NICK HOWSON AT HEADINGLEY runs the rule over all the players on each side at the end of a historic, unfathomable Test match
Rory Burns (9 & 7): After a decent start to the series, two single figure scores means the Surrey man is back under the microscope. Played a horrid pull shot to get out in the first innings and couldn't help but edge behind second time around. 3
Jason Roy (9 & 8): This experiment simply has to end. Went after a wide one first up and got the toe-end of the bat but got a cracker from Pat Cummins on day three as England tried to save the game. Must either move down the order or out of the team altogether. Both are genuine options. 2
Joe Root (0 & 77): A second straight duck was followed by an innings of resilience as he grafted for some form. Out in extraordinary circumstances after being caught by David Warner. Captaincy should be called into question, but perhaps that debate is for another day. 6
Joe Denly (12 & 50): Just when his place in the team looked uncertain again, he came up with a score. Had the ignominy of recording the lowest highest knock in a Test innings as England were bowled out for 67, when he struck just 12. Showed patience with Root and went to a second Test fifty before being bounced out by Hazlewood. 6
Ben Stokes (8 & 135*; 1-45 & 2-52): Played perhaps the finest innings in Test history. Started slowly, soaking up pressure before the jeopardy of the game saw him shift up a gear. Joe Root described him as a "freak". Not half. 10
Jonny Bairstow (4 & 36): Guilty of the worst shot of England's shoddy first innings. Made up for it slightly with his second innings effort as he got the scoreboard flowing. Looks very shaky behind the stumps, dropping several including Labuschagne as he dived across Root desperately. Should be dropped for Old Trafford. 4
Jos Buttler (5 & 1): Another performance which summed up a difficult red-ball summer. Terrible shot saw him fall to Hazlewood on day two before a calamitous run-out when backing up Stokes saw him finish with two single figure efforts. Another who could be rested for the remainder of the series. 4
Chris Woakes (5 & 1; 1-51 & 1-34): Understandably underused in the first innings as Archer took the plaudits but the use of him in Australia's second bite at the cherry was curious. With James Anderson approaching full fitness, will surely be in the firing line. 3
Jofra Archer (7 & 15; 6-45 & 2-40): Simply stunning with the ball on day one amid favourable conditions. The relentlessness in which he ran in should be an inspiration to youngsters across the land. Played with reckless abandon in both of his knocks with the bat and went one too many as England flirted with an unlikely win. 8
Stuart Broad (4 & 0; 2-32 & 2-52): Rolled in like an express train in the first Australia innings and produced the delivery of the match to get Travis Head, clipping off-stump with a remarkable ball which seamed just enough. Continued his stranglehold over Warner but far from his best having been asked to bowl three days on the trot. 6
Jack Leach (1 & 1*; DNB & 1-46): Scored one of the most significant one-figure scores in Test history. His single was the moment England's win was virtually secure, though the 16 balls he absorbed before then was equally as important. Not particularly influential with the ball, but that is a footnote now. 6
When Jos Buttler was run out, England's chances appeared to have disappeared
David Warner (61 & 0): Finally contributed a score of substance in the first innings, one of the few knocks of quality in this match. Got a good one first up but Broad continued his stranglehold in the second innings. Imperious in the slip with six fine catches. 7
Marcus Harris (8 & 19): Missed the opportunity to cement his place in the team with two insipid scores having replaced Cameron Bancroft. Got done like a kipper in the second innings as a Leach delivery turned out of the rough. Will probably be retained for Old Trafford, but out of necessity. 4
Usman Khawaja (8 & 23): Continues to look stylish at the crease when he gets in but then succumbs in a frustrating manner. Shot second time around was horrific and gave England a glimmer of hope. Place far from secure, with Smith and Labuschagne to accommodate for the fourth Test. 4
Marnus Labuschagne (74 & 80): The best batsman in the match across both innings by some distance as his County Championship build-up continues to pay dividends. Made it three half-centuries in a row since replacing Steve Smith as Test cricket's first concussion substitute, though England gave him plenty of lives second time around. Certain to stay on for Old Trafford but where he slots in remains to be seen. 8
Travis Head (0 & 25): Got done by two jaffers from Broad and Stokes to leave him vulnerable to losing his place for Manchester. Dogged in the second innings alongside Labuschagne but he doesn't offer much to this Australia batting line-up. Very dispensable. 5
Matthew Wade (0 & 33): Joins Wade as a likely candidate to lose his place for the fourth Test. Awfully unlucky in the first innings as the ball rolled onto his stumps via an Archer bouncer. 5
Tim Paine (11 & 0): Bar a solid display behind the stumps, Paine is offering very little to this Australia team. Didn't pick a Woakes in-swinger on day one before edging into his pads and behind next time around. On borrowed time as skipper, but changes might be postponed until after the series. Looked powerless by the end to prevent England's victory and his frivolous use of the last review was one of the differences. 4
James Pattinson (2 & 20; 2-9 & 1-47): Used quite fleetingly in the first innings but was deadly when called upon. In the second innings he was unable to keep the pressure on and as the Australia wheels came off he was among the guilty parties. 6
Pat Cummins (0 & 6; 3-23 & 1-80): Probably not at his best in this game as a long summer finally caught up with him. The most sparingly used Aussie seamer in the second England innings and indeed the most expensive. Could now be rested with Mitchell Starc ready to come in. 6
Josh Hazlewood (1 & 4*; 5-30 & 4-85): Australia's man of the Test and once out of the attack you feared the match was slipping from their grasp. Benefitted from some wayward England shot-selection on day two but his four wickets as the hosts tried to grind out a result were a testament to his ability and skill. 8
Nathan Lyon (1 & 9; 0-2 & 2-114): The GOAT was unable to gobble up the most presentable chance to win this Test and retain the Ashes at the first time of asking, and that missed run-out might come back to haunt him. Exacerbated when unable to review a plumb lbw off Stokes. 5
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