<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Jonny Bairstow led England to a whitewash of Test world champions New Zealand with a stunning fifty on his Headingley home ground on Monday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>England, set a target of 296 for victory, finished on 296-3 to win the third Test by seven wickets.</div><div><br></div><div>Bairstow was 71 not out, having compiled England's second-fastest Test fifty of all time by reaching the landmark in just 30 balls.</div><div>Victory gave England a 3-0 clean sweep of New Zealand in their first series under new captain Ben Stokes and red-ball coach Brendon McCullum, a former New Zealand skipper. - AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>