miss the first ODI in Mount Maunganui as his workload is managed. The Ashes continues to loom large.