LIVE: Ashes tension high as England closes in on victory

Pat Cummins makes a courageous telephone arsenic helium throws the shot to Todd Murphy.

The Aussie skipper puts his religion successful the rookie off-spinner successful an incredibly high-stakes situation, with the English needing conscionable 30 runs for triumph to adjacent the bid shortage to 2-1.

The hosts are 6-221.

The Leeds crippled thickens arsenic Harry Brook and Chris Woakes bring up a 50-run partnership.

England needs conscionable 30 runs to win and inactive person 4 wickets successful hand.

We've dug up footage of the Aussies chirping astatine Bairstow arsenic helium trudged disconnected a abbreviated clip ago, aft chopping a Mitchell Starc transportation onto his stumps.

One of the Aussies tin beryllium heard saying "See ya, Jonny!" arsenic helium made his mode from the middle.

Bairstow got a sensation of his ain medicine. When Smith picked retired a fielder successful Australia's 2nd innings successful Leeds, Bairstow quipped "See ya, Smudge!", infuriating the champion batsman.

"What was that, mate?" Smith changeable back.

"I said, 'Cheers, spot ya later'," Bairstow replied.

Brilliant theatre.

Harry Brook pulls a Pat Cummins transportation done midwicket and collects 2 to determination to a half-century.

The right-hander takes conscionable 67 balls to scope the milestone astatine Headingley.

"An entertaining 50 from the section lad," Mark Taylor says successful commentary.

Another stat courtesy of Nine stats whizz Brett Graham...

Scott Boland's Test vocation bowling mean has gone supra 20 for the archetypal clip since his helium took 6-7 successful the 2nd innings of his Test debut.

Mitchell Starc strikes again and Jonny Bairstow is his victim!

The English autumn to 6-171 successful pursuit of 251 runs to win. They request different 80 runs.

Bairstow tries to thrust Starc done screen but chops on.

"He doesn't often look nervous, Brendon McCullum, but however this lucifer has turned," Kumar Sangakkara says successful commentary.

"They needed 2 wickets, speedy wickets, aft lunch, and Mitchell Starc has obliged."

England suffers a MASSIVE blow, Ben Stokes going for 13.

Mitchell Starc sends 1 down the limb side, Stokes tries to glimpse it and the skipper gets a tickle connected the ball, Alex Carey taking the catch.

"Stokes, the occurrence man, goes for 13," says commentator Kumar Sangakarra.

The hosts are five down and inactive request 90 much runs for triumph arsenic Jonny Bairstow walks to the middle, joining Harry Brook.

A enactment from maine connected the Root and Stokes dismissals...

Isn't it comic that scrappy deliveries tin enactment wonders for the bowling side. Cummins removed Root erstwhile the erstwhile skipper gloved 1 down the limb side, earlier Starc claimed Stokes erstwhile the incumbent skipper got a tickle connected a shot down the limb side.

England's 2 astir unsafe batsmen were removed successful inexpensive fashion.

Scott Boland has the shot and Harry Brook is connected onslaught arsenic the 2nd league gets underway!