The Ashes 3rd Test Day 4 Highlights: Chris Woakes hits winning runs as England keep the series alive

“Another one down to the wire game. Nice to get over the line and keep our hopes alive. Won the toss, we could have batted and bowled. Looked a good wicket. Saw the way Mitch Marsh batted. Came in and took the game on. The outfield was on the quick side. We had Woody and Woakesy back in and they did well. We picked teams and look how they can impact us in the game. We try to see how they can be influential in the game. I didn't realize that Woakes hasn't played a Test for so long, Having someone who can bat like him batting at 8 helps us. Hope he can do something similar when he plays next. Having someone who can bowl at 95 mph is amazing. With the bat, he is just a free spirit. Goes back to the clarity. 24 off 8 balls was a massive swing in the game. Doesn't always come off. But gives you a better chance to succeed. I think about Mo, he always wants to impact the game. He went to Baz yesterday and said he wanted to come up the order and take on the bowling attack. Me and Baz just go with the flow. Great for both the teams. The next game is very vital. Everyone wants to see good cricket. This nine day break will help the bodies a world of good. We love to come here and play cricket for England. The Western Terrace is always amazing.”

“There were a moments that went back and forth on each day. We lost 6 wickets for 20 odd on day 1. Each session has swung in one team's favour. We could have kept going. 250 was competitive to bowl at. But wasn't enough in the end. I thought Warner was fantastic at Lord's. A good problem with Mitch. He has had ankle surgery trying to play red-ball cricket. Doesn't hurt to have a few days off and recharge our batteries. We will come back all excited for Manchester.”

5/34 in the first innings, 2/66 in the second. Moreover, he smacked 24 in 8 balls in the first innings and and pretty much a match-winning 16 off eight. What a match Wood has had. “Delighted to be here to stand as the Man of the Match. The lads will tell you there are sweaty palms. Was tough against some of the best bowlers in the world. Am batting too high at number 9 (smiles). I felt in good rhythm. Tried to run in as hard as I can. Stokesy told me to bowl as fast as I could. Things still to work on going into the next game. I was pleased with my 24 off 8. Would be tough going into the next game. The support everywhere we go is amazing. Will see I how pull up. I hope to be fit for the next two Tests.”

The Ashes are alive, England halve Australia's lead to 2-1. Chris Woakes, playing his first Test match in over a year, seals the win with a four. He has been pretty much in Ben Stokes' shadow as a fast bowling all-rounder but this is just one of many times that Woakes has delivered for England when they needed him. Mark Wood, meanwhile, has proven that he is just a match winner regardless of whether he is batting or bowling. The first two Tests have been thrillers, this one lived up to those and then some and this time, the result has fallen in England's favour. It will delight England fans and neutrals, because it means that this incredible series remains alive for at least one more Test. 

Wood with a tap to deep backward point, they take a single and the scores are now level. England are on the cusp. 

Wood top edges it, Carey runs back to get to it but can't quite do it despite putting in the dive. Wood runs halfway down the pitch for a second though and so there is a run out chance as well. In the end, it is a single, and England need 3 runs to win. 

Starc goes full for the first ball of the 50th, Wood makes room and smashes it through cover. England now need seven to win. Then make that six because Starc sends the next ball short and bounces well over Wood's head. Dharmasena first calls for one for the over, leading to resounding boos from the Headingley crowd. Then he puts one finger on his earpiece and signals wide, leading to cheers that are as big as those that have greeted Wood's boundaries today.

England now need just 12 to win. Wood played a blinder in the first innings and now he has brought England within two hits now. What a match he has had! Short from Cummins, Wood puts everything into the pull and it soares over Smith at fine leg.

Short ball from Starc, Brook top edges. Starc and Cummins are on a collision course! The former pulls out last second and the Australian captain completes the catch. 

Brook c Cummins b Starc 75 (93), England 230/7, need 21 to win

...and oversteps first ball! England are now 29 away. Spin introduced but is it too late now for Australia? 

Back of a length and wide from Cummins to end the over and Brook smashes it through backward point. The partnership now reaches 50.

Is this the last time in this match that drinks come on to the field? Partnership between Woakes and Brook is now 43, England's best of this innings. Brook is on 64 off 86, Woakes on 21 off 31.

Last ball of the 44th is a short delivery, something Cummins is using a lot now, Brook pulls it wide of fine leg. England nudging ahead now.

A couple of quiet overs. Brook on 56, Woakes on 18. Mitchell Marsh replaced Boland for that previous and Cummins continues to steam in from the other. 

They now need 51 to win and keep the series alive. If Australia get the four wickets they need and win this, we will effectively have two dead rubber Test matches to look forward to, even if they are Ashes Tests. Pretty safe to say that it would only be hardcore Australia fans who would want their side to win it today.

Last ball of the 41st over from Boland, it clips off the pads and beats Carey to go to the boundary. 

England need 60 to win. Brook has not had a very good series thus far but he has looked as good as he ever has today brings up his half century in just 67 balls. England will need him to see them through. 

Last ball of that over, Woakes gloves it and goes off the thigh pad past the wicketkeeper to the boundary. Woakes moves to 14 off 18, England are 187/6, need 64 to win.

England need 68 to win. Boland goes straight and angling into leg, Woakes clips it away with perfect timing through midwicket and that reaches the boundary. 

England need 74 to win. Starc with a good length delivery outside off for the first ball of the 38th, Woakes gets an outside edge that goes wide of gully. Moves to 5 off 7. 

The pendulum swings once again. Bairstow suckered into the drive with a full length delivery but it jags back in, not quite a half volley. Inside edge on to the stumps. Well, well, well, who are the favourites now? 

Bairstow b Starc 5 (8), England 171/6, need 80 to win

Harry Brook gets to 47 and with that he becomes the fastest ever in terms of balls faced to get to 1000 runs. He has gone past… Tim Southee. It is extraordinary the kind of batting records the New Zealand fast bowling great has got to his name. 

Ben Stokes is caught down leg side off the very next ball! The most innocuous delivery to get out to. It was drifting down the leg side Stokes tries the glance and ends up edging it to Carey.

Stokes c Carey b Starc 13 (15), England 161/5, need 90 to win

Starc overpitches wide outside off, Stokes just nails his cover drive. He has put that hit behind him, has the England captain.

The last ball of the 33rd from Boland rips back in from a good length and hits Stokes flush on the groin. He was down on the deck, gets some attention from the physio and then gets back to it. England 156/4.