England took six wickets on a rain-affected day three at Headingley but have given themselves a golden chance to claim the third Ashes Test and keep the series alive
England’s run-chasing specialists have put themselves in pole position to hunt down their most important target yet and deliver an Ashes lifeline.
With all ten wickets in hand they require a further 224 more runs to win their first match of the series and conjure up yet another magical moment in the Headingley history books.
Ashes run chases at Headingley are developing a habit of bringing the best out in England batters, whether it was Mark Butcher back in 2001, or Ben Stokes four years ago. And already both Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley look in the mood to write their names into Ashes folklore.
The two openers crunched a quartet of boundaries before they strolled back to the dressing room 27-0 at the close of day three to dream of glories to come.