Jonny Bairstow led England to a whitewash of Test world champions New Zealand with a stunning fifty on his Headingley home ground on Monday.
Bairstow made a blistering 71 not out, England's second quickest Test fifty of all time, to follow a majestic 162 that helped revive the hosts from a first-innings collapse after they had slumped to 55-6.
Former captain Joe Root, largely reduced to the role of a spectator by Bairstow, was 86 not out after sharing a partnership of 111 with his Yorkshire team-mate, having started the day unbeaten on 55.
England reached their target of 296 with just three wickets down to complete a 3-0 series clean sweep in a first campaign under their new leadership duo of captain Ben Stokes and red-ball head coach Brendon McCullum, a former New Zealand skipper.
"To walk away with a 3-0 win over the best team in the world is very special," said Stokes at the presentation ceremony.
"The team has been phenomenal. For me when I took over this job it was about more than results, it was about changing mindsets towards Test cricket. "I wanted them to have fun and enjoy representing their country."
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson added: "It's been an incredible series.
"In all three matches we had our opportunities and we were ahead of the game at times in each one but credit to England, they chose to counter-attack when they were under pressure and they did it well, especially in this match."