England vs New Zealand 3rd Test Day 3: All-Round Jamie Overton Puts England On Top As New Zealand Go 5 Down

Jamie Overton hit a stunning 97 on his England debut and then starred with the ball as the hosts closed in on a series clean sweep against World Test champions New Zealand at Headingley. New Zealand were 168-5 in their second innings, a lead of 137, with paceman Matthew Potts having taken 2-20, when rain cut short Saturday's third day of the third Test. But with England having chased down 299 inside a day to win the second Test and go 2-0 up in the three-match series, the Black Caps still had plenty to do if they were to avoid a whitewash, with two days' play remaining in Leeds.

Earlier, Jonny Bairstow, fresh from his match and series-winning century at Trent Bridge, extended his overnight 130 not out to 162.

He had been joined by Overton on Friday, with the hosts in dire straits at 55-6.

But their England record seventh-wicket stand of 241 was the cornerstone of an eventual total of 360 -- a first innings lead of 31.

Black Caps opener Will Young then fell cheaply before a second-wicket stand of 97 steadied the tourists.

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson cover-drove the opening ball of opposing skipper Ben Stokes's first bowling stint this Test for four.

Tom Latham forced the all-rounder away for his sixth boundary before a single took him to a 70-ball fifty in a series where his previous best score had been a meagre 26.

Latham, dropped by Joe Root in the slips on 72, fell to the first ball after tea.

The towering Overton, in for injured England great James Anderson, had him caught behind for 76 by stand-in wicketkeeper Bairstow, with first-choice gloveman Ben Foakes sidelined by a stiff back on Saturday.

Devon Conway turned Root's first ball after the break off his pads, only for Ollie Pope to hold a superb one-handed