Summary

  • England close on 207-6 in chase of 435

  • Australia need four more wickets to win series and retain Ashes

  • Crawley (85) shows good appliance and top-scores with 85

  • Cummins and Lyon both take three wickets

  • Australia all out for 349 with Head making 170 and Carey 72

  • Stokes bowls seven-over spell as England take 6-38 at end of Australia innings

  • Third Test, day four, Adelaide

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  1. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    England are very calm out there. They are absorbing the pressure, and then they have capitalised on the Travis Head over.

  2. Eng 171-3

    Runs!

    Harry Brook reverse sweeps Travis Head for two, bringing up the half-century partnership from 97 balls, then pulls out the same shot again to get four from the following delivery.

    Zak Crawley then gets a boundary of his own, cracking a full toss through mid-off.

    13 off the over.

  3. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    Zak Crawley and Harry Brook run between the wicketsGetty Images

    Zak Crawley and Harry Brook have got to bat till the end of the day. I think with this batting order there is always that fragility. If England lose one wicket, they might lose two. That's what has happened throughout this series.

  4. Eng 158-3

    Mitchell Starc continues after the drinks break, bowling round the wicket.

    A reason he may be doing this is because he's twice been warned about running on the pitch - one more and he has to come out of the attack.

    Zak Crawley takes consecutive twos off the left-armer, sending the ball through point.

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    Woke up expecting to hear England's obituary and pleasantly surprised to hear that the game and series are - just about - still alive. Would love to have a close run chase tomorrow, unlikely as that still seems.

    Andy, London

  6. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    Australia relentlessly hammered their line and length in the first innings. The pitch being older, it isn't doing as much for the seamers, the spinners are getting some grip.

    England are making Australia work hard and that is what we have been crying out for. It has been one of those days where it has felt a lot calmer in a good way.

  7. Eng 153-3

    Travis Head reactsPA Media

    Half a stumping chance there...

    Travis Head returns in place of Nathan Lyon and Harry Brook charges the spinner's first delivery.

    The ball skews off Brook's pad and goes wide of Alex Carey, meaning the keeper can't collect and whip off the bails.

    Brook takes a leg bye, and Zak Crawley then brings up England's 150 with two through the covers.

    Time for drinks.

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    I live in hope that a famous victory is on the horizon. Then again, I'm going shopping on the last Saturday before Christmas hoping the shops won't be too bad. Which one is more likely to happen?

    Terry, Bedford

  9. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    England's Zak Crawley on day four of the third NRMA Insurance Ashes Series 2025 test at the Adelaide Oval, AustraliaPA Media

    I have been impressed with these two out in the middle so far today. It is getting to that stage of the game where you start to believe that England might be able to do this.

    On the flip side of that belief is the second new ball. Then that becomes a tricky passage of play for England to navigate.

  10. Eng 148-3

    Mitchell Starc returns in place of Scott Boland, but not before the groundsman is called on to pound down the footholes at the end of Starc's run-up.

    Five runs come from his first over, including a Harry Brook two through backward point.

  11. Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    We have still got the extra batter in Will Jacks coming at eight. We still have Smith, Stokes and these two batting. All is not lost. We have got to keep plugging away.

  12. Eng 143-3

    Zak Crawley drives Nathan Lyon in the covers and runs two.

    It wasn't a clean collection from Pat Cummins, meaning England's batters can complete the runs easily.

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    England's Zak Crawley and Harry Brook on day four of the third NRMA Insurance Ashes Series 2025 test at the Adelaide Oval, AustraliaPA Media

    Zak Crawley needs to have a word with Harry Brook. Tell him to calm down! There's still another 296 runs to go!

    Hector, London

  14. Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    That was sharp. I thought Scott Boland had bowled Harry Brook from the noise!

    The bails were off in a flash.

  15. Eng 139-3

    A first four for Harry Brook, cracking Scott Boland through mid-wicket.

    Alex Carey does some good work from the following delivery, collecting down the leg side having been stood up to the stumps.

    The Australia keeper whips off the bails, but Brook's foot remains rooted to the floor.

  16. Eng 135-3

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    Harry Brook brings out the reverse sweep to Nathan Lyon and sends the ball out through backward point.

    Scott Boland runs round the rope and does some good work to stop the boundary, with the England batters running two.

    He plays the same shot to add another single, and that means England now need exactly 300 to win.

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    Can't help, but get up every morning with excitement to watch and I can't help going to work every day with disappointment. Come on, please make my weekend today.

    Lee, Llandyssil

  18. Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    Harry Brook falls over while attempting to play a rampGetty Images

    That was a total mess. There was no need to play the shot! You bowl five dot balls to Harry, then he needs to do something.

  19. Eng 131-3

    This time it's Harry Brook's turn to face a maiden, facing Scott Boland.

    The England batter tries to scamper a single after falling off sweeping, but is sent back by Zak Crawley, who had also advanced a fair way down the pitch.

  20. Glenn McGrath
    Ex-Australia bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    Pat Cummins celebrates the wicket of Joe RootGetty Images

    Pat Cummins doesn't look underdone. I thought he might have been because of a lack of match practice.