Ben Stokes failed to repeat his Headingley heroics, but Harry Brook and a couple of returning guns filled his shoes as England prevent Australia from winning the Ashes with two games left. Here are five things you missed overnight.
And in the most innocuous fashion, getting a feather on a Starc full ball down the leg side through to Alex Carey.Of course it wasn't a repeatable dismissal that Australia can lean on the next time they face a rampaging Stokes but, in that moment, that dismissal was the only thing that mattered to the entire Australian cricket scene.After Stokes went out, England found a new hero in one of the diamonds uncovered during this Bazball era, Harry Brook.
Pat Cummins was perfectly placed to take the catch as he steadied himself under ball at mid-off, but suddenly something came flashing in from his right.Mitchell Starc's desperation for the wicket carried him from his follow-through after the delivery and sent him clattering into his captain.Cummins somehow clung to the catch and the pair shared a relieved and somewhat tense hug.
Alas, Scott Boland at fine third man, perhaps so used to watching balls fly over the rope, did not move in with the bowler, nor towards the ball and wicketkeeper Alex Carey could not make up enough ground as he sprinted back with the flight and unleashed a final fruitless dive.Chris Woakes and Mark Wood missed the cut for the first two Tests but came in as pivotal reinforcements.
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