The Ashes 2023: Mark Wood takes 5-34 but third Test poised after Mitchell Marsh ton

An electrical Mark Wood took 5 wickets for England but the important 3rd Ashes Test is successful the equilibrium aft an enthralling archetypal time astatine Headingley.

England took vantage of winning the flip connected a speedy transportation to trim Australia to 85-4 earlier Marsh came successful and and bludgeoned 118 from arsenic galore balls.

He dominated a basal of 155 with Travis Head, clubbing 17 fours and 4 sixes.

England were wounded by dropping 4 chances, including Marsh connected 12 and Head connected nine, but roared backmost into the crippled aft Marsh fell successful the last implicit earlier tea.

From 240-4, Australia mislaid their last six wickets for 23 runs with Wood, similar Marsh playing his archetypal lucifer of the series, taking 5-34 successful a thrilling show of precocious gait - astatine 1 signifier reaching 96.5mph.

England were near with 90 minutes to bat successful the evening and mislaid Ben Duckett and Harry Brook to Pat Cummins earlier Marsh removed Zak Crawley.

Joe Root is 19 not retired and Jonny Bairstow unbeaten connected 1 arsenic England effort to overturn a 2-0 bid pb for the archetypal clip successful Ashes past and forestall Australia clinching the urn astatine the earliest opportunity.

• Reaction to a gripping archetypal time astatine Headingley

Headingley delivers gripping time amid the hype

The build-up to this Test was dominated by the toxic fallout from Bairstow's arguable dismissal astatine Lord's, with expectations of a hostile ambiance from the Leeds crowd.

After a smattering of boos pursuing the Australian nationalist anthem, Stuart Broad removed David Warner for the 16th clip successful his vocation with the 5th shot of the day.

Wood thrilled the assemblage with his accelerated opening spell and, erstwhile Broad had Steve Smith caught down disconnected the wrong borderline for 22 successful his 100th Test, the celebrated Western Terrace was raucous with Australia 4 down.

But successful the day Marsh quietened the England support, bullying the bowling with an imperious knock. He capitalised connected the regular driblet by Root to clang 113 runs successful the 2nd league earlier nicking the awesome Chris Woakes to 2nd slip.

From determination Wood took centre signifier again, his gait ramping the assemblage up erstwhile more. He took 4 wickets for 5 runs successful 16 balls to stroke distant the process and resistance his broadside backmost into the game.

Still the time was not done. Australia struck 3 times precocious on, leaving Bairstow to look successful the closing moments.

Batting mostly gets easier passim a Test astatine Headingley, but determination remains a nagging feeling England person fto gaffe different ascendant presumption with much missed chances.

Electric Wood lights up Headingley

Wood missed the archetypal 2 Tests of the bid with assorted niggles. On this evidence, had the 33-year-old helium been available, the bid could person an wholly antithetic complexion.

The Durham speedy deed 95mph successful his archetypal implicit and did not concede a tally until his fourth. Usman Khawaja has looked astatine easiness for overmuch of this bid but Wood splattered the opener's stumps with a full, accelerated and inswinging shot for 13.

Wood should besides person had Head caught down for 9 - the left-hander wafting astatine a abbreviated shot and nicking down the limb side, lone for Bairstow to spill a comparatively straightforward diving chance.

England's misses held backmost what was a good bowling effort. Bairstow enactment down a harder accidental disconnected Robinson - Smith wrong-footing him with an wrong borderline connected four.

Root besides spilled a 2nd accidental supra his caput aft a chopped by Alex Carey, though helium did marque amends by clinging onto a poke from Head disconnected Woakes a shot later.

Woakes, playing his archetypal Test nether skipper ben Stokes, was close and recovered question but it was Wood who volition rightly bargain the headlines.

His mean gait crossed the innings was 90.5mph - lone Australia large Brett Lee successful 2005 has been recorded quicker.

That gait unsettled and dismissed Carey, who was booed to the crease, deed connected caput by a Wood bouncer and caught slashing to cover.

Cummins was past pinned lbw, Mitchell Starc bowled by a bail-trimmer, and debutant Todd Murphy castled disconnected an wrong borderline arsenic Wood collected his archetypal five-wicket haul successful England.

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