AUS vs ENG Highlights, Ashes 3rd Test: Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer keep ENG alive as AUS dominate on Pat Cummins' return
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 2 Highlights: England's batting had another day to forget as Australia extended their dominance. Pat Cummins took 3 wickets on return to the team, as England finish the day on 213/8 and still 158 runs behind the hosts.
- 12:33 PM IST, Dec 18STUMPS, England on 213/8, trail by 158
- 12:10 PM IST, Dec 18Risky from Archer but finds the fence!
- 12:01 PM IST, Dec 18Last half-an-hour of the day, can England see it through?
- 11:50 AM IST, Dec 18Archer gets a few boundaries away, but Stokes struggling physically
- 11:34 AM IST, Dec 18Archer takes away follow-on with 4
- 11:26 AM IST, Dec 18Carse gone, last 2 wickets of the innings for England
- 11:16 AM IST, Dec 18Alex Carey takes a blinder standing up to the stumps and Jacks has to walk!
- 10:46 AM IST, Dec 18More snicko controversy! And Jamie Smith has to walk
- 10:32 AM IST, Dec 18Smith looking extremely dicey against the short ball ploy – and there's some drama!
- 10:17 AM IST, Dec 18A session all about survival for England
- 9:49 AM IST, Dec 18TEA, AUS in total control
- 9:36 AM IST, Dec 18GOT HIM! Cameron Green comes on and makes a difference in his very first over, dismisses Brook
- 9:28 AM IST, Dec 18Brook given out – but he reviews and is well safe
- 9:06 AM IST, Dec 18113/4 after 31 overs
- 8:47 AM IST, Dec 18No respite as Cummins comes back on
- 8:26 AM IST, Dec 18Stokes is struck on the back of the head by Starc
- 8:12 AM IST, Dec 18Starc back on to target Stokes
- 7:55 AM IST, Dec 18Cummins gets the big fish! Root nicks off and England are in deep trouble
- 7:42 AM IST, Dec 18Back for the afternoon session
- 7:06 AM IST, Dec 18England go in to lunch at 59/3
- 6:51 AM IST, Dec 18Root survives very close call
- 6:44 AM IST, Dec 18TIMBER! LYON REMOVES DUCKET TOO
- 6:41 AM IST, Dec 18Nathan Lyon comes on and strikes! Ollie Pope gone
- 6:31 AM IST, Dec 18Cummins does it! Strikes, removes Zak Crawley
- 6:24 AM IST, Dec 18Shot! Duckett looking good
- 6:02 AM IST, Dec 18Duckett gets going
- 5:52 AM IST, Dec 18Here we go, Crawley and Duckett at the crease
- 5:39 AM IST, Dec 18That's that! 5-fer for Archer, 371 all-out
- 5:36 AM IST, Dec 18371/9, untroubled
- 5:24 AM IST, Dec 17Boland also adds three boundaries!
- 5:13 AM IST, Dec 17Bowled him! Archer stops the bleeding, dismisses Starc
- 5:09 AM IST, Dec 17Two more fours and Starc reaches 50!
- 5:05 AM IST, Dec 17Two boundaries off Archer's first over!
- 4:55 AM IST, Dec 17AUS 326/8, Starc going well
- 4:45 AM IST, Dec 17HELLO AND WELCOME!

Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 2 Highlights: On a balanced but not uncontroversial first day of the third Test match, hosts Australia once again got the runs on the board without needing to rely on anything particularly special. Thanks to hometown boy Alex Carey's century at the Adelaide Oval, they reached 326/8 overnight, and have a chance of pushing that past 350: it's what to be expected on a good batting surface, and certainly good enough to ask England the question of whether they have enough in the tank to haul that down....Read More
England will know taking the last two wickets will be non-negotiable, particularly with the second new ball in hand, and that the key phase of play will be getting off to a good start with the bat. Partnerships will be the priority, just handing off the baton to one another and slowly building on this innings; their natural game will be enough to keep the scoring going at a strong level, without needing to turn to silliness or unorthodoxy that has come to be associated with ‘Bazball’.
Last chance to try and rescue this series awaits in Adelaide – can England take advantage to haul their way back into the series?
Australia vs England 3rd Test Playing XIs
AUS Playing XI: Travis Head, Jake Weatherald, Marnus Labuschagne, Usman Khawaja, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Josh Inglis, Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland
ENG Playing XI: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Jamie Smith (wk), Will Jacks, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Josh Tongue
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 2 LIVE Score: STUMPS, England on 213/8, trail by 158
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 2 LIVE Score: England are against the ropes, but Australia haven't quite managed to knock them out. A brave 45*(151) from Stokes and Archer on 30* with him, but make no bones about it: Australia have shown their gulf in quality over England today, relentless bowling throughout until perhaps just the last 90 mins.
England still behind by 158, but Stokes will return refreshed tomorrow with intentions of bringing that down into double digits at the very least.
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Risky from Archer but finds the fence!
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Hooked away aerially, Labuschagne at square leg is very interested, but it just falls short and rolls past him to the fence!
Archer batting quite well here.
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Last half-an-hour of the day, can England see it through?
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Small targets the goal here for England, and for now, it will be to have this partnership at the crease tomorrow morning. 30 mins to survive for that, can they manage it?
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Archer gets a few boundaries away, but Stokes struggling physically
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Looks like it's a little bit of heat exhaustion for Stokes, as he just hangs his head with a wet towel rested on it during the drinks break. He's going through it physically.
Archer, meanwhile, eats into this deficit at least a little bit. Off his legs, through to covers as he holds the pose, flicked powerfully into the leg-side. Boundaries just to give some impetus, but muuuuch more of this needed.
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Archer takes away follow-on with 4
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 2 LIVE Score: England had stalled scoring entirely for the last 2 or 3 wickets, so Archer ensures that at least the follow-on can't be enforced. Nice square drive.
Stokes looks like he's struggling, strangely.
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Carse gone, last 2 wickets of the innings for England
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Boland strikes again, and this is turning ugly for England. Carse stuck in the crease because Carey is up to the stumps, and Boland does what he does best by hitting the deck and attacking the stumps. Rattles middle stump.
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Alex Carey takes a blinder standing up to the stumps and Jacks has to walk!
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Whenever Stokes and Jacks are trying for shots they're finding fielders. It's all a little too passive now, and the pressure tells!
Boland steams in with Carey up to the stumps, Jacks is struck in the crease, a thick inside edge cannons off his thigh pad. It's catchable for Carey, but he has to react very quickly to pick up the ball again and get across to catch that.
So brave to stand up to Boland in the first place, but he has done it so well across this series. Having a great Test match.
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 2 LIVE Score: More snicko controversy! And Jamie Smith has to walk
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Do you believe it, we have more snicko controversy involving the wicketkeepers from these sides!
Cummins goes short, Smith too early through the shot, and the on-field call is out. Umpire's review taken to check if it carried, where they also check if there is a spike on snicko – and there certainly is, but it looks like there's some daylight between bat and ball!
Smith is disgusted and charges off, and Stokes hangs his head. They were on the wrong side of one of these yesterday, and will believe they are today as well.
3 for Cummins on return so far. Will Jacks comes in.
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Smith looking extremely dicey against the short ball ploy – and there's some drama!
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Jamie Smith looking extremely vlunerable whenever the bouncers are coming it, three or four times now in his brief innings that he has looked all sorts against the bouncer.
This time, climbs up on him, hits him hard on the helmet and ricochets to second slip. DRS shows no spike as it crossed his gloves, and he needs a change of headgear – but Cummins and co are adamant that this struck his glove!
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 2 LIVE Score: A session all about survival for England
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Now it's all about this pair just being rock solid and allowing their bats to do the talking later in the innings. Cummins starts off the session in pursuit of the wicket.
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 2 LIVE Score: TEA, AUS in total control
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 2 LIVE Score: England nearly had this session go their way or at least tie it, but Brook's dismissal on 46 shreds them of any hope.
Back soon with Stokes and Jamie Smith.
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 2 LIVE Score: GOT HIM! Cameron Green comes on and makes a difference in his very first over, dismisses Brook
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 2 LIVE Score: HUGE MOMENT! Cameron Green got out second ball with the bat, but he picks up a wicket second ball with the ball! Hits a good length early, just seams away from Brook, and it's tentative from him too.
Thin edge, through to Carey, and snapped up. Brook gone n 45, and it's 127/5. This has been stifling bowling, and it was a matter of time.
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Brook given out – but he reviews and is well safe
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Looks like disaster for England as Brook is also given out stifled down the leg side after a noise, but the DRS is instantaneous. Right call too – that's off his thigh pad. He survives in his 40s now.
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 2 LIVE Score: 113/4 after 31 overs
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Patient going from this pair to try and extend the match. Brook of a couple Tests ago might have looked for the counterattack and scored a breezy 70-odd, but there is a little more lomg-term thinking from him here.
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 2 LIVE Score: No respite as Cummins comes back on
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 2 LIVE Score: England doing well to soften the ball and try to get to a point where they can counter-attack a touch, but the bowling won't let up. They have such quality they can rotate in and out of whenever they want. England need to keep playing the long game.
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Stokes is struck on the back of the head by Starc
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Good bouncer and Stokes doesn't pick it up. 145 kmph and Stokes simply can't return – that's hit the additional strapping that protects the back of the head. Change of helmet needed for Stokes, but great signal of intent from Starc. Did check up on the opposition captain to ensure all was okay.
83/4.
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Starc back on to target Stokes
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Cummins looked in terrific rhythm, but has replaced himself to try and take advantage of this horrific matchup for Ben Stokes. Another nervy period for England as the pressure simply doesn't let up.
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Cummins gets the big fish! Root nicks off and England are in deep trouble
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Got him! Outside off stump, Root dangles his bat at it, and it's a genuine edge nicely taken by Alex Carey. Once again England's batting is in tatters, and that on a pretty decent surface; Root will be disappointed.
71/4. Is there a way back?
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Back for the afternoon session
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Welcome back. England cannot afford another bad session. It's do-or-die territory now. Can Root and Brook step up against high-quality bowling?
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 2 LIVE Score: England go in to lunch at 59/3
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Comprehensively Australia's session as the players head in for lunch. Nathan Lyon has showed his class and all his guile to surpass Glenn McGrath's tally for Test wickets, moving into second on his nation's all-time list. Cummins struck on return, and suddenly England are staring down the barrel. The batting just hasn't come to play.
We will return soon, and hopefully some fight for England follows.
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Root survives very close call
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 2 LIVE Score: That's nearly 4 down immediately. Root inside edges it onto his thigh padd of Boland, goes through to Carey, Australia think they have him – but has that carried? Really tough to tell. Ultimately third umpire gives benefit of the doubt to the batter, and it did look to juuuuuust about have pitched just before it reached the keeper.
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 2 LIVE Score: TIMBER! LYON REMOVES DUCKET TOO
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Another one for Lyon in the same over, wow! What a delivery! Drift, turn, beats the defence and knocks over off-stump for the left-hander – perfect off-spinner's dismissal, of the man who was looking set and comfortable.
England were looking good, but it's suddenly 42/3, and deep, deep trouble. England's best pair at the crease, and need tp see this through to lunch safely.
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Nathan Lyon comes on and strikes! Ollie Pope gone
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 2 LIVE Score: There's another wicket, it's Nathan Lyon who sparks it! Ollie Pope is having a torrid time of it, truly. Tries to work it into square leg, but too aerial and too close to Josh Inglis, who takes a good catch at midwicket.
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Cummins does it! Strikes, removes Zak Crawley
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Got him! Sensational bowling. Perfect length, slanted in, just holding its line. Thin edge, but everyone knows that has caught an edge.
37/1 now. England wanted more from this pair.
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Shot! Duckett looking good
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 2 LIVE Score: That's good too. Overpitched slightly by Starc, on Duckett's legs, the batter already knows where he's going. Whips it through the leg-side gap to pick up another 4.



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