Fellow Sky Sports pundit Ian Smith admitted that New Zealand had performed poorly against the spin of Swann and expressed his disappointment at his side's inability to draw the Test even though England appeared to offer them a shot at redemption by failing to enforce the follow-on.
"New Zealand were gifted a chance to get out of it, but in all honesty the margin of victory - 247 runs - says it all," said Smith. "That's a bit of a hiding.
"New Zealand were outplayed - they just couldn't find the batting strength to counter England on this occasion. It was the same story in the second innings at Lord's.
"Graeme Swann was more of a factor here. I thought he bowled beautifully and a number of New Zealand's team really struggled against him.
"In the end there's no doubt that the best team won - they just took a funny way of getting there!"
Watch the first one-day international between England and New Zealand this Friday from 10.30am on Sky Sports 1 HD.
