Australia vs England Live Score Updates, 3rd Ashes Test Day 1
Australia vs England Live Updates, 3rd Ashes Test Day 1: Both teams have already announced their playing XIs, with Pat Cummins back as Australia captain.
Australia vs England Live Updates, 3rd Ashes Test Day 1: Trailing 2-0 in the series, England will aim to put their best foot forward when they face Australia in the third and must-win Test of the ongoing Ashes series at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide. Focus will be on Australia's Travis Head, who has scored 199 runs in the first two matches. For England, Joe Root is the top scorer with 161 runs to his name. In bowling, host team pacer Mitchell Starc tops the wicket-takers' chart with 18 scalps so far. Both teams have already announced their playing XIs, with Pat Cummins back as Australia captain. (Live Scorecard)
Australia (Playing XI): Travis Head, Jake Weatherald, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Cameron Green, Josh Inglis, Alex Carey(w), Pat Cummins(c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland.
England (Playing XI): Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes(c), Jamie Smith(w), Will Jacks, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Josh Tongue.
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1 run.
FOUR! Australia have clearly shifted gears now!
SIX! Clean strike! Gives this some more air, full and on middle, Alex Carey gets down on one knee and smokes it over the deep mid-wicket fence for a biggie. He moves to 84 now.
Short again, on leg, Pat Cummins nudges it to mid-wicket for one.
Slows it up, short and on middle, turns in, Pat Cummins clips it to square leg.
FOUR! Great shot! Flighted, full and on off, Pat Cummins strides out, reaches out for it and creams it through covers for a boundary.
Tossed up, full and around off, Pat Cummins goes after it but fails to connect.
Floated, short and on middle, Alex Carey flicks it towards mid-wicket for a single.
Good length and on off, Pat Cummins backs away and guides it to point.
On a length and on leg, Alex Carey clips it towards square leg for a single. 250 up for Australia!
FOUR! Streaky! Fuller in length and on off, angling away. Alex Carey charges down the track to loft it over extra cover, but slices it off the top edge over backward point for a boundary.
Short of a length and around off, Alex Carey cuts it to point.
Bangs in a bouncer now, on middle and off, Alex Carey sways away from it.
A big shout for caught behind, but turned down! England players look really confident here, and Ben Stokes takes the review. This is short of a length and outside off, Alex Carey looks to cut it away, but the ball goes under his bat to the keeper, where Jamie Smith grabs it in front of him. There is a noise, and Smith asks his skipper to send it upstairs straightaway. Snicko shows a big spike, but that is before the ball passes the bat, and the third umpire deems it Not Out. England lose their second review now.
Pushed through quicker, short and on off, Pat Cummins looks to defend on the back foot but gets a bottom edge onto his foot as the ball rolls to the off side.
Flighted, full and on off, Pat Cummins drives it to mid off.
Short again and on off, Pat Cummins fends it away towards point.
Flatter, shortish and on off, Pat Cummins stays back and pushes it to short cover.
A helmet passed on from the dressing room for Ollie Pope as he is stationed at leg gully.
Floated, full and on leg, Alex Carey works it wide of mid on for a single.