England win third Test towards Australia to maintain Ashes problem alive

England have received the third Test towards Australia to maintain their Ashes problem alive.

Set a goal of 251 to win, England had been six wickets down with solely 171 on the board at Headingly.

But they held their nerve and crossed the road after shedding only one extra wicket and hitting plenty of boundaries.

England beat Australia by three wickets and Australia at the moment are 2-1 forward within the five-match sequence.

The fourth Test will begin at Old Trafford in Manchester on 19 July.

England’s three-wicket win was achieved regardless of captain Ben Stokes’s dismissal for simply 13.

Harry Brook batted with nice maturity as he made a steely 75, taking a decisive chunk out of the 251-run goal.

He fell with 21 nonetheless wanted because the third Test descended into nerve-shredding rigidity, however Mark Wood lower by way of the anxiousness with a feisty 16 not out.

Chris Woakes went on to finish a exceptional return to the Test area by crunching the profitable runs, ending unbeaten on 32.

Wood instructed Sky Sports News he “had sweaty palms all the way”.

“That is my first time getting England over the line with the bat so I am delighted that I managed to get some runs here,” he stated.

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Stokes stated it was good to “keep our hopes alive” after a “down to the wire game”.

“We brought Woody and Woakes back into the team and it is great when you make decisions like that and they really impact the game, especially when you get over the line,” he added.