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Mark Wood believes he can still get quicker after unleashing a thunderous spell of fast-bowling on Australia on the first day of the crucial Third Test at Headingley.

Wood's return to Test match action lifted the heart rate of everyone at Headingley as he sent down thunderbolt after thunderbolt to rock the foundations of Australia’s line-up

The England pace bowler continues to torment the Australia opener.

Four years ago, Ben Stokes produced one of the greatest-ever Test innings to propel England to an extraordinary one-wicket victory in the third Ashes Test at Headingley, said Mike Atherton in The Times. And for a while at Lord’s on Sunday, a similar “miracle looked on the cards”. 

Mitch Marsh (118 off 118 balls) and Mark Wood (5 for 34) were the stars of a pulsating opening day at Headingley

Jonny Bairstow’s home ground should provide a thrilling atmosphere after Australia came in for criticism at Lord’s

Defeats at Edgbaston and Lord’s have left the hosts trailing the five-Test series 2-0 – a deficit only overcome once, by Australia, in 1936-37.

Will the short gap between Tests help England focus on the task in hand, or will the rancour linger on at Headingley?

England find themselves 2-0 behind against Australia in the Ashes and their 'Bazball' style has been criticised by many ahead of the third Test at Headingley