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 152-4published at 31.4 overs

    A single off the pads from Ben Stokes.

    99 required.

    Headingley cheers.

  2. Eng 151-4published at 31.3 overs

    Another cut from Harry Brook, just a single this time.

    100 needed.

  3. Eng 150-4published at 31.2 overs

    A tad short from Todd Murphy and Harry Brook goes deep in his crease and cuts to the cover boundary.

    Make it 101 needed.

  4. Postpublished at 13:14 British Summer Time 9 July 2023

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    They'll just see out the over for lunch, won't they?

    Surely...

  5. Postpublished at 13:14 British Summer Time 9 July 2023

    Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    Can England get it down to a hundred or fewer before lunch? Double figures is always nice.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 13:13 British Summer Time 9 July 2023

    #bbccricket, via WhatsApp on 03301231826 or text 81111 (standard network charges apply)

    Following the live text updates while sightseeing in Uzbekistan. It's roasting here, perfect batting conditions.

    Simon

    Simon sightseeing in UzbekistanImage source, Simon
  7. Eng 146-4published at 31 overs

    Target 251

    Harry Brook works a single into mid-wicket to keep the strike.

    We're going to see one over of off-spin from Todd Murphy before the lunch interval.

  8. Eng 145-4published at 30.4 overs

    Harry Brook! Put that away!!

    It's wide from Pat Cummins and Brook just has a flap at it.

    David Warner says he heard something but Pat Cummins, Steve Smith and Alex Carey aren't convinced.

  9. How's stat?!published at 13:11 British Summer Time 9 July 2023

    Pat CumminsImage source, Getty Images

    Australia skipper Pat Cummins has now dismissed England batter Joe Root 11 times in 18 innings. That is also the third consecutive time he has taken his wicket in this series.

  10. Postpublished at 13:09 British Summer Time 9 July 2023

    Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    Ben Stokes is going to look to be the calming influence out there. He'll be happy to let the likes of Harry Brook play around him.

  11. Eng 143-4published at 30 overs

    Target 251

    A single apiece for Harry Brook and Ben Stokes ends the over.

    England need 108 more.

    We've got about seven minutes until lunch so probably two more overs.

  12. Postpublished at 13:07 British Summer Time 9 July 2023

    Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    Starc is looking for the tempter outside off stump and that went like a rocket.

    But it could've gone anywhere.

  13. Postpublished at 13:07 British Summer Time 9 July 2023

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    Joe Root's wicket has taken the WinViz down to 63%.

    Look at the little old draw, hanging in there at 1%.

  14. Eng 141-4published at 29.4 overs

    Target 251

    Eek!

    Wide from Mitchell Starc and Harry Brook flashes so hard at it.

    It flashes off the bat but out of the reach of any Australia fielders and goes for four.

  15. Postpublished at 13:05 British Summer Time 9 July 2023

    Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    England just can't seem to find a calm partnership to settle them and to settle us!

    There's always a twist. It's just going to come down to who can hold their nerve.

    We've been on the edge of our seats all morning. They don't make it easy for us, do they?

  16. Postpublished at 13:04 British Summer Time 9 July 2023

    Sam Drury
    BBC Sport cricket writer at Headingley

    Overheard at Headingley…

    “Just when you think it’s going to be easy…”

    “It’s never easy against these, mate.”

  17. Eng 135-4published at 29 overs

    Ben Stokes starts with a four!

    It's on the pads from Cummins and the England captain just clips it into the mid-wicket boundary.

    Superb noises and gestures of four from the Headingley crowd.

  18. Postpublished at 13:02 British Summer Time 9 July 2023

    Glenn McGrath
    Ex-Australia bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    Just when you think one team is getting on top, something happens to change the narrative.

    It has been the way throughout the series.

    Australia needed that wicket badly.

    Listen to the noise for Ben Stokes, though. Is this England's saviour?

  19. Postpublished at 13:02 British Summer Time 9 July 2023

    Headingley is no longer quiet...

    England captain Ben Stokes is the new batter.

    He's got history on this ground...

    Media caption,

    'The most extraordinary innings ever played by an Englishman'

  20. Postpublished at 13:01 British Summer Time 9 July 2023

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    It was a short ball going down the leg side, but not a threatening one.

    The smiles are just creeping back onto the Australian faces.