LET'S PARTY LIKE IT'S 2005

Brilliant Broad turned the Test on its head and set England's Bazballers up for an Ashes heist like they famously did 18 years ago when the Aussies were chasing one fewer run than they are now!

- DEAN WILSON

THE stage is set for a day-five finale, with England's Bazballers primed for another great Ashes heist at Edgbaston thanks to Stuart Broad.

No one fires up for Ashes cricket more than Broad, which is why he was picked in this team and England's talisman was at it again adding two more seismic wickets to the cause.

With a target of 281 to defend, Broad removed both the No.1 and No.2 batsmen in the world for just 19 runs between them to turn the fourth evening from a quiet gathering into a raucous party as both Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith played their final shots in this match.

With one day left England still have seven Aussie wickets to claim, while the World Test champions need another 174 runs to take first blood. It has all the makings of another Edgbaston classic.

Back in 2005, in arguably the greatest Ashes Test, Australia needed 282 to win. It could not be tighter.

"Any day you have Labuschagne, Smith and Warner back in the hutch is one to be delighted," said Broad. "There are still two results on the table.