The Ashes: Live coverage of Day 3 of the second Test between Australia and England at the Gabba live
Australia are hunting wickets under the cover of night-time as they continue to grind England down. Stay across the latest from the day-night Test here.
Cricket: Australia moved into a strong position after some poor Egnland bowling and worst fielding on day two but left the door open with their own brain fades on day two.
They lead by 44 runs, with Alex Carey and Michael Neser having the chance to bat England out of the match and potentially the series but England will hope they can run through the tail.
Stay across the latest from the day-night Test at the Gabba here.
Key events
06 Dec 2025 - 07:35 PM
Stumps
06 Dec 2025 - 07:18 PM
Starc gets Smith!
06 Dec 2025 - 07:02 PM
Boland does Brook with review drama!
06 Dec 2025 - 06:45 PM
Root goes, massive moment!
06 Dec 2025 - 06:17 PM
Crawley goes!
06 Dec 2025 - 05:57 PM
WICKET Pope c+b Neser 26
06 Dec 2025 - 05:11 PM
WICKET Duckett b Boland 15
06 Dec 2025 - 04:43 PM
Dinner ENG 0-45 Trail by 132
06 Dec 2025 - 04:18 PM
England have survived the first over!
06 Dec 2025 - 04:06 PM
END OF INNINGS
06 Dec 2025 - 04:03 PM
GONE AUSTRALIA ALL OUT 511. Lead by 177
06 Dec 2025 - 03:47 PM
Australia bring up 500
06 Dec 2025 - 03:40 PM
Pat Cummins speaks on Lyon’s omission.
06 Dec 2025 - 03:31 PM
WICKET Starc c Stokes b Carse 77
06 Dec 2025 - 02:47 PM
50 for Mitch Starc
06 Dec 2025 - 02:07 PM
TEA AUS 8-450 lead by 116
06 Dec 2025 - 02:05 PM
Australia reach 450
06 Dec 2025 - 12:46 PM
OUT Carey c Smith b Atkinson 63
06 Dec 2025 - 12:13 PM
WICKET Neser ct Smith b Stokes 16
06 Dec 2025 - 12:11 PM
50 for Alex Carey
Jake Santa Maria is reporting live.
Australia bring up 500
Jacks continues as Doggett pushes a single into the offside.
Boland flicks one around the corner.
FOUR! Short wide and Doggett rocks back to crack a cut shot through point for a boundary. Australia pass 500 with the lead up to 168.
First boundary in Test cricket for the No.11
Pat Cummins speaks on Lyon’s omission.
The veteran off-spinner was livid for being left out of this match.
“I think most players that miss out are disappointed,” Cummins told Fox Cricket.
“Two Test matches ago in the West Indies, Nathan missed out as well. Pink-ball game, it was a similar scenario. It is quite a different format.
“I daresay as it gets later and further under lights, spin won’t really play a factor in the third session, so there’s just less windows for spin bowling in pink-ball cricket, I reckon.
“I’m not a selector, but I daresay he’ll be back out there at Adelaide Oval.”
112th Over: AUS 9-495
Boland squirts a single off Jack’s out to point as the lead goes to 160.
Beaten. Doggett lucky not to edge that.
Gets a single off the inside edge.
111th Over: AUS 9-439
Doggett to the crease as Carse could end up with one of the least deserving five-wicket hauls in Test history.
Runs! Flicked around the corner and he’s off the mark with two.
Shadows almost fully across the ground now.
BEATEN! Just misses the outside edge.
WICKET Starc c Stokes b Carse 77
Finally, relief for England as Starc’s swipe pops it up into the cover region.Stokes and Duckett almost make a meal of it running int each other, but Stokes holds on.
End of a magnificent innings
110th Over: AUS 8-491
Starc got his right elbow cecked out after getting hit by Carse’s throw at the end of teh last over but he’s ok.
Sees of the first three balls of Jacks and then pushes a single.
Boland blocks the rest. The partnership is 75.
109th Over: AUS 8-490
BANG! Full and Starc drives on the up and wide of mid-off to move into the 70s.
Australia’s lead goes to 150.
Short but too short and that’s a wide.
FOUR MORE. Over mid-on this time! There was a man there but cleared him easily.
Rush of blood as he plays across the line and is beaten.
Quick single off the last and he keeps the strike
108th Over: AUS 8-480
Jacks drops short, and Starc cuts away for one.
Beats Boland again as he tries to push into the offside.
One from it
107th Over: AUS 8-479
Starc cuts to deep third but turns down the single.
Same again next ball.
Thrashed away to deep point as he takes the single to move to 66 his highest Test score against England.
Boland swerves away from the short ball.
Starc has scored 1,397 runs at No.9 the most ever in Test history while he also leads the batting and bowling averages for the series.
106th Over: AUS 8-478
Jacks to Boland and he beats the outside edge.
Beauty! Turns beats the outside edge and just misses the stumps.
Boland defends the next to survive but that was a probing over.
