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Ben Stokes dominates the front pages as writers rate his innings as the greatest ever played by an EnglishmanThere might have been a crucial meeting of world leaders, Brexit and a kerfuffle about the BBC licence fee to fret about. But Ben Stokes’s batt…
• Captain refuses to criticise umpire after England’s dramatic win• ‘We finished on the wrong side but that was bloody exciting’Tim Paine urged his Australia players to move on from the crushing nature of their defeat in the third Test.Having been flay…
England have won the third Ashes Test after a dramatic final day at Headingley. A sublime performance from England’s Ben Stokes was the difference as he finished with an impressive 135 not out. Speaking after the match, England captain Joe Root called …
After a dizzying day in Leeds it is hard to imagine anything this year in this sport or any eclipsing Stokes’s display to win the third Test against Australia and keep the Ashes openOh hell, just call it all off now. Forget the Premier League, cancel t…
After looking like England were on the brink of another Test defeat, a sensational Ben Stokes performance steered his side to victory by one wicket at Headingley. England’s World Cup hero produced an astonishing 135 not out on the final day to bring th…
• Australia 179 & 246, England 67 & 155-3• England captain unbeaten but Denly departs for 50We are still here. When England were 15 for two in their seventh over with another 344 runs required for victory and another 70 overs to be bowled in th…
The two Joes, Root and Denly, restored some pride with a fiercely determined partnership – and gave England an outside chance of a miraculous victory 7.33pm BST Related: Joe Root digs in to give England glimmer of hope in third Ashes Test 7.07pm BST …
England have a mountain to climb are after disastrous day at Headingley which saw them bowled out for 67England’s Ashes hopes fade as Australia turn screw on day of despair 7.22pm BST Not what Jofra had envisaged … Related: England batsmen spoil Jofr…
• Australia 179 & 171-6, England 67• Josh Hazlewood takes five wickets as tourists take chargeThis was the day when the poverty of English batsmanship in this form of the game was laid bare. The Ashes hung in the balance; there was scope for Englan…
England’s lack of specialist red-ball batsmen and collapse to 67 all out against Australia meant the six-wicket hero of the first day of the third Test did not get his hoped-for restDay two in Leeds was meant to be one spent at leisure for Jofra Archer…
• Fast bowler’s six for 45 rips apart Australia at Headingley• David Warner salutes Archer’s ‘incredible Test bowling’Jofra Archer was delighted to prove he is more than just pace after a skilful six-wicket showing that sliced through Australia’s batti…
The old hand of England’s bowling attack looks to be having almost as much fun as the new sensation Jofra ArcherThe locals – experts the lot of them – were packing anoraks, hats and brollies on Thursday morning, a bad sign for all those out-of-towners …
• Third Test day one: Australia 179 v England• Pace bowler makes his mark again with six-wicket haulHalf a day’s play was enough to have us salivating over this Test. Australia had been hanging on grimly, most especially against the irrepressible Jofra…
England have long fretted over their openers but Australia’s treatment of Marcus Harris, Cameron Bancroft and Joe Burns is just as confusedIf you’ve mentioned opening batsmen in England across a growing number of recent years, you will have witnessed a…
The amazing Jofra Archer took six for 45 as Australia collapsed from 136-2 to 179 all out on a dramatic, rain-affected opening day at Headingley 10.20pm BST To the lions … Related: Australia throw Marcus Harris to the lions and expose top-order muddl…