England captain Ben Stokes admits he couldn't watch thrilling Ashes finale

England still needed 90 to reach a 251 target with five wickets left, but Harry Brook put himself on the map with an assertive 75 that broke the back of the chase

THRILLER: England's Ben Stokes looks on during day four of the third Ashes Test. Pic: PA

Ben Stokes revelled in England seizing an Ashes lifeline at Headingley again but he admitted being a hostage to fortune this time as he was a bundle of nerves four years on from his virtuoso heroics.

Stokes produced an innings for the ages at this ground in 2019 in one of the tensest finishes to a Test but any prospect of a repeat on Sunday was extinguished when he was strangled down the leg side on 13.