England beaten to lose another Ashes in Australia

Adelaide Oval, day five of the third Ashes Test

Australia 371: Carey 106, Archer 5-53 &amp, 349: Head 170, Tongue 4-70

England 286: Stokes 83, Boland 3-45 &amp, 352: Crawley 85, Cummins 3-48

Australia won the series by 82 runs to take the lead of five games.

As yet another Ashes match in Australia was lost in three Tests, England’s Bazball project is in disarray.

On the fifth day of their third Test in Adelaide, the visitors went 3-0 up and extended their winless streak to 18 matches.

A 40-minute rain shower, England’s Jamie Smith and Will Jacks, and hamstring injury to Nathan Lyon caused delays for Australia.

Smith hit Mitchell Starc in the face, and he had 60. After battling past lunch for his 47, Jacks edged the same bowler to first-choice, where Marnus Labuschagne once more captured a stunning catch.

England’s misery lasted for 14 years and counting when Josh Tongue defeated Scott Boland to take the match against Labuschagne.

England’s intended goal was to finally compete in Australia, one of the most highly anticipated Ashes in recent memory.

Instead, it has turned out to be the worst tour in recent memory, leaving doubts about the futures of captain Ben Stokes, head coach Brendon McCullum, and cricket director Rob Key.

England must now find a solution in either Melbourne or Sydney to avoid the humiliating result of a 5-0 clean sweep. They have only 11 days left to win the Ashes.

England have lost its first three Tests on an Ashes tour for the fourth time in a row. It will be 12 years since England won the previous Ashes match in 2027 when Australia travel to the United States.

Who will be in charge of England at the time? It will be up for a lot of discussion. Up until the end of that series, Stokes and McCullum have contracts. Key is likely under more pressure than either of the two men in theory, but he has the upper hand.

The Australians, who had the series openers with questions about selection and squad age, are delighted with this victory.

Steve Smith is not in Adelaide, Josh Hazlewood is out for the entire series, and Captain Pat Cummins missed the first two Tests.

McCullum claimed the Ashes could “define” the group while Stokes claimed this tour was a chance for his England team to “create history.”

England will be viewed as losers in this nation because of how tightly connected their history is with that of all the other Ashes tourists who are being humbled beneath.

Australia’s hard-nosed, ruthless, and relentless Test cricket has exposed the Bazball ideology. Despite a 2-2 draw in the UK two years ago, there was always suspicion, even mockery, in this nation’s play. Australia’s position has been proven.

England’s selection, preparation, and method were all found to be subpar. This tour will be remembered for bringing disdain to warm-up games, a vacation in Noosa, and Stokes talking about “weak men” in his dressing room.

England improved in Adelaide despite making too many errors despite their own failure in the first two Tests.

Usman Khawaja was dropped on the first morning of the game, and Ollie Pope and Harry Brook both committed poor shots in the first and second innings, respectively. The Alex Carey Snicko controversy was ultimately lost on England’s defense.

It appears that the embarrassing 5-0 situation can be avoided. Although Jacob Bethell, a 22-year-old man still a first-class 100, is England’s only reserve batter, Pope will undoubtedly be excluded from the fourth Test in Melbourne.

Shoaib Bashir looks unaffordable and was chosen to be England’s first-choice spinner. The two seamers who haven’t played in this series, Matthew Potts and Matthew Fisher, would need both if other bowlers were available and fit.

Australia was described as aging, inflicted by injuries, and struggling to adjust to their first partnership.

If Travis Head had not been chosen to start in the first Test match against Khawaja for the second innings of the first Test in Perth, might things have turned out differently. One of the greatest Ashes moments was Head’s match-winning century, which gave Australia unquenchable momentum.

In the first two Tests, Starc’s bowling nearly completely destroyed England, covering for Hazlewood and Cummins. One of the best glovework exhibitions a wicketkeeper has seen in a single series is being put together by Carey.

Cummins’ back injury put him at risk of missing the series, but he recovered quickly enough to play again in Adelaide. The captain was outstanding despite not bowling a ball since July.

They will now aim to join the three other Australian teams that have annihilated the English with a 5-0 victory in what will undoubtedly be their final home matches.

England was 228 shy of completing the most successful chase in Test history with a score of 207-6. Although the Adelaide Oval was only one-third full, admission fees were lowered.

Before the rain broke, Smith had two sixes over the leg side, and Jacks had to be concerned when he rolled his ankle in a single.

Smith and Lyon both continued to attack with quick drives following the restart, and they are now doubtful for the rest of the series because of a diving stop on the fine-leg boundary.

Smith drove Cummins over his head to make his first Ashes half-century when Australia attempted a shot too many at Starc before taking the second new ball. A fine catch was reversed by Cummins in mid-on to put an end to a 91-wicket stand.

In Brydon Carse, Jacks found a willing ally for a partnership of 52. After eating lunch, Starc returned and, for the second time in the match, Labuschagne swooped to his left to claim a sensational one-handed grab.