Australia (371 & 349) beat England (286 & 352) by 82 runs to seal unassailable 3-0 Ashes lead in five-match series

[The Bald Eagle]

Australia head into the Adelaide Oval with a commanding 2‑0 lead in the Ashes 2025‑26 series, having won both Perth and Brisbane Tests by identical eight‑wicket margins. Steve Smith has twice hit the winning runs, while Michael Neser’s maiden five‑wicket haul sealed the Gabba victory.

England, now seventh in the WTC table with a PCT of 30.95, must respond to avoid conceding the series early. The hosts remain undefeated in the WTC27 cycle, holding a perfect record across five matches.

=======

All posters, please take note of the following guidelines for match threads on PakPassion:

1. No personal insults at other posters, players, officials, coaching staff, etc.

2. No making fun of players', officials', or coaching staff's names.

3. Do not add any references to media, their social media, or post any pictures or screenshots from other sports websites.

4. Stick to commenting on this match. There is no need to bring other countries into the match discussion, as there are plenty of other threads where those discussions can be added.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Go Root go, score another century...or as many runs as you can

 

[Devadwal]

Go Root go, score another century...or as many runs as you can

Can temu Tendulkar win a test in Australia? Definitely not

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Can temu Tendulkar win a test in Australia? Definitely not

Hahah ....I am more concerned about his stat padding lol

 

[Devadwal]

Hahah ....I am more concerned about his stat padding lol

Yes he is a statpaddler, softy player.

 

[Ab Fan]

Root will play 200 tests, score 15,920 runs and retire as second leading run scorer of all time. He will announce his retirement before the match only and as a result will end up at 15,920 figure.

 

[Marshland]

Going to chime in early with a prediction: The Poms will be at the losing end of the stick by Day 3.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

So after all that lip-service by Stokes about what an important part of the side Shoaib Bashir is, he is yet again being left out of the playing XI. Why did they even take him to Australia in the first place? to carry the drinks?

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Going to chime in early with a prediction: The Poms will be at the losing end of the stick by Day 3.

At this point, I reckon the only thing up for debate is whether England will lose the match inside 3 days or 4 days.

 

[RexRex]

I want to see Eng win, nobody wants to see two dead rubber tests through New Year.

Ben Stokes should stop living on THAT one innings and finally bring the goods .

 

[Nikhil_cric]

All the Shield games at Adelaide this year have been won by teams batting second.

Think Australia might actually bowl first if grass length is 6mm or more

 

[harshjoshi87]

England will trash Australia in this test match at Adelaide Oval and keep BAZBALL alive.

 

[nish_mate]

Go on Ozzies rub it in the face of all those summer of '25 England fans

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Seen Kerry O Keefe say Smith is out of the match.

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Khawaja Bhai is back

 

[jnaveen1980]

Khawaja seriously? You might as well play Mitch Marsh.

 

[sweep_shot]

Find of the tournament: Weatherald.

 

[sweep_shot]

AUS - 15/0 (3.5 overs).

English bowlers are being pretty benign. Too easy for the batters.

 

[sweep_shot]

AUS - 29/0 (6 overs).

Aggressive stuff.

 

[sweep_shot]

Archer gets Weatherald.

AUS - 33/1 (8.2 overs).

 

[Romali_rotti]

England on the way, Khawaja won't score much will be 3 down any minute.

 

[sweep_shot]

Another wicket. Head is gone.

AUS - 37/2 (11 overs).

 

[CricVet]

You are lagging

 

[sweep_shot]

You are lagging

A bit of a lag. Yes.

 

[CricVet]

3rd...but khawaja srrvives

 

[sweep_shot]

AUS - 94/2 (24 overs).

Lunch break.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Road pitch as expected. No carry. Bazball friendly pitch in other words

 

[sweep_shot]

Usman Khawaja is on 41*. Can he score a century?

 

[Nikhil_cric]

All the Shield games at Adelaide this year have been won by teams batting second.

Think Australia might actually bowl first if grass length is 6mm or more

Looks like it was a poor decision to bat first. This is a bowl first pitch

 

[Romali_rotti]

Archer beast

 

[LegendAli]

Tongue? At least in our culture we respect Surnames and name our family accordingly.

The English culture make a mockery out of Surnames.

 

[Devadwal]

Green is not interested to play in Ashes after mega IPL contract.

 

[sweep_shot]

Tongue? At least in our culture we respect Surnames and name our family accordingly.

The English culture make a mockery out of Surnames.

Some unusual names of English cricketers.

Phil Salt
Graham Onions
Tim Mustard
Tongue

 

[sweep_shot]

AUS - 109/4 (30 overs).

Good comeback from England.

 

[sweep_shot]

AUS - 116/4 (32 overs).

Khawaja is still there. He is on 48*.

 

[daytrader]

Fifty for Khawaja just when his career seemed over. Well played champion

 

[sweep_shot]

Fifty for Khawaja just when his career seemed over. Well played champion

Khawaja is on 59* now.

AUS - 142/4 (35 overs).

 

[nish_mate]

Bengali statpadding his post count count with meaningless score updates.... As if none of us have got access to scores.

 

[Romali_rotti]

Is there any reason why Bashir was not selected for this match ? @DeadlyVenom

 

[nish_mate]

Is there any reason why Bashir was not selected for this match ? @DeadlyVenom

Chap's not even selected for his county team iirc.... absolute passenger on this tour. Cherry picked for Ashes and not playing.

 

[BouncerGuy]

England's poor fielding costing them a lot of runs

 

[jnaveen1980]

Pitch is pretty benign. But as per Mark waugh pitch is very dry looks lke 3rd day morning pitch

 

[jnaveen1980]

Khawaja is making most of the life he got

 

[sweep_shot]

Pitch is pretty benign. But as per Mark waugh pitch is very dry looks lke 3rd day morning pitch

Mark Waugh probably understands pitch better than you do.

Mark Waugh played 128 Tests. How many Tests have you played?

 

[sweep_shot]

AUS - 183/4 (45.4 overs).

Good recovery. They were 94/4 at one stage.

 

[Devadwal]

Jack's is bowling like a odi spell and field is also spread.

 

[Devadwal]

Stokes is going to take Khawaja wicket

 

[sweep_shot]

Khawaja is on 82*. Looking good for a big hundred.

 

[Devadwal]

Khawaja is on 82*. Looking good for a big hundred.

Khawaja gone. A early Christmas gift for England

 

[sweep_shot]

Khawaja is on 82*. Looking good for a big hundred.

Khawaja is out on 82. No century for him.

AUS - 185/5.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Will jacks did the trick

 

[Romali_rotti]

Chap's not even selected for his county team iirc.... absolute passenger on this tour. Cherry picked for Ashes and not playing.

I felt he wouldve beeb affective in Adelaide.

 

[Devadwal]

England needs to bundled Aussie around 270

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Unnecessary from Khawaja. Easier to bat against 40+ overs kookaburra. Just threw it away after all that hard work

 

[sweep_shot]

England needs to bundled Aussie around 270

England may get bundled out for 200 due to stupid Bazball.

But, I hope Root will score big so that he can break Tendu Pendu's record. That's the only thing I am interested in.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Almost all the wickets were due to loose shots more than good balls.

 

[Devadwal]

England may get bundled out for 200 due to stupid Bazball.

But, I hope Root will score big so that he can break Tendu Pendu's record. That's the only thing I am interested in.

Your whole life is revolving around india.

 

[sweep_shot]

Unnecessary from Khawaja. Easier to bat against 40+ overs kookaburra. Just threw it away after all that hard work

Yes. He threw it away.

Modern day batters seem very impatient. I blame T20, IPL etc.

Art of batting has been destroyed.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Yes. He threw it away.

Modern day batters seem very impatient. I blame T20, IPL etc.

Art of batting has been destroyed.

Khawaja does not play T20 cricket

 

[daytrader]

Khawaja is out on 82. No century for him.

AUS - 185/5.

Nazar laga di humary larke ko

 

[sweep_shot]

AUS - 194/5 (50 overs).

Need to reach 350-400 to give bowlers something to defend.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Your whole life is revolving around india.

WHen it comes to cricket illiteracy nobody can beat Bangla fans lol CLUeless ball knowledge.

 

[daytrader]

Nazar laga di humary larke ko

@sweepshot just pulling your leg. It was a good innings as Khawaja showed his mental strength staging a comeback in a position he usually doesn't play.

 

[sweep_shot]

Khawaja does not play T20 cricket

He plays in BBL. He also played in other T20 leagues.

Batting quality has gone down worldwide. I blame BCCICC, T20, and IPL.

 

[sweep_shot]

@sweepshot just pulling your leg. It was a good innings as Khawaja showed his mental strength staging a comeback in a position he usually doesn't play.

All good.

He indeed played well. Australia could've been in big trouble without his innings (no Smith in this Test either).

 

[jnaveen1980]

Road pitch. Australia just gifted the wickets. Very careless shots.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Lyon will have a massive say on this wicket.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Not sure the Aussies need both Inglis and Carey. Push Green to #6 and Carey to #7 and get Renshaw into that middle order maybe

 

[Nikhil_cric]

He plays in BBL. He also played in other T20 leagues.

Batting quality has gone down worldwide. I blame BCCICC, T20, and IPL.

You can blame whoever you want but Khawaja has hardly played T20 cricket since his comeback to Test cricket, even in BBL

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Not sure the Aussies need both Inglis and Carey. Push Green to #6 and Carey to #7 and get Renshaw into that middle order maybe

Just not good enough is Josh Inglis.

 

[harshjoshi87]

England should close out this innings quickly.

 

[harshjoshi87]

Just not good enough is Josh Inglis.

Inglis got a hundred on debut. He is better batsman than Carey. Carey plays well only against lowly ranked teams.

 

[harshjoshi87]

England should have picked left arm spinner M Hartley on this tour, Hartley was exceptional in India in 2024. Off-spinners don't work in Australia unless your name is Lyon or Ashwin.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Inglis got a hundred on debut. He is better batsman than Carey. Carey plays well only against lowly ranked teams.

Carey is a far superior keeper. Inglis not good enough as a pure batsman

 

[jnaveen1980]

Carey is a far superior keeper. Inglis not good enough as a pure batsman

Carey is a better batsman too. He is the highest run getter for Australia in 2025. He averages 50. Also almost all his runs came in crunch situations. Low base Inglis has a lot of holes you can exploit.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Looks not out tbh

https://twitter.com/x/status/2001163355176731119

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

Is there any reason why Bashir was not selected for this match ? @DeadlyVenom

Yeah, he is mediocre.

 

[Devadwal]

From 98-4 to 316-7. England missed the another apportunity. Don't forget Australia is playing without Smith.

 

[Sachin fan]

Looks not out tbh

https://twitter.com/x/status/2001163355176731119

They were focusing on the first spike but there seems to be another murmur when ball was underneath the bat, could have been an under edge

 

[Romali_rotti]

Eng seems determined to prove me wrong about the outcome of this match; poor fielding, poor catching. They should have been batting atleast 25 overs ago....