Summary

  • Australia close on 326-8 after winning toss on day one of third Test in Adelaide

  • Australia's Smith ruled out with illness after arriving at ground - Khawaja replaces him

  • Carey makes superb century off 135 balls before top-edging Jacks to Smith to fall for 106

  • Tongue and Carse remove Inglis and Cummins in evening session

  • Khawaja makes 82 after being dropped on five by Brook

  • Archer removes Labuschagne and Green in first three balls after lunch

  • England trail 2-0 in five-Test series and must win to keep Ashes alive

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  1. Goodbyepublished at 08:00 GMT 17 December 2025

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    Archer strikes to take three Australian wickets on day one

    Right, time to bid you all farewell from day one of the third Ashes Test in Adelaide.

    Australia closed on 326-8 having chosen to bat, with England hoping they can take two early wickets tomorrow then build a first innings lead.

    Take a read of Stephan Shemilt's match report, and enjoy the analysis, clips, podcasts and articles - we've got you covered for all things Ashes related.

    We'll see you tomorrow - sleep well.

  2. What you've missed on day onepublished at 07:59 GMT 17 December 2025

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    Smith takes easy catch from Weatherald as Australia lose first wicket

    If you set an alarm for 8am, I'm afraid the cricket's over for today, with Australia closing on 326-8 on day one of the third Ashes Test.

    Having chosen to bat, the hosts lost both their openers in the space of six balls, with Zak Crawley taking a superb catch to remove Travis Head.

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    'What a stunner' - Crawley takes brilliant one-handed catch to dismiss Head for 10

    Having seen their side slip from 33-0 to 33-2, Usman Khawaja and Marnus Labuschagne added 61 runs before lunch, while the former was dropped on five.

    But after the interval Jofra Archer took the wickets of Labuschagne and Cameron Green in the first three balls of the afternoon session, leaving the home side flailing.

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    Archer dismisses Labuschagne and Green in first over after lunch interval

    Khawaja and Alex Carey calmly rebuilt, with the former reaching 82 on his return to the side as a late replacement for Steve Smith, who withdrew from the Australia side shortly before the start of play.

    He was dismissed by Will Jacks just before tea, with Australia reaching the break on 194-5.

    Carey pushed on to reach his third Test century in the evening session, but was out shortly afterwards slog-sweeping Will Jacks - one of many poor shots that led to the loss of Australian wickets on day one.

    Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon saw Australia through a late new ball spell to ensure their side reached the close without losing another wicket.

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    'Unnecessary dismissal' as Khawaja is caught for 82

  3. Postpublished at 07:58 GMT 17 December 2025

    Glenn McGrath
    Ex-Australia bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    Tomorrow is definitely the day to bat. Tomorrow is the key and England have to bat all day. They have to get 450-500 in this first innings.

  4. Postpublished at 07:57 GMT 17 December 2025

    Steven Finn
    Former England fast bowler on TNT Sports

    I think from an England perspective, very happy. Losing the toss and being asked to bowl in these conditions, on what is typically the best batting surface in Australia.

    To have taken those eight wickets on day one, England will be very happy.

  5. 'Trying not to tear up'published at 07:57 GMT 17 December 2025

    Australia's Alex Carey: "It was great to be out there with Mitch. A decent day's cricket. The crowd 56,000 in Adelaide it is pretty special. To make hundred here in front of home fans and family was special. I guess as well I was looking to the heavens.

    "Trying not to tear up, but it was great. Mum, brother, sister, the kids. It was a great moment.

    "Dad played the biggest role in my career. Coached me all the way through, as dads want to do. He let me go once I got into my older teenage years, but was always there to message and say, "Put the reverse sweep away!" It was great. I won't go into too much depth, but it was a special moment for myself and the family, I reckon."On the day's play: "Went out there in a little sticky situation. Lost two straight after lunch to build a partnership with Usman. We know how quality he is. Never good losing such a quality player in Steve Smith early in the day for Usman to come out when I guess there's been a lot spoken about him. His record speaks for himself and that was a quality 80."To be eight down over 300 on day one is not a bad situation. Hopefully, we can keep scoring runs in the morning then our bowlers can go to work."On the crowd cheering his name: "I didn't hear it that is how much I get in the zone out there. That is very special. It would have been nice to go deeper and see it through tonight. Mitch is playing well and Gaz [Nathan Lyon] was really good there and chipped away. It would be nice to push over 350 in the morning."Today by getting out just over a hundred, you want that big score. The game is always presenting opportunities to learn from, and I feel like I'm learning little bits as I go along."

  6. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 07:55 GMT 17 December 2025

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    So, would have Bashir conceded less? Jacks needs to make up with the bat.

    Kevin, Brighton

  7. Postpublished at 07:53 GMT 17 December 2025

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC Chief Cricket Commentator on Test Match Special

    David Saker is the coach and you have got to come out and say stuff.

    100 runs given away in 20 overs [from Will Jacks] in a game that England desperately need to win.

    I am surprised Ben Stokes bowled Jacks so much.

  8. Postpublished at 07:51 GMT 17 December 2025

    Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    You don't have to try to get a wicket, you just have to be there or there abouts. Let that pressure build on the incoming Australia batsmen and England didn't do that for my kind of money.

    Will Jacks has not had the work in his legs. Where is your groove? You can't find your groove because there is not one there.

  9. 'The series is still alive'published at 07:49 GMT 17 December 2025

    More from England's bowling coach David Saker, speaking to Test Match Special about Will Jacks: “Jacksy has been performing pretty well. I thought he bowled quite well today. It is never easy for a spinner to bowl that many overs in a cricket match – I thought he did a good job.

    On Jofra Archer: "He seems to be getting better as the series good which is important and good for us looking forward.

    "That was impressive, hopefully he can come out and get his fifer tomorrow."

    On momentum from the first day: “I think Test match cricket just keeps pulling those things up. If you take your foot off the pedal for one minute something will end up biting you.

    “350 plus would be a decent score. I'd aim for 320 and we would take that.

    “The Australians are never easy to beat. We haven't been that far off. The scorecard might indicate that, but I don’t think we have been far off. The series is still alive.

    “Get a win and things can change.

    “We need a good batting performance. The game will be won by us if we have a really good first innings. I think the wicket will play better tomorrow than it did today."

  10. Postpublished at 07:44 GMT 17 December 2025

    Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    Little bit of a head scratch. If you're thinking down that route then you go with your proper spinner. If you think Will Jacks is playing a major part - why haven't you got a proper spinner in?

  11. 'Impressive the way we responded'published at 07:42 GMT 17 December 2025

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    'Unnecessary dismissal' as Khawaja is caught for 82

    England's bowling coach David Saker, speaking to Test Match Special: "Pretty tough day as far as the heat, the way wicket was pretty flat. I was really impressed with the way we went about it. Jof was good with the new ball.

    "We got here about eight o'clock in the morning, and it was very hot then. Again, that is one of the impressive things that the boys kept coming. I thought Jacksy [Will Jacks] did a great job holding up one end and the quicks did a good job from the other."It was really impressive the way we responded after two loses. It is only day one and there is still a lot of cricket left."That's the thing you probably need to see two teams bat and bowl on it before you make much of a comment. The heat is a factor, so I'm not sure it was moving around too much."

  12. Postpublished at 07:40 GMT 17 December 2025

    Graeme Swann
    Ex-England spinner on TNT Sports

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    Tongue bowls Inglis for 32 as ball is played on to stumps

    Eight wickets on that pitch on day one is perfect. Obviously England need to turn up tomorrow morning and do the job, get those last two wickets.

    But I firmly believe on that pitch, which is a very good batting pitch, 450 or 500 minimum is going to win you the Test match.

    So England have bowled themselves into a position where they will bat on day two and three, which are the best batting days on this pitch.

  13. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 07:38 GMT 17 December 2025

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    A fairly even day in the end although Australia will be very disappointed. Spin causing some problems on day one, so I dread to think what Lyon will do come England's second innings.

    Paul, Northamptonshire

  14. 'Need to make sure technology works better'published at 07:36 GMT 17 December 2025

    More from England bowling coach David Saker on TNT Sports...

    On Will Jacks selection over specialist spinner: "That's above my pay grade but it was definitely discussed.

    "But with the way our batting the way it has been, just adding a little bit more strength to the batting and Will's been bowling really well in training.

    "I thought he performed really well today, I think they made the right call."

    On Josh Tongue: "He's a different sort of cat. He's hard to line up against, particularly for the right-handers. He challenged the batters really well all day.

    "Hopefully he can get another crack at them in the morning and we can knock these last two over quickly."

    On Alex Carey Snicko incident: "There was obviously a spike but it was either really early or late.

    "Our boys are really confident he hit, Jamie Smith behind the stumps is not the sort of guy who would be like that unless he thought that.

    "But you've got the technology. We're pretty confident he hit but he'd be the person to be asking. He did look guilty.

    "That's the technology and I think they need to make sure it's working better than it did. Even the the Patty Cummins one, there seemed to some timings out."

  15. Postpublished at 07:33 GMT 17 December 2025

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC Chief Cricket Commentator on Test Match Special

    I am concerned about the Snicko. We have had a number of incidents where the Snicko has not been good enough.

    There is definitely an issue with that software.

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    Carey survives England review for caught behind appeal as Snicko shows phantom spike

  16. 'Jofra had a point to prove'published at 07:31 GMT 17 December 2025

    England bowling coach David Saker on TNT Sports: "I thought it was a good performance from our bowlers.

    "It's never easy day one in Adelaide so the boys toiled away. I thought it was a really good effort."

    On Jofra Archer: "I think he had a point to prove and I thought he sustained his pace today and really attacked the stumps well. A good performed but I thought it was backed up by everybody.

    "I thought Will Jacks did a pretty job."

    On bowling performance: "We haven't really panicked. We think we've had stints where we've been really good. In Brisbane, that first innings we had stints when we were quite poor with the ball.

    "But we know what we needed to do. We need to get the ball in a challenging area for long periods of time. Bowling is not rocket science. It's about getting the ball in the right areas enough time.

    "We mixed our lengths too much in Brisbane and we got back to a pretty good length today. I thought we were threatening for good periods of time."

  17. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 07:29 GMT 17 December 2025

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    Considering how flat and slow the pitch was. I’d say England have bowled pretty well. They’ll be move the moon after being asked to field.

    Nick, Melbourne

  18. Postpublished at 07:26 GMT 17 December 2025

    Graeme Swann
    Ex-England spinner on TNT Sports

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    Archer dismisses Labuschagne and Green in first over after lunch interval

    Jofra Archer, after the criticism he received after Brisbane - which I thought was harsh at the time - he's bowled brilliantly today.

    He's been aggressive, he's been at the batsmen and conceded less than 30 runs in a day with three wickets to his name.

    He's been exceptional.

  19. Postpublished at 07:24 GMT 17 December 2025

    Glenn McGrath
    Ex-Australia bowler on BBC Test Match Special

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    Smith takes easy catch from Weatherald as Australia lose first wicket

    There wasn't enough consistency in England's bowling, but they got the wickets.

    The way Jofra Archer got Jake Weatherald out was a good piece of bowling.

    Again, a lot of talk about bowling with consistency, patience, expecting plans. I don't know if they can execute as well as they would like to.

  20. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 07:21 GMT 17 December 2025

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    Brook drops Khawaja on five off the bowling of Tongue

    Went to bed soon after Khawaja was dropped. Can't help but feel that was a big moment. We could have knocked Australia over for under 300. Still a chance tomorrow!

    Dan, London