The Ashes 2023: England win another Headingley thriller to keep the series alive
Ashes Men's Third Test, Headingley (day four): Australia 263 (Marsh 118; Wood 5-34) & 224 (Head 77; Broad 3-45, Woakes 3-68) England 237 (Stokes 80; Cummins 6-91) & 254-7 (Brook 75, Woakes 32*; Starc 5-78)L England win by three wickets; Australia lead the series 2-1 Mark Wood to drag the hosts down the line in pursuit of 251.Brook's ripe shot put them within 21 of victory, after talisman Ben Stokes fell for 13 after lunch on day four with 90 still needed.
Brook put the 59 with Woakes before edging out a cut Mitchell Starc, who nearly won the series for Australia with a vicious 5-78.
That wicket brought Wood into the crease amid gripping tension and he hit Pat Cummins for six and beat Starc for four to spark jubilation in the stands.
With four needed, Wood was dropped by Australian wicketkeeper Alex Carey forward Woakes, who finished unbeaten on 32, reduced the winning runs.
England's win makes the series 2-1 to Australia with two Tests to go, setting up a grandstand final that could still match the iconic 2005 contest.
There is a nine-day break before the start of the fourth Test at Old Trafford on Wednesday July 19.
England continue to rock the showAfter 1981 and 2019, 2023 can now be added to the list of Headingley Ashes epics.
He may not have reached the climax of Stokes and Jack Leach's 10th wicket partnership four years ago, but it was yet another day of almost torturous tension.
Every race was cheered and the wickets were greeted with silence - except in pockets of Australian green and gold in the stands.
The departure of Joe Root shortly before lunch and that of Stokes soon afterwards threatened to give Australia the win that would seal their first Ashes series in England for 22 years.
But Brook, pounding home ground in his first Ashes series, played the situation perfectly, only to fall with the finish line in sight.
He found a serious partner in Woakes, who fought through the shortball offense and played Wood's anchor at the end.
Brook's ripe shot put them within 21 of victory, after talisman Ben Stokes fell for 13 after lunch on day four with 90 still needed.
Brook put the 59 with Woakes before edging out a cut Mitchell Starc, who nearly won the series for Australia with a vicious 5-78.
That wicket brought Wood into the crease amid gripping tension and he hit Pat Cummins for six and beat Starc for four to spark jubilation in the stands.
With four needed, Wood was dropped by Australian wicketkeeper Alex Carey forward Woakes, who finished unbeaten on 32, reduced the winning runs.
England's win makes the series 2-1 to Australia with two Tests to go, setting up a grandstand final that could still match the iconic 2005 contest.
There is a nine-day break before the start of the fourth Test at Old Trafford on Wednesday July 19.
England continue to rock the showAfter 1981 and 2019, 2023 can now be added to the list of Headingley Ashes epics.
He may not have reached the climax of Stokes and Jack Leach's 10th wicket partnership four years ago, but it was yet another day of almost torturous tension.
Every race was cheered and the wickets were greeted with silence - except in pockets of Australian green and gold in the stands.
The departure of Joe Root shortly before lunch and that of Stokes soon afterwards threatened to give Australia the win that would seal their first Ashes series in England for 22 years.
But Brook, pounding home ground in his first Ashes series, played the situation perfectly, only to fall with the finish line in sight.
He found a serious partner in Woakes, who fought through the shortball offense and played Wood's anchor at the end.
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