Leg-spinner Mason Crane came up with the telling spell as the South completed a 3-0 whitewash of the North with a 20-run victory in Abu Dhabi.
Third ODI scores (Abu Dhabi)
South won by 20 runs
South inns (40 overs): 228-8 (Bell-Drummond 81, Roland-Jones 43*; Poydsen 3-55)
North inns (39.2 overs): 208 (Livingstone 50, Hain 44, Duckett 37, Bresnan 35; Crane 4-39, T Curran 3-51).
Match report
Leg-spinner Mason Crane came up with the telling spell as the South completed a 3-0 whitewash of the North with a 20-run victory in Abu Dhabi.
Crane, 20, finished with figures of four for 39 - including two wickets in two balls at one stage - as the North faltered to 208 all out in pursuit of 228 for eight at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium.
The final match of this inaugural series also featured a second fixture in the space of five days for fast bowler Mark Wood, who is returning after three ankle operations and took two for 38 for the North in a contest delayed and shortened to 40 overs per side after rain in the desert.
Josh Poysden, another young leg-spinner, took three for 55 - but the South's Kent opener Daniel Bell-Drummond (81) and some late hitting from tailender Toby Roland-Jones ensured a defendable target after the North captain Keaton Jennings won the toss.
The chase was then on under lights thanks to Ben Duckett's early onslaught - seven fours and a six from just 17 balls - and a third-wicket stand of 67 between Liam Livingstone (50) and Sam Hain.
But Hampshire spinner Crane saw off Hain, Joe Clarke for a golden duck and Livingstone too, taking four wickets for one run in 10 balls - and even some typically resourceful batting down the order from Tim Bresnan could not quite keep the North competitive as Tom Curran (three for 51) returned to good effect.
