Summary

  • England win thriller by three wickets

  • Brook hits superb 75 and Woakes makes vital 32 not out

  • Superb Starc dismisses Duckett, Moeen, Stokes, Bairstow & Brook

  • Australia now lead five-match series 2-1

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  1. Eng 171-6published at 36 overs

    No, Chris Woakes. Don't do that.

    He wafts at his first ball and is lucky not to get an edge through to the keeper.

    Ugh. I feel completely deflated.

  2. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 14:20 British Summer Time 9 July 2023

    #bbccricket

    Arjun Singh: Now I think the game is done.

    Charlotte: It’s done. Surely. Misery.

    Mark Penny: That’s that then.

  3. Postpublished at 14:20 British Summer Time 9 July 2023

    Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    That's a really bad shot. Jonny Bairstow loses his shape. He's trying to hit it too hard. He had a great opportunity to do something special but he's gone for five. It's been a really testing week for Jonny. Australia will be happy to let Harry Brook take ones and target the England bowlers now.

  4. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 35.5 overs

    Bairstow b Starc 5 (Eng 171-6)

    It's unravelling.

    Another fairly innocuous ball from Starc tempts Bairstow into a big drive that he can only manage to chop onto his stumps.

    Australia firmly on top.

  5. Eng 171-5published at 35.4 overs

    A single into the covers bring Harry Brook his 1000th Test run, and he is the fastest man to get there in terms of balls faced - with 1,058.

  6. Postpublished at 14:14 British Summer Time 9 July 2023

    Sam Drury
    BBC Sport cricket writer at Headingley

    I’ve found myself surrounded by a group of fans who are suddenly quite a bit happier than they were a few minutes ago.

    HeadingleyImage source, BBC Sport
  7. Eng 166-5published at 35 overs

    Need 85 runs to win

    An inside edge... just past the stumps for four.

    Thanks for that, Jonny. As if we weren't nervous enough.

  8. How's stat?!published at 14:12 British Summer Time 9 July 2023

    Andy Zaltzman
    Cricket statistician on Test Match Special

    Win predictor says 59% England and 41% Australia. It had gone up to 78% to England just before the wicket of Ben Stokes.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 14:10 British Summer Time 9 July 2023

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    Why can’t England leave anything? How many leg side wafts?

    George from York

  10. Eng 161-5published at 34 overs

    Need 90 runs to win

    Headingley is still in good spirits despite that hammer blow of losing Stokes.

    Two Yorkshiremen at the crease now as Jonny Bairstow receives another huge roar.

    He leaves his first ball outside off stump to complete a successful over for Australia.

  11. Postpublished at 14:08 British Summer Time 9 July 2023

    Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    It's a little feather and Ben Stokes doesn't review it. Mitchell Starc has got all England's left handers. There's a bit of panic now. We are one more wicket from a bouncer barrage which England will try to take on. Jonny Bairstow has a great chance here. He's not had a great series so he can go out and finish not out here and take England home.

  12. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 33.5 overs

    Stokes c Carey b Starc 13 (Eng 161-5)

    Oh no.

    It's a horrible delivery from Starc, going way down leg side, and somehow Stokes manages to get some bat on it through to the keeper.

    Australia are understandably delighted.

    What a breakthrough.

    What a twist.

  13. Eng 161-4published at 33.4 overs

    Pain? What pain?

    Stokes absolutely drills one through the covers for four as Mitchell Starc overpitches.

    More, please.

  14. Postpublished at 14:04 British Summer Time 9 July 2023

    Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    I am still very calm and confident. If Australia get Ben Stokes out in the next 10 minutes my demeanour might change! It's just 20 overs of batting and getting over the line. I thought it would be a seven-wicket win but then I arrived at the ground and saw the clouds and revised that a little. However, it's perfect batting conditions now with the sun out.

  15. ouch!

    Eng 156-4published at 33 overs

    Oh, nasty.

    Ben Stokes clips one off his legs for a couple, and from the last ball is absolutely clattered somewhere between his legs. Could be groin, could be inside thigh, could be somewhere more painful.

    Either way, he's on the ground for a long time, crouched, before eventually getting up.

    Just what England's skipper needed. More pain.

  16. Postpublished at 13:58 British Summer Time 9 July 2023

    Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    There's a lady in the crowd doing some knitting. Maybe I'll take that up, might help keep me calm.

  17. Eng 154-4published at 32.1 overs

    Harry Brook dabs a single from Scott Boland's first ball after lunch, and we're off.

    A reminder. England need 97 more runs to win.

  18. Postpublished at 13:56 British Summer Time 9 July 2023

    Thanks, Callum.

    How are we all feeling? A few nerves flying about, I'm guessing...

  19. Postpublished at 13:55 British Summer Time 9 July 2023

    Play is about to resume with England needing 98 runs and Australia six wickets.

    Will we have another twist? I have little doubt we will.

    Ffion Wynne is here to take you through all the drama that is about ensue.

  20. Postpublished at 13:53 British Summer Time 9 July 2023

    There is a little chance that we might get a rain delay around 15:00 BST.

    This is what the latest BBC weather forecast says.

    BBC weather forecast for Headingley on Sunday, 9 July