Summary

  • Rain ends play early

  • NZ slip from 152-2 to 161-5

  • Root strikes first ball after rain break

  • Potts removes for Williamson for 48

  • Latham 76; two wickets for Potts

  • England 360 - first-innings lead of 31

  • Bairstow 162, debutant Overton 97

  • Third Test, day three, Headingley

  • England lead three-match series 2-0

Live Reporting

Kal Sajad, Tom Mallows and Mike Peter

  1. Andy Zaltzman
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    It's not a myth, but statistically batsmen are less likely to get out in the 90s than any other 10-run bracket under the 150s.

  2. Eng 290-6

    Overton 96, Bairstow 148

    I stand corrected. Overton drills Boult through the off side for four. He's one shot away from a century.

  3. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    He's nervous, you can tell.

  4. Eng 286-6

    How many times? Play is momentarily interrupted again due to someone moving behind the bowler's arm.

    Boult reels Overton forward, the England batter plays and misses. He then looks to pull the seamer and again wafts at thin air.

    Overton hasn't got going yet this morning.

  5. Vic Marks
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    That's the shot of a man in form.

  6. Eng 286-6

    Overton 92, Bairstow 148

    Shot! Bairstow picks up a length delivery and clips it through mid-wicket for four. Perfect timing.

    A push into the off side adds two more.

  7. Eng 280-6

    Former umpire Dickie Bird is sat alone on a balcony watching intently. He was in the same place for most of yesterday. I hope he's not been there all night.

    Overton, for the second time today, dives in after setting off for a quick single.

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  9. Eng 278-6

    Good job I don't take things to heart, Laurence. Now excuse me while I dry my eyes.

    Eight from Southee's over. A good one for England.

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    Get that Amy back on - it was a lot more exciting when she was commentating.

    Laurence

  11. Eng 275-6

    But where does it end? Jason Roy coming in at the top of the order? Should Liam Livingstone replace someone in the middle order?

    We have the first boundary of the day, folks. Back of a length from Trent Boult and Jonny Bairstow clobbers it for four.

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    Do you think Jos Buttler would fancy a run in this side? I can't help but think he would love the freedom to play the way we all know he can.

    Rob in a blustery Bristol

  13. Eng 270-6

    Overton 91, Bairstow 134

    Bairstow takes a single to mid-on before Overton has a wild hack at a delivery shaping away from him.

    Three overs in and still no boundaries. What do they think this is? Test cricket?

  14. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    You can feel the buzz around the ground.

    There usually is at Headingley but people were here early today. They don't want to miss a ball.

  15. Eng 269-6

    Under usual circumstances, I'd already be buzzing for the England-India Test. With this new England approach, my excitement is on another level.

    Boult beats Overton again. Maiden.

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    Will: Seeing this new England side I very much regret accepting a refund after the last India test was cancelled!

  17. Eng 269-6

    Trent Boult was fantastic yesterday. And he's on the money straight away today. Overton edges and it lands short of third slip. The second delivery beats the debutant.

  18. I wonder how long this watchful start will will last. A slight delay in play as Overton requests a change of pads after that dive. He's on 91 from 112.

    Just the one over for Bracewell, with Trent Boult warming up.

  19. Matthew Henry
    BBC Sport at Headingley

    As much as I imagine they want to see the same entertainment as yesterday, I get the feeling today’s crowd are appreciative of Bairstow and Overton playing themselves in. They are in this for the long haul.

    A solid forward defence gets a round of applause.

  20. Eng 269-6

    Brilliant running. Bairstow angles his bat and glances to backward square leg. The England pair sprint the first and the second, with Overton diving in to make his ground.

    Southee comes back with a fine delivery which nips back in and fizzes past Bairstow's off stump.