The Ashes 2023: England chasing 251 to keep Ashes hopes alive

England request different 224 runs to triumph the 3rd Test and support their Ashes hopes live aft a thrilling rain-shortened 3rd time astatine Headingley.

England took vantage of cleanable bowling conditions to crook Australia's 116-4 into 170-8 aft rainfall prevented immoderate play until conscionable earlier 17:00 BST.

At that signifier Australia's pb was 196 but Travis Head batted superbly to assistance adhd different 54 for the last 2 wickets.

He batted successful the benignant of Ben Stokes, striking 7 fours and 3 sixes, successful his 77 earlier being caught successful the deep.

That near England with a perilous 25 minutes to bat but Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett deed 4 fours successful 5 overs to springiness England a platform.

Defeat for England volition spot Australia triumph an Ashes bid successful England for the archetypal clip since 2001.

• Reaction to time 3 astatine Headingley

Headingley acceptable for different epic

A breathless two-and-a-half hours of play has acceptable up an epic finale with, from England's perspective, everything connected the line.

Under Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum they chased larger targets than this 4 times past twelvemonth and against Australia connected this precise ground, Stokes led them to triumph successful pursuit of 359 successful 2019.

Nothing, though, volition beryllium easy.

England's bowlers - archetypal done Chris Woakes and backed up by Mark Wood and Stuart Broad - grabbed the momentum, lone to spot it snatched distant by Head's belligerence arsenic acheronian tuned into agleam evening sunshine.

Crawley began England's pursuit by clipping to the mid-wicket obstruction successful the archetypal over. In the adjacent English hearts raced arsenic Duckett survived a reappraisal for a drawback down the limb broadside and edged abbreviated disconnected 2nd gaffe disconnected Mitchell Starc.

An implicit aboriginal Duckett was deed connected the mitt by Pat Cummins. He responded by thrashing the Australia skipper done the covers earlier driving him down the crushed for four.

England's openers near the tract to a rapturous reception, the hosts with their noses successful beforehand by a slither.

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