#Polite Enquiries: Is Root playing with his new toy Jofra too much?
Melinda Farrell and George Dobell answer your #PoliteEnquiries after the first day of the third Ashes Test at Headingley, Leeds.
22/08Result
3rd Test, ICC World Test Championship at Leeds, Aug 22-25 2019
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![Australia]( "Australia")
179 & 246 -
![England]( "England")
67 & 362/9 (125.4 ov)
Player of the Match
22/08Result
3rd Test, ICC World Test Championship at Leeds, Aug 22-25 2019
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![Australia]( "Australia")
179 & 246 -
![England]( "England")
67 & 362/9 (125.4 ov)
Player of the Match
Root urges England to capitalise on Smith's absence
England captain Joe Root wants his side to make the most of Australia being without Steve Smith in the third Ashes Test.
Match Coverage
All Match NewsAustralia win the 2019 Headingley Test. Stokes who?
And a new spinner emerges down under
Who played the better innings, Stokes at Headingley or Perera in Durban?
Their fourth-innings performances are among the greatest ever in Test cricket. We compare them on the numbers
'Bloody Warner' inspired Ben Stokes to Headingley miracle
Sledging gave batsman 'extra personal motivation' in heroic series-squaring innings
Has Ishant Sharma had the longest wait to get to a Test fifty?
Also, what was the highest score in the fourth innings of a Test by a batsman in a winning cause?
How do the 2019 Ashes compare to 2005?
Three matches down, three similar results, but can the series rise to the level of drama and excitement of the magnificent 2005 edition?
