Moeen Ali hailed another "brilliant" intervention from Ben Stokes and insisted England's Ashes destiny remains in their own hands as long as their talismanic captain is still in the game.His body may appear to be in rebellion against him as he battled hip discomfort to add to longstanding concerns over his left knee but Stokes lifted England from 87 for five in the third Test at Headingley.Following on from his jaw-dropping 155 in a losing cause at Lord's, Stokes thumped five sixes in his 80 off

Moeen Ali hailed another "brilliant" intervention from Ben Stokes and insisted England's Ashes destiny remains in their own hands as long as their talismanic captain is still in the game.His body may appear to be in rebellion against him as he battled hip discomfort to add to longstanding concerns over his left knee but Stokes lifted England from 87 for five in the third Test at Headingley.Following on from his jaw-dropping 155 in a losing cause at Lord's, Stokes thumped five sixes in his 80 off 108 balls to drag England to 237 before Australia extended a first-innings lead of 26 to 142.Thoughts have already drifted towards what England might be able to chase down, with three days still to go at a ground where Stokes' unbeaten 135 secured a victory for the ages against Australia in 2019.Moeen cautioned against an over-reliance on Stokes but always feels they have a shot at narrowing their current 2-0 deficit in the series if he is at the crease.