Australia beat England to win third Test and retain Ashes

Australia has swept to an 82-run triumph successful the 3rd Ashes Test astatine Adelaide Oval to clasp the urn with 2 matches to spare and permission England facing recriminations implicit different failed campaign.

Chasing a satellite grounds 435 runs to triumph connected Sunday, England battled doggedly connected time 5 but folded for 352 with left-armed speedy Mitchell Starc taking 3 wickets and Scott Boland the past dismissal of Josh Tongue earlier tea.

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“Three-nil is hugely satisfying for galore reasons but peculiarly with however the chat earlier the bid was however arsenic poised it was going to be,” Australia skipper Pat Cummins, who took ⁠six wickets connected his instrumentality from a backmost injury, told reporters

“This group’s astonishing astatine conscionable cracking on.”

Much of the speech successful the build-up to the Ashes had been the property ​profile of the Australia squad, but Starc said the veterans had proved their worth.

“We bash laughter astatine immoderate of the comments that get backmost to america astir however aged we are,” the 35-year-old said.

“I’m definite acquisition plays a portion going done your highs and lows. … That plays a large portion successful each of this.”

After eight-wicket defeats successful Perth and Brisbane, England person present mislaid the Ashes successful 3 matches for the 4th consecutive circuit portion losing 16 of their past 18 Tests successful the country.

Although 2 Tests remain, the latest surrender whitethorn apical the erstwhile tours for sheer disappointment.

There were expectations of a genuine contest, warring words from England skipper Ben Stokes and anticipation that “Bazball” mightiness triumph the urn successful Australia for the archetypal clip since 2010-2011.

All that was swept speech successful Adelaide, wherever England ditched their trademark aggression, reverted to much accepted Test batting and were inactive beaten convincingly.

“We evidently came present with a extremity successful mind, and we haven’t been capable to execute it. It hurts, and it sucks,” England skipper Stokes said.

“They’ve been capable to outdo america connected a overmuch higher level. … I thought we did incredibly good to instrumentality america wherever we did successful this 4th innings.

“We couldn’t bash what we came present to do, but determination was immoderate bully worldly to travel retired of this game.”

England’s Jamie Smith scored 60 and mounted an England comeback connected the last day, but it wasn’t capable to prevention the lucifer – and the bid [Asanka Brendon Ratnayake/Reuters]

The king of Adelaide

On time 5 portion inactive needing 228 runs to win, England’s hopes were pinned connected all-rounder Will Jacks and wicketkeeper Jamie Smith aft they resumed connected 207 for six.

Jacks turned his ankle erstwhile pushing disconnected his crease for a tally but battled connected for 40 minutes until rainfall halted play.

England fans cheered, but it was conscionable a passing squall, the crushed soon bathed successful sunshine.

The Surrey duo brought up a fifty-run concern with the aged shot and were soon spared spinner Nathan Lyon, who came disconnected with a hamstring wounded aft cutting disconnected a 4 successful the field.

When the 2nd caller shot came, Smith attacked with gusto, smashing some Cummins and Starc for back-to-back fours.

But with the shortage trimmed to 150 runs, helium threw the bat astatine a Starc transportation for a 3rd clip successful succession and was caught for 60 by a ‌back-pedalling Cummins astatine mid-on.

Jacks played a steadier manus with tailender Carse, who finished 39 not retired and hung ⁠tough with the all-rounder for 52 runs.

Home fans shifted uncomfortably successful their seats arsenic the brace reduced the shortage to nether 100 runs, but Starc returned and Marnus Labuschagne flew successful the slips to snuff retired the danger.

Jacks, connected 47, drove astatine a Starc shot that moved distant disconnected the seam, and Labuschagne dived to his near for different terrific one-handed catch, having removed Ollie Pope with a screamer successful the slips connected time ‌four.

Jofra Archer past tried to slog Starc but sent the shot down the pharynx of Jake Weatherald astatine heavy constituent to permission England 1 wicket from decision earlier Boland had Tongue sending different slips drawback to Labuschagne.

Australia wicketkeeper Alex Carey was named Man of the Match for a first-innings 106 and 72 successful the 2nd portion Travis Head acceptable up ‍the triumph with 170 successful the 3rd innings, his 4th consecutive Test ton astatine Adelaide Oval.

“If helium wasn’t before, he’s the king of Adelaide,” Starc said of Head, who besides scored a match-winning 123 successful Perth.

“He’s not going to person to wage for different brew [here]. I don’t cognize however helium does it, but jeez, it’s bloody bully to ‌watch.”

Australia’s skipper Pat Cummins, right, shakes hands with England skipper Ben Stokes aft the 3rd Ashes cricket Test lucifer successful Adelaide [William West/AFP]