Ashes 2025 live score: England try and salvage series on day three as tensions rise – The Independent

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England are 2-0 down in the series and appear to be hurtling towards a series-ending defeat in Adelaide thanks to more shoddy batting
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England are on the brink of officially losing the Ashes as they head into day three of the third Test in Adelaide facing a huge deficit, with tensions beginning to rise in camp.
England trailed Australia by 158 runs with two wickets remaining at the end of day two as the hosts took control of the Test after being dismissed for 371 runs in the morning of day two, ripping through the visitors’ batting line-up despite the completely benign conditions.
Captain Ben Stokes (45*) and Jofra Archer (30*) ended the day with a gutsy unbeaten partnership of 45, despite the pair having a heated exchange earlier in the day as England wilted in the heat, and both batters will try to help the under-fire visitors cut the gap as much as possible.
Ollie Pope has also come under fire, with pundit Graeme Swann ripping into his “awful dismissal” and the lack of fight from England’s top order could lead to serious recriminations if they go on to lose this match and thus the series.
Follow updates from day three of the third Ashes Test below:
Just a single off the rest of Green’s over and Lyon moves back onto the attack.
He starts with a dot ball before Stokes plays a beautiful reverse sweep over backward point for four.
Lyon only conceded three boundaries in 22 overs yesterday, but he’s already been hit for two this morning!
Three singles off the next Lyon over and Stokes moves to 60.
Cameron Green is next to take the ball, with Archer hitting a wayward single behind himself to move to 40. That’s his highest ever Test score, beating the 38 he scored in Brisbane!
Six off the next over for the tourists, with Starc doing brilliantly to prevent a second four for Stokes.
It’s another shot through covers for a second four for the captain.
It looked like Lyon was heading for another good over but Archer digs out a huge six over long on on the penultimate ball to add to his single.
Three dot balls to begin with for Boland, before Stokes brings up the 50 as he knocks to backward point.
That’s the only run of the over and England move to 219.
Lyon up next to deliver something different, with quite a lot of movement as Archer drives away for six dot balls. A solid start from the spinner.
First boundary of day three and it’s a lovely shot from Stokes as the captain finds four with a drive through extra cover, walking to meet Boland’s delivery. It’s the final runs of the over and the tourists move to 218.
Simple enough defence for Archer to start with, before he slips a single through on the second ball of the day to put Stokes on strike.
Here we go then! Archer first to face, Boland with the ball.
We’re not far away from play on day three getting underway now. Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer will return to the crease trying to narrow the current deficit of 158 runs.
England are 213-8 with Stokes unbeaten on 45 and Archer 30 not out – having put on 45 together.
Can England somehow limit the gap to sub-100 runs heading into the second Australian innings?
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