LIVE: Lion-hearted Stokes claims crucial Khawaja wicket

Play breaks for beverage with the Aussies needing 98 runs for triumph successful the archetypal Ashes Test.

The visitors are 5-183 successful pursuit of 281 runs to win, with Usman Khawaja connected 56 arsenic helium anchors the innings and Cameron Green connected 22 successful a important enactment role.

Mark Taylor believes the Aussies are ahead.

"I deliberation we conscionable won the session. We didn't perfectly loop it, but I deliberation we got our noses successful front," Taylor said connected Nine's coverage.

"Usman Khawaja's been good, he's truly hung successful determination good for us. Cameron Green besides good. Travis Head was the large wicket for England, but we did well, we didn't suffer that archetypal session, which we've done passim the crippled truthful far.

"So we're close successful the crippled ... I reckon we've got our noses successful front.

"A cracking past league to come."