The Ashes live scores: Follow the latest from Day 2 of the Third Test from Adelaide Oval

There’ll be more analaysis to come at thewest.com.au but this is goodbye from the blog for now.

We’ll be back from 7:30am tomorrow to see if England can hang in this series for a while longer yet.

Here’s the best of the action from day two.

The Ashes are not yet dead as England survive to live another day thanks to a gritty knock from Ben Stokes and big swings from Jofra Archer.

But on a pitch that was supposed to be a road Australia have praised out 8 wickets 158 runs still in front and will look to bat England out of the game and series if they can knock over the last two wickets quickly.

Nathan Lyon made a stunning return while Pat Cummins was the pick of the bowlers with 3-54 though it was a team effort to keep it tight all day.

Only Harry Brook offered any meaningful resistance to Stokes who once again stands alone.

Ben Stokes is feeling it out there hobbling around.

Lyon to bowl.

Stokes is back and defending.

Lyon comes over the wicket as Stokes pads up.

Over the top defending.

Switches back to around the wicket.

Defends off the front foot.

Last ball full and blokced and Stokes and Archer survive.

Field set for the short ball, and Archer isn’t going to back down as he drops just short of a diving Labuschagne and beats him to go for four.

The partnership up to 40 now as England trail by 163

England tick the score past 200, for the loss of 8. The Barmy Army give the milestone a nice ovation!

The partnership is now worth 32.

Ben Stokes is the only man this series to have carved out multiple innings facing 100+ deliveries.

He’s now 39 off 129, having faced 152 during his second-innings knock in Brisbane.

England have crept to 8-197, still 174 behind Australia’s total. There’s half an hour left before stumps.

Archer’s up for the fight early in his innings. He’s faced 22 balls and has found a couple of boundaries for his 18.

Meanwhile, here’s our wrap on the Test’s DRS controversy that is threatening to overshadow Australia’s domination with the ball...

Not that it would have been enforced, but the Poms have avoided the prospect of the follow-on.

Archer crisply cuts Starc behind point for four to reduce that deficit underneath 200.

Somewhat surprisingly, Starc’s the only one of the five Aussie bowlers who’s yet to take a wicket. He’s got 0-39 from his 10.

We’ve got 60 minutes until stumps. Will the tourists live to bat out the day?

It’s been a nightmare effort with the bat once again. Everything set up in their favour: Flat deck, super-hot conditions, a long batting order with Jacks at 8. But they’ve melted down once more, with only 45 from Brook and the current unbeaten 32 from Stokes of any note.

Incidentally, Stokes is now hobbling a little between the wickets. May be struggling with cramp in the conditions. He’s been there for 116 deliveries.