Bairstow cracked an unbeaten 86 and Brook made a rapid 67.
The victory gave England a 2-0 lead in the four-match series coming after a similarly comfortable win in the opening game at Durham on Wednesday.
New Zealand captain Tim Southee bore the brunt of their big-hitting, conceding 23 in one over on his way to figures of one for 48. The entertaining partnership eventually ended when Brook, after slog-sweeping Sodhi for another four, holed out to Finn Allen at long on. New Zealand’s reply got off to a bad start as Devon Conway chipped to Liam Livingstone at deep square leg to hand Atkinson his first international wicket in the second over.Watch the highlights of another thumping win in the 2nd Vitality IT20 at Emirates Old Trafford ⬇️They slipped to eight for two as Allen miscued a pull off Sam Curran and was comfortably taken by Jacks.
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