England omit Anderson in three changes for must-win third Ashes Test

England have left out all-time leading wicket-taker James Anderson in one of three changes to their side for a must-win third Ashes Test against Australia at Headingley starting on Thursday, with express quick Mark Wood, seam-bowling all-rounder Chris Woakes and spinner Moeen Ali recalled.Both Anderson and fellow paceman Josh Tongue have been rested as England bid to keep the Ashes alive at 2-0 down in the five-Test series following a 43-run defeat at Lord's last week.

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England captain Ben Stokes's stunning 155 gave his side hope of an improbable win at Lord's following the disputed stumping of Jonny Bairstow, given out when he thought the ball was dead.

But all-rounder Stokes, who has been struggling with a longstanding knee problem, bowled just 15 overs across two innings at Lord's and he said his fitness had been a factor in England's team selection for Headingley."I'm not going to lie, last week sort of took it out of me a little bit," Stokes told reporters on Wednesday. "So a big part of something that I had to think of was what would be the best team if I wasn't to bowl a ball this game, in the worst-case scenario."It doesn't mean I'm not going to bowl but that was a huge part of the thinking about the team that we picked."Anderson's 688 wickets are the most by any fast bowler in Test history, but the 40-year-old swing specialist has struggled in this series, with just three wickets at more than 75 apiece.Wood 'fit and firing'

Given a congested schedule - there is just a three-day turnaround between the second and third Tests - rotating England's pace attack was always a possibility and Tongue has also made way alongside