Johnny Bairstow's aggressive batting helped England whitewash the World Test Championship against New Zealand on Monday.

Bairstow hit a quick half-century at home as England chased down a target of 296 to win by seven wickets. England lost three wickets and chased down the target of 296 runs. Bairstow remained unbeaten on 71 runs from 44 balls. This is the second fastest half-century in Test cricket for England.

Match Summary :

England 360 (Bairstow 162, Overton 97, Boult 4-104) and 296 for 3 (Root 86*, Pope 82, Bairstow 71*)
beat
New Zealand 329 (Mitchell 109, Blundell 55, Leach 5-100) and 326 (Blundell 88, Latham 76, Mitchell 65, Leach 5-66)
by 7 wickets

Former captain Joe Root remained unbeaten on 86 runs. He started the day with an individual score of 55 runs. He shared a match winning 111-run stand with his Bairstow.

The morning session of the last and fifth day was not possible due to rain. England lost 2 wickets and started from 183.

After the rain stopped, 78 overs were available for the team and they were 113 runs away from victory. But England reached the victory from 15.2 overs.

Bairstow secured the victory by hitting six off the ball of off-spinner Michael Bracewell at deep midwicket. After the victory, England cleansweep the 3 test series 3-0. England was playing its first series under captain Ben Stokes.