- Updates from the third day’s play at Headingley
- Jonathan Liew: brilliant Boult is reborn again
- And you can email James or tweet @Jimbo_Cricket
52nd over: England 269-6 (Bairstow 133, J Overton 91) There’s a brief pause as Overton gets a new pad brought out – he damaged the old one diving to make the crease. Just one over for Bracewell, as Boult returns. Overton edges one short of the slips, and fumbles at another. He’s in the nervous 90s, alright – and that’s a maiden for Boult.
51st over: England 269-6 (Bairstow 133, J Overton 91) Tim Southee is in next, hoping the stiff breeze blowing across Headingley can add some menace to his outswingers. Overton plays at one and misses, before Bairstow runs a risky double. He then leaves the final ball of the over, which jags in perilously close to off-stump. Nerve-jangling stuff already.
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