England captain Ben Stokes is not planning to hold himself back, in spite of sustaining a hamstring injury in the Test defeat to New Zealand.

Stokes limped out of the third Test in Hamilton on Monday after suffering the issue during a long bowling spell.

The 33-year-old had been bowling more than he had done in over two years, and that workload ultimately proved too much.

Stokes did not bat on Tuesday as England were bowled out for 234, condemning them to a 423-run defeat.

But Stokes is not letting the injury get him down.

"I ain't holding back," he told BBC Sport.

"I'm obviously very disappointed, but with every setback, I come back stronger.

"There's no doubt I'll be going away from here, working [hard] as I always do and getting myself back to where I was in this game.

"There's no doubt I was incredibly frustrated, in particular with how much graft I'd put in until then.

"I felt so good about everything. I felt my rhythm was back with the ball, I bowled a lot of overs, my body was feeling good.

"The first time I feel like a young man again is when I pick something else up."

While Stokes is eager to push himself, coach Brendon McCullum is willing to take a more cautious approach.

"That's what makes him great," said McCullum.

"He takes himself to places that other people aren't prepared to. He pushes boundaries constantly of where he thinks he can take his body.

"If you try to chisel off any rough edges of those types of mavericks, you end up with a vanilla product and no one wants that. We want Ben Stokes to be the maverick that he is.

"We'll have to deal with it every now and then, he's going to get a little bit injured. That's life, right? You can't prepare for every situation."

While England had few positives to take from the loss at Seddon Park, they did win the three-match series 2-1, and one of the bright sparks throughout was Jacob Bethell.

The youngster reached 76 on Tuesday as he put on an impressive stand with Joe Root (54), before succumbing to Tim Southee, who took the final wicket of his Test career in the process.

Bethell was called up with regular wicketkeeper Jamie Smith away on paternity leave and stand-in Jordan Cox injured, as Ollie Pope took the gloves.

And McCullum is delighted to have another option to call on.

"It's a good headache to have," McCullum said.

"That's what you want. You want that conversation, you don't want to be scrambling around looking for talent.

"We've got a couple of months to work out what we're doing."