All-rounder Ben Stokes has credited interim coach Paul Farbrace and one-day captain Eoin Morgan for bringing a "positive formula" to an improving England team.
Victory over World Cup runners-up New Zealand at the Riverside in Chester-le-Street on Saturday would see England clinch the Royal London Series.
Stokes has been useful with both bat and ball, scoring 68 runs and taking two wickets for 35 at Southampton, b ut it has been the leadership of batsman Morgan that has truly galvanised England.
The Irish-born batsman led a record-breaking run chase in the fourth game at Trent Bridge and has made at least 50 runs in each of the one-day international meetings so far.
"Farby has brought a really positive formula with him and Morgy's always been positive whenever I've played underneath him," Stokes told Sky Sports News HQ on Friday.
"We've always been telling each other to just go out and play our natural games.
"That's what got us here in the first place, playing for our counties, so I think that's just mirrored over into the way we've been playing so far with England."
Stokes, who plays for Durham at county level, admits confidence is high ahead of the deciding match and feels a 3-2 series triumph over the Black Caps would be "massive".
He added: "It's great to be back here playing at my home ground and the camp is full of confidence at the moment after our last win.
"We've been full of confidence all series with the cricket that we've played.
"It's the way we want to be playing and we're taking really big steps forward, especially with the way we're going about our one-day cricket."
Asked what beating New Zealand on Saturday would mean to his colleagues, he added: "(It would be) massive.
"They finished second and were probably the best team in the whole World Cup until the final.
"We've played some outstanding cricket against the second-best team in the world.
"So regardless of what happens tomorrow, as a one-day outfit will be leaving here knowing we've made people watch England cricket again and made people watch the one-day game.
"Hopefully we can get that victory tomorrow and make it an even more special day."
Source: PA
