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The Ashes third Test, day two AS IT HAPPENED: England finishes 8-213 at stumps; Snicko drama escalates as Aussies strangle England; Nathan Lyon overtakes Glenn McGrath on Test wickets leaderboard

Lachlan Harper, Ben Glover and Zachary Gates

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Travis Head, Jake Weatherald, Marnus Labuschagne, Usman Khawaja, Cam Green, Alex Carey (wk), Josh Inglis, Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland

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Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Jamie Smith (wk), Will Jacks, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Josh Tongue

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Good night!

Lachlan Harper

Thanks for tuning into Wide World of Sports' LIVE coverage of day two of the third Test.

In his press conference, Nathan Lyon refused to comment on DRS while England's Marcus Trescothick didn't offer much and said "it is what it is".

Catch you next time!

Day of disaster ends for England

Lachlan Harper

ADELAIDE: That's stumps at the Adelaide Oval.

There's been DRS drama and 10 wickets in total after Australia started the day with the bat.

England's batting hasn't been up to standard at all and any hopes of winning the series are hanging by a threat.

England finishes 8-213 with Stokes on 45 and Jofra Archer 30 not out.

England's approach "unheard of"

Lachlan Harper

ADELAIDE: Ben Stokes is now 45 off 145 balls.

He's the only batter across the series who has looked capable of holding off Australia's bowlers with a defensive approach, apart from Joe Root when he scored a century.

The run rate is 3.18 with three minutes left, something Fox Cricket commentator Michael Vaughan described as "unheard of" in the Bazball era.

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England reaches 200

Zachary Gates

And that's the 200 up for England as Ben Stokes prods a Pat Cummins ball into the cover-point region and nabs a single.

The English are 8-200 and still trailing by 171, after the Aussies were bowled out today for 371.

Stokes has made 41 from 132 and Jofra Archer 21 from 29.

Stokes struggling in scorching heat

Zachary Gates

The 42-degree Adelaide heat is getting to Ben Stokes, who momentarily has a towel draped over his head as he gets some fluids in and reapplies sunscreen.

The skipper is on one knee and sucking in the big ones.

He's also been hobbling between the wickets, though whether that's because of cramps or injury is unclear.

He's on 33 from 121 balls.

Ben Stokes.

Ben Stokes in sweltering Adelaide heat. Fox Cricket

Carse castled

Zachary Gates

Another wicket falls as Scott Boland defeats Brydon Carse!

The bowling all-rounder tries to defend on the back foot and Boland sneaks the ball through, crashing middle and off.

Carse departs for a five-ball duck as the English slip to 8-168.

Ben Stokes has batted very cautiously until this point, taking 115 balls to make 31.

Is it time to go for the tonk?

Jofra Archer is the new man in.

England loses another one

Zachary Gates

This could be a hiding.

The English are now 7-168, and are still 203 runs behind, after Scott Boland claims the wicket of Will Jacks for 6.

Alex Carey produced another sublime piece of glove work keeping up to the stumps, gobbling up a ricochet from Jacks' bat and body.

Brydon Carse walks out to join Ben Stokes, who's on 31.

Smith given out as Snicko drama escalates

Zachary Gates

Snicko has tossed up another dodgy reading and on this occasion Jamie Smith has to pay the price.

It's far from conclusive that the ball caught Smith's bat as he attempted to pull Pat Cummins, but Snicko reveals a spike and the wicketkeeper-batter is given out.

"That's a decision that's going to be spoken about and written about for a long while," Adam Gilchrist says on Fox Cricket.

Smith trudges off shaking his head and Stokes, unbeaten on 28, shakes his head, too, visibly filthy.

Smith is out for 22. England is 6-159. The visitors, already 0-2 down in the series, are likely headed for a considerable first-innings deficit.

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 18: Jamie Smith of England questions the DRS during day two of the Third Test Match in the 2025-26 Ashes Series between Australia and England at Adelaide Oval on December 18, 2025 in Adelaide, Australia. (Photo by Darrian Traynor/Getty Images)

Jamie Smith remonstrates. Getty

'Snicko needs to be sacked!': Starc

Zachary Gates

The hits keep coming for Snicko.

A day after Alex Carey admitted he got bat on ball when he was on 72, despite Snicko suggesting otherwise, the technology has not picked up a possible Jamie Smith glove.

The ball didn't carry to Usman Khawaja at first slip but the Aussies think it did, and they are baffled when told by umpire Nitin Menon that the ball hit Smith's helmet rather than his glove.

"Snicko needs to be sacked!" Mitchell Starc was heard saying on the stump mic.

The boss of Snicko operator BBG Sports, Warren Brennan, said in a statement about the Carey reprieve that his company took "full responsibility".

Stokes' monumental task

Zachary Gates

There have been no signs of Bazball in this innings of Ben Stokes', who in a tenacious knock has grinded out 24 from 88 balls.

Wicketkeeper-batter Jamie Smith has played some flashy shots, and enjoyed some fortune, despite coming in when England was 5-127, but Stokes is battening down the hatches.

Joe Root, who peeled off an unbeaten 138 in Brisbane, is the only Englishman who's made a ton on this tour.

Stokes needs to get there in this knock.

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 18: Ben Stokes leaves the field for tea during day two of the Third Test Match in the 2025-26 Ashes Series between Australia and England at Adelaide Oval on December 18, 2025 in Adelaide, Australia. (Photo by Philip Brown/Getty Images)

Ben Stokes swelters in 42-degree Adelaide heat. Getty

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