LEEDS, England (Reuters) – England’s Jonny Bairstow smashed an impressive 162 whereas debutant Jamie Overton fell three runs wanting a century because the hosts have been dismissed for 360 of their first innings at Headingley on Saturday for a 31-run lead over New Zealand.
The vacationers survived the 5 overs main into lunch on day three, as they went into the break on 13 for no loss to path by 18 runs with Tom Latham and Will Young on the wicket.
Resuming on their in a single day total of 264-6, Bairstow and Overton continued to play positively early within the morning session before the latter edged paceman Trent Boult to Daryl Mitchell at first slip to overlook out on his landmark.
Bairstow and Overton got here along with England at 55-6 and their good rescue act resulted in a 241-run partnership for the seventh wicket to maintain the hosts afloat.
Overton struck 13 fours and two sixes in his 136-ball knock.
His dismissal introduced Stuart Broad to the wicket and he struck a 36-ball 42, concentrating on fellow tempo bowler Boult within the sixtieth over by smashing him for 2 fours and a large six and punishing Neil Wagner within the subsequent over.
Broad was bowled by Tim Southee before Bairstow, who hit 136 in 92 balls at Trent Bridge within the second check to win the match for England, fell seeking to increase the scoring fee as Michael Bracewell had him caught at long-off by Boult.
England have a 2-0 lead and are aiming to win each match of a house sequence with not less than three checks for the primary time since their 4-0 rout of India in 2011.
(Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru; Editing by Ken Ferris)
