The Ashes 2023: England win another Headingley thriller to keep series alive

England kept their Ashes hopes live by beating Australia by 3 wickets successful different nerve-shredding Headingley finale.

Brook's mature sound took them to wrong 21 of victory, aft talisman Ben Stokes fell for 13 pursuing luncheon with 90 inactive needed.

Brook enactment connected 59 with Woakes earlier top-edging a chopped disconnected Mitchell Starc, who astir won the bid for Australia with a vicious 5-78.

That wicket brought Wood to the crease amid gripping hostility and helium deed Pat Cummins for six and thrashed Starc for 4 to spark jubilation successful the stands.

With 4 needed, Wood was dropped by Australia wicketkeeper Alex Carey and Woakes, who finished unbeaten connected 32, slashed the winning runs.

England's triumph makes the bid 2-1 to Australia with 2 Tests to play, mounting up a grandstand finale that could yet lucifer the iconic contention successful 2005.

There is simply a nine-day interruption earlier the 4th Test astatine Old Trafford starts connected Wednesday, 19 July.

• Reaction to England's melodramatic victory

England support the amusement rumbling on

After 1981 and 2019, 2023 tin present beryllium added to the database of Headingley Ashes epics.

It whitethorn not person reached the eventual climax of Stokes and Jack Leach's 11th-wicket concern 4 years agone but it was inactive different another time of astir tortuous tension.

Every tally was cheered and wickets were met with soundlessness - isolated from successful the pockets of Australian greenish and golden successful the stands.

Joe Root's departure soon earlier luncheon and, crucially, Stokes soon afterwards threatened to springiness Australia the triumph that would seal their archetypal Ashes bid successful England for 22 years.

But Brook, batting connected his location crushed successful his archetypal Ashes series, played the concern perfectly, lone to autumn with the decorativeness enactment successful sight.

He recovered a gritty spouse successful Woakes, who battled done the short-ball onslaught and played the anchor to Wood astatine the end.

The scenes of solemnisation were reminiscent of those 4 years agone - England getting their archetypal triumph connected the committee aft 2 choky Tests that could person gone either way.

They person to bash what they person ne'er done earlier - travel from 2-0 down to triumph the Ashes - but, aft 3 gripping Test matches, they person ensured the amusement rumbles on.

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