Matt Potts shines as flurry of wickets gives England edge against New Zealand

• Third Test, day three: New Zealand 329 & 168-5; England 360
• Bairstow hits sublime 162 before bowlers take over for hosts

The third day of this finale was always going to struggle to match the frolics that came 24 hours earlier but a surge from England’s bowlers after tea left the contest delicately poised as they hunt a first series clean sweep in 11 years.

Jonny Bairstow’s sublime 162 from 157 balls and Jamie Overton’s ultimately gut-wrenching 97 from No 8 on his debut helped England stick 360 on the board in the morning for a 31-run first innings lead, only for New Zealand’s top order to shug off their struggles and seemingly cool the jets of the rampant hosts.

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