Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 1 LIVE Score: Good little spell from England thanks to those wickets, means they are the happier team at the end of the first hour.
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 1 LIVE Score: Good little spell from England thanks to those wickets, means they are the happier team at the end of the first hour. Can they make it count after the drinks break?
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 1 LIVE Score: ANOTHER WICKET! Two in two overs and England are alive! Carse strikes, he’s not been great but that won’t matter now, he has dismissed Travis Head. Outside off, Head drives but it’s somewhat sliced. Very low to Crawley’s left at short cover point, and he does so well to stick out a hand and somehow just make it stick.
That’s a sensational piece of fielding. The kind of thing England needed going their way early this morning.
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 1 LIVE Score: Archer does the trick! Fast, sharp, at his front shoulder, cramps up Weatherald. Top edge that loops easily back to Jamie Smith, who completes the formalities for the opening wicket.
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 1 LIVE Score: Carse getting a beating from the commentators on air for bowling too short and wide and applying no pressure. This has been too easy for the openers, as Weatherald goes over the top of the point region to find four. Another no-ball to follow that up.
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 1 LIVE Score: Not the best start from Carse, a couple looseners, and also a couple of no-balls. Needs to find his rhythm quickly because this is a really important hour of play in the context of this series.
15/0 after 4.
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 1 LIVE Score: Shot! Good confidence-inducing shot to get going for Weatherald. Angled in by Carse, and Weatherald leans into it to bet the square leg fielder and find the fence.
7/0 after 2, trying to find some rhythm.
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 1 LIVE Score: The players run out into the Adelaide sunshine, and never has a good start been needed more. Archer has started well regularly, but needs that to translate to wickets. Particularly that of Travis Head, who is the hometown boy and has such a good record at this venue.
On we go!
For England, the calls for an extra frontline spinners in Shoaib Bashir to be used as temperatures increase down under have fallen on deaf ears. Will Jacks remains the choice to carry that burden – will it be enough?
ENG Playing XI: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Jamie Smith (wk), Will Jacks, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Josh Tongue
Despite leading the series 2-0, it is Australia making three changes – two planned, with Cummins and Lyon in for Doggett and Neser – but one forced, as Smith has to miss out. Khawaja comes back in, and reportedly will bat at four.
AUS Playing XI: Travis Head, Jake Weatherald, Marnus Labuschagne, Usman Khawaja, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Josh Inglis, Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland
Australia vs England 3rd Test Day 1 LIVE Score: Good morning! The Ashes are back, after a couple of weeks in which there has been no lack of drama with England’s vacationing after going down 2-0. But was that just the tonic Ben Stokes and his team needed?
We find out soon, but some big last-minute news from the Australian camp as Pat Cummins wins the toss and opts to bat first: no Steven Smith for this match, kept out by illness. Opportunity for England?