Woakes played his first Test in almost 16 months at Headingley, taking crucial three-fers in both innings and worked in tandem with Harry Brook and Mark Wood to guide England to a thrilling three-wicket win with his 32*.
India registered a convincing innings and 141-run win over the West Indies on Day 3 of the 1st Test at Dominica on Friday, riding on brilliant performances by debutant Yashasvi Jaiswal, who scored 171 and old warhorse Ravichandran Ashwin, who claimed a match haul of 12 wickets.
Aswhin did so during the first Test of two-match series against West Indies in Dominica. The veteran spinner recorded one of his finest away performances, taking 5/60 in the first innings and 7/71 in the second innings to finish with a combined figure of 12/131.
Thailand's Thipatcha Putthawong has made her way to the history books as she became the seventh cricketer to pick four wickets in four balls in a T20I game on Friday.
England kept alive in this year's Ashes series with a spirited three-wicket victory in Leeds and will try to emulate that effort when the fourth Test begins on July 19 at Old Trafford.
With young and talented Yash Dhull's century, India 'A' registered a comfortable victory against UAE in the ACC Men's Emerging Cup at Colombo on Friday.
Woakes had a great return to the side after almost 16 months as he took three wickets in both innings of the first test of the Ashes series. He had a significant contribution in the previous Headingley victory, where he scored a crucial unbeaten 32.
India's 229-run opening stand between skipper Rohit Sharma and Jaiswal on Thursday marked the first time in Test history that India took the lead in the first innings without losing a wicket. West Indies managed to score 150 in their first innings.
India managed to restrict West Indies for a score of 150 runs on Day 1 of the first Test at Windsor Park. In reply to the WI's total, Rohit and Jaiswal went on to score a century each which allowed India to take a commanding position in the two-match Test series.