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Nearly four years of Ashes planning was left in smouldering ruins on Thursday as England buckled under the heat and the pressure at Adelaide Oval to lurch towards a series-deciding defeat in the third test against Australia.

With a stern-faced Stokes wheeling out a steady supply of forward defensives to buy his bowlers a night off, Boland prised out Will Jacks and Brydon Carse. Archer made a lively 30no as he offered Stokes some belated support but Australia's lead of 158 retained an ominous feel.

Jofra Archer dismissed Mitchell Starc for a well-made 54 and No. 11 Nathan Lyon to restrict Australia to 371 and complete a five-wicket haul to keep England in the Ashes contest

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Ben Stokes struggled in the Adelaide heat and Cameron Ponsonby reports on how Ollie Pope’s tortured innings was part of another England collapse to remove any lingering doubt about a series of great o