Taking part in his tenth take a look at match, England participant Harry Brook scored 75 off 93 balls with 9 fours over Australia.
England secured one other memorable Ashes victory at Headingley after Harry Brook helped to arrange a three-wicket win over Australia within the third take a look at on Sunday to maintain the five-match collection alive.
Brook and Chris Woakes had shared a match-changing 59-run partnership for the seventh wicket on the fourth day earlier than Brook was caught off Mitchell Starc to make it an more and more tense end. England have been then at 230-7 of their second innings with a goal of 251.
Taking part in his tenth take a look at match, Brook scored 75 off 93 balls with 9 fours. He batted with maturity and appeared prepared to hold the burden all the best way to the ultimate stretch earlier than passing it over to Woakes and Mark Wooden (16 not out), who each made an emphatic first impression on their belated introductions to the collection.
Woakes (32 not out) hit the profitable boundary — a crunching shot that despatched the ball in direction of the delirious Western Terrace — late within the afternoon session in opposition to Starc as England completed on 254-7.
“One other down-to-the-wire sport so it’s good to recover from the road on this one and clearly preserve our hopes alive,” England captain Ben Stokes mentioned. “We introduced Woody and Woakesy again into the staff and it’s nice whenever you make selections like that they usually actually influence the sport.”
Wooden took 5-34 and 2-66 whereas Woakes had a six-wicket match haul that included key batters Marnus Labuschagne within the first innings and Usman Khawaja within the second.
Australia lead 2-1 with the fourth take a look at at Outdated Trafford beginning on July 19.
By lunch, England had moved to 153-4 and inside 98 runs of its goal, 4 years on from a well-known Stokes-inspired victory on the similar venue.
However the match swung Australia’s approach quickly after the interval when Stokes was caught behind for less than 13 and Jonny Bairstow (5) was bowled — each in opposition to Starc, who completed with 5-78.
Stokes’s dismissal was a comfortable nick down the leg facet, robbing the hosts of their inspirational captain and the architect of their 2019 Ashes miracle.
Stokes smashed 135 not out at Headingley to provide England a one-wicket win within the third take a look at of the 2019 version of the Ashes.
England have chased down 4 larger totals within the “Bazball” period, together with 296 on the similar floor final 12 months, however in preserving their hopes of reclaiming the urn afloat that is probably its most satisfying pursuit but.
After squandering promising positions at Edgbaston and Lord’s, England are lastly on the board and can take renewed perception into the remaining clashes at Outdated Trafford and the Oval.
Requested the place the newest Ashes thriller had turned in opposition to his staff, Australia captain Pat Cummins mentioned: “I believe there have been a number of moments that went forwards and backwards, every day actually. Day one we misplaced six for 20-odd, yesterday the solar was out and we most likely missed a chance as nicely. Simply a few key moments.”
