With a huge lead of 566 runs after day three, England will look to finish off the second Ashes Test against Australia at Lord's Sunday.
Joe Root was the man of the moment for England, scoring an unbeaten 178 to pile on the runs and the misery on the Australians as England ended the third day's play on 333 for five.
"It was great," Root said. "I really enjoyed it, as you can imagine.
"The best thing is we're in a good position to go on and set ourselves up for a win. If we can continue to play well as we have done in this game, hopefully that will happen.
"We've got to make sure we hammer the game home and get a result from it. I'll definitely enjoy it more if we get a win out of it.
"It was very important to get two good partnerships together. Bresi (Tim Bresnan) batted very well this morning and after lunch. Belly (Ian Bell) played like he has done all series.
"When you get two partnerships like that it's exceptionally hard for the fielding side."
Australia paceman Peter Siddle acknowledged England were the better side on the day.
"The first two sessions especially, I think we did everything alright," Siddle said.
"A lot of credit goes to them; they batted well. The run-rate wasn't very high for those first two sessions so we did our job, but we would have liked to get more wickets along the way.
"They stood their ground, they batted well, they batted time, patient, and put it back on us. That's always what happens in Test cricket, that last session can be a little bit costly.
"Today, with us not getting many wickets throughout the day, we obviously did leak a few at the end."
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