8.18pm We are minutes away from official sunset in Adelaide, but the sun has long since set on England's hopes in this game. Can they find the resolve to dig in through the dusk and keep this series alive? That final hour was contemptuous from Australia, runs galore as the lower-order climbed into a toiling attack. Labuschagne, Warner and Smith provide some 300 of the team's runs, the tail serve up the rest. Alex will be back shortly for the main event of this second day...
JA Richardson c †Buttler b Woakes 9 (9m 3b 0x4 1x6) SR: 300.00
END OF OVER:150 | 15 Runs 1 Wkt | AUS: 463/8
- Mitchell Starc38 (38b)
- Jhye Richardson0 (0b)
- Ben Stokes25-2-113-3
- Chris Woakes23-6-93-0
Vinay: "Australia run rate goes past 3 for the first time this innings " Indeed. England's bowling-dry tactic backfires when they can't take their chances...
MG Neser c Broad b Stokes 35 (44m 24b 5x4 1x6) SR: 145.83
END OF OVER:149 | 8 Runs | AUS: 448/7
- Mitchell Starc24 (33b)
- Michael Neser35 (23b)
- Chris Woakes23-6-93-0
- Ben Stokes24-2-98-2
Paul: "There seems to be something wrong, on a regular basis, with the mentality of the England bowlers. They bowl tight and accurately at the opposition top order and then completely lose control against the tail enders."
END OF OVER:148 | 7 Runs | AUS: 440/7
- Michael Neser34 (22b)
- Mitchell Starc18 (28b)
- Ben Stokes24-2-98-2
- Chris Woakes22-6-85-0
Bharath: "You were spot on about the storm Andrew"
John: "Neser has a domestic one day hundred and scored 481 runs at an average of 40 in Shield a couple of years ago, he is no ordinary tail ender!"