There was no respite for England as they slipped into another batting failure and were bundled out at a mere 236 on the third day of the Day-Night Ashes Test in Adelaide. Australia did not choose to call the tourists to follow on despite gaining a hefty lead of 237 runs.
The senior pros in Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon put their hands up in the absence of the other two frontline bowlers in Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood and picked four and three wickets respectively to break the backbone of England batting lineup.
For England, there could not be any other successful batsmen except the skipper Joe Root and Dawid Malan, who hit their respective half-centuries to keep them in the game through a wicketless first session on the third day. Ben Stokes put his head down and batted with remarkable concentration to stay at the pitch for a long period of time but there was no support for him as the middle order comprising of Ollie Pope, Jos Buttler and Chris Woakes squandered the opportunity in the post-dinner session.
Australia are already 1-0 up in the five-match long series and England are racing against time to stop them from gaining a 2-0 lead over them before reaching the MCG for the third Test.