• 2nd Test, D4: Australia 511 & 69-2 bt England 334 & 241

• Bowler leads charge to victory by eight wickets

For three hours Ben Stokes was hinting at a repeat of the innings that inked his name into Ashes folklore. Headingley 2019 is remembered for its explosion of runs at the end but less spoken about since has been the foundation of stone-cold obduracy on which it was built.

England’s situation going into the fourth day of this second Ashes Test at the Gabba was similarly dire, 43 runs away from making Australia bat again, six wickets down. As Ricky Ponting put it while Stokes was chewing his gum waiting to enter the field: “These are the moments he lives for.”

• 2nd Test, D4: Australia 511 & 69-2 bt England 334 & 241

• Bowler leads charge to victory by eight wickets

For three hours Ben Stokes was hinting at a repeat of the innings that inked his name into Ashes folklore. Headingley 2019 is remembered for its explosion of runs at the end but less spoken about since has been the foundation of stone-cold obduracy on which it was built.

England’s situation going into the fourth day of this second Ashes Test at the Gabba was similarly dire, 43 runs away from making Australia bat again, six wickets down. As Ricky Ponting put it while Stokes was chewing his gum waiting to enter the field: “These are the moments he lives for.”

• 2nd Test, D4: Australia 511 & 69-2 bt England 334 & 241

• Bowler leads charge to victory by eight wickets

For three hours Ben Stokes was hinting at a repeat of the innings that inked his name into Ashes folklore. Headingley 2019 is remembered for its explosion of runs at the end but less spoken about since has been the foundation of stone-cold obduracy on which it was built.

England’s situation going into the fourth day of this second Ashes Test at the Gabba was similarly dire, 43 runs away from making Australia bat again, six wickets down. As Ricky Ponting put it while Stokes was chewing his gum waiting to enter the field: “These are the moments he lives for.”