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

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Pat Cummins and the Aussies discuss an appeal decision with the umpire.
Pat Cummins and the Aussies discuss an appeal decision with the umpire. Credit: Robert Cianflone/Getty Images

Cricket: Day 1 in Adelaide had no shortage of talking points - so what will Day 2 bring?

Australia resume at 8-326, but it could have been a better position for England had a DRS error not gone against them to help Alex Carey notch a ton.

The tourists will be looking to wrap up two quick wickets and then bat for a long chunk of time - in forecast 37C heat - to put the pressure back on the home side.

Relive the day in our blog below!

4th Over - ENG 0-21

FOUR! On the pads and Duckett flicks four to square leg.

Close! Cummins nibbles away from Duckett’s drive to beat the edge.

CREAMED! Antoher cover drive from Duckett as Cummins over pitches. A strong start from this pair.

Close! Wider and Duckett drives and inside edges just past his own stumps.

Ben Duckett of England bats during day two
Ben Duckett of England bats during day two Credit: Getty Images

3rd Over - ENG 0-12

Duckett flashes at another wide ball.

FOUR! Width and Duckett smashes another boundary through the covers.

On the pads and Duckett works a single fine.

Cummins to bowl his first of the summer

He’ll need to lead from the front in the searing heat.

Crawley bunts another single into the legside. Cummins operating in the high 130kphs.

EDGE! But just short of third slip with Cummins going across Duckett.

FOUR! Duckett punches off the back foot through the covers for England’s first boundary.

A single to mid-off to finish. ENG 0-7

Here we go

Starc with the new ball with Crawley on strike.

And he’s off the mark straight away drop and running a single into the legside.

Three slips and a gully, mid-on, mid-off in place.

Leading edge off Duckett! But it’s on the bounce to Lyon at point.

Flash and miss! Short and moves away as Duckett goes to cut and almost catches the edge.

Beaten! Angling in seaming away to beat Duckett’s edge.

Duckett keeps out the last and Egnladn survive the first over.

All Over

Archer gets one on the stumps and Lyon plays around a straight one to be pinned on the back leg.

He reviews because why not but it’s umpires call on hitting the stumps and Archer gets a fourth five for as Australia all out for 371.

It looks unders given the way the tail batted this morning, can England’s Bazballers finally get it together?

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Important runs

The Aussies have now added a quickfire 38 for the morning - in just 22 minutes - as Boland finds three brisk boundaries (including a streaky edge over the slips cordon).

It’s been a disappointing start from the tourists on such an important day for them. 9-364 is the total.

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350 up

Scott Boland’s off the mark with a little nudge into the leg side, and it’s now 9-350.

Ricky Ponting is taking aim at England’s standards with the ball and in the field on Seven’s broadcast, saying they’ve been super sloppy to open the day. Loose bowling, relaxed fielding, not up to scratch.

Archer had speeds in the mid 130s for his first over before revving it up a little after that, with he and captain Ben Stokes engaged in multiple conversations of a somewhat animated nature.

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Starc OUT

That’s it and that’s all for the Starc run-fest this morning!

Archer gets one to jag back in and it clips the top of Starc’s leg stump.

He goes for an entertaining 54 - including 21 added in just 10 minutes this morning - and it’s now 9-348.

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Boundary-fest!

Starc is BLAZING to start the morning!

He peels off two more fours through the offside off the bowling of Brydon Carse, and suddenly he’s then nudging a single to bring up his 50!

The left-hander signals to the crowd as Seven’s Ricky Ponting blasts England for not being ‘on’ from the opening moments this morning.

It’s 8-344, with 18 runs coming in the first two overs.

Mitchell Starc was on the move early on Day 2.
Mitchell Starc was on the move early on Day 2. Credit: Getty Images
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Australia 8-334

Starc punishes a wide one with Archer’s second ball of the day, slashing it through a vacant backward point region for the first boundary.

Three balls later, he’s on the drive, and the new ball races away to the cover rope.

Eight runs off the first over and Archer punished for being a little sloppy.

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