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Well may they sing God Save the Queen because to paraphrase Gough Whitlam, nothing will save England after a disastrous third day of the Second Ashes Test. Apart from skipper Joe Root and first drop Dawid Malan,

Mitchell Starc's pink-ball milestone has helped Australia to a 237-run lead in Adelaide after England collapsed to be all out for 236 in the second Test.

Welcome to Wide World of Sports' coverage of day three of the second Ashes Test between Australia and England at the Adelaide Oval. England's woeful attention to detail has been described as 'ridiculous' by former bowler Ian Botham as the tourists continue to be dogged by problems that hampered them …

England have slumped to 6-197 in their first innings of the day-night Ashes Test in Adelaide, still trailing Australia by 276 runs.

Joe Root and Dawid Malan have dragged England back into the second Test after both batted through the first session on Day 3. England’s no.3 and 4 started the day with their side down by 456 runs and were in a perilous position at 2/17,

Steve Smith fell a handful of runs short of a century as James Anderson claimed his first wicket of the series. Opening batter David Warner has been caught on 95/167, just shy of a Test century. Ben Stokes delivered the ball that set up for a Stuart Broad catch.

Dawid Malan and Joe Root’s second century partnership of the series saw England serenely glide through the opening session of day three at Adelaide Oval without losing a wicket. After two desperately tough days in which Australia racked up 473 for nine declared,

The England seamer had just delivered a beautiful delivery to the Australian centurion , who had already survived 290 deliveries at the crease. But the England bowler caught the Aussie's outside edge,

Steve Smith fell agonisingly short of a century on day two in Adelaide, but the caretaker captain has England staring down the barrel of defeat in the day-night Test, writes Russell Jackson.

Steve Smith fell agonisingly short of a century on day two in Adelaide, but the caretaker captain has England staring down the barrel of defeat in the day-night Test, writes Russell Jackson.