{"id":324764,"date":"2025-12-19T14:22:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T14:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/324764\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T14:22:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T14:22:08","slug":"ashes-2025-live-score-englands-hopes-in-tatters-as-travis-head-notches-century-to-give-australia-huge-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/324764\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashes 2025 live score: England\u2019s hopes in tatters as Travis Head notches century to give Australia huge lead"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Travis Head piles more misery on England as Australia edge closer to Ashes win<\/p>\n

Read the full story from day three:<\/p>\n

Lawrence Ostlere19 December 2025 10:02<\/p>\n

<\/a>‘Bashir still England’s No 1 spinner’<\/p>\n

Part-time spinner Will Jacks conceded 107 runs from 19 overs, taking just one wicket.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old all-rounder had also given up 105 runs in the first innings, and his displays have raised questions over England\u2019s decision to leave Shoaib Bashir out of the side on what was considered a more spin-friendly surface in Adelaide.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think he has bowled poorly,\u201d Patel said. \u201cThey\u2019ve played him very well. They\u2019ve used the crease, gone deep, charged down the pitch, used both sides of the wicket and looked to score.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve put him under pressure, which is probably what you would do against Jacks\u2019 spin, where it\u2019s not his frontline skill as such. I still believe Bashir is our number one guy and he does a fantastic job for us.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut in these conditions, it\u2019s horses for courses. With all four seamers firing and Jacks backing them up, I think that can work very well. It just didn\u2019t play out as well as I would have liked.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lawrence Ostlere19 December 2025 09:44<\/p>\n

<\/a>England need ‘something magical’ to save Ashes<\/p>\n

England will need to produce \u201csomething magical\u201d on day four of the third Ashes Test against Australia if they are to have any chance of turning the tide, according to the visitors\u2019 spin bowling coach Jeetan Patel.<\/p>\n

\u201cI still believe there\u2019s an opportunity for us. It won\u2019t be easy. We\u2019re going to need something magical,\u201d he told reporters.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I think it\u2019s about time we saw something magical from us. It\u2019s three games in, we\u2019ve thrown some punches but taken a lot, and I think it\u2019s about time now that, backed into a corner, we throw some haymakers back.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought some of the plans we chose today, and the way we executed at times, were fantastic, but they didn\u2019t quite go our way. We\u2019ve just got to hold the belief.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lawrence Ostlere19 December 2025 09:18<\/p>\n

<\/a>Day three: Australia on the brink of clinching Ashes<\/p>\n

He could not do so, but Carse forced one past Weatherald’s defences and picked him up for one, a decision that would have been overturned on DRS.<\/p>\n

Josh Tongue removed the out-of-sorts Marnus Labuschagne and Cameron Green, while Usman Khawaja nicked Jacks behind, but Head continued tucking in.<\/p>\n

There were a couple of nerves on 99, culminating in the tough chance he slashed to Brook, but Head soon launched Root over the top before kissing the turf.<\/p>\n

The last hour was easy pickings as he and Alex Carey milked a partnership of 122 against a flat attack.<\/p>\n

\"Head,Head, left, and Alex Carey have put Australia in control in Adelaide (Robbie Stephenson\/PA) (PA Wire)<\/p>\n

Lawrence Ostlere19 December 2025 08:50<\/p>\n

<\/a>Day three: Australia on the brink of clinching Ashes<\/p>\n

England started the day by adding 73 runs for their last two wickets, nudging their total up to 286 all out. Stokes, rendered strokeless by fatigue in the 40 degree heat of day two, was moving better in gentler temperatures on Friday morning and found good tempo with Archer.<\/p>\n

The number 10 batted with a better technique than several of his top-order team-mates, mostly in restrained fashion other than one big swing for six off Lyon. Both men passed 50, Archer for the first time in Test cricket, as the tourists for once enjoyed some positivity, but things changed when the second new ball arrived.<\/p>\n

Stokes sensed an opportunity to attack, but was bowled by Mitchell Starc between bat and pad with a belligerent century unclaimed.<\/p>\n

Archer followed when he nicked Scott Boland to slip, leaving England five overs to land a blow before lunch. <\/p>\n

Lawrence Ostlere19 December 2025 08:33<\/p>\n

<\/a>Day three: Australia on the brink of clinching Ashes<\/p>\n

As always, the very presence of Stokes provides some cause for hope, but there must be concerns over his body’s ability to cope with the demands he continues to place on it. He batted for five hours and 12 minutes for his dogged 83, which occupied 198 deliveries and included the slowest half-century of his career, and suffered from cramp and dehydration on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n

Tellingly, he did not bowl a single over in Australia’s second innings despite the desperation to remove Head. Archer was also used sparingly as the scoreboard ran away from England, putting their bowling resources under serious strain.<\/p>\n

Will Jacks tried again to fill the shoes of a senior international spinner, but was found wanting on a pitch that his masterful opposite number Nathan Lyon had thoroughly enjoyed. The all-rounder, better known for his batting than bowling, served up 19 overs for 107, with Joe Root chipping in with eight more.<\/p>\n

Lawrence Ostlere19 December 2025 08:22<\/p>\n

<\/a>Day three: Australia on the brink of clinching Ashes<\/p>\n

A battling stand of 106 from England’s warrior-like captain Ben Stokes and tailender Jofra Archer had kept the first-innings deficit down to 85, giving the slightest hint that a remarkable comeback might be possible.<\/p>\n

And when Brydon Carse removed Jake Weatherald lbw with his third ball, those slim chances ticked up another few percentage points. But Head took the game away with another excellent counter-punching knock at his home ground, where he now has four hundreds in his last four appearances.<\/p>\n

He was dropped on 99 by Harry Brook in the gully, a hard chance but another installment in an increasingly long list of drops, and ended the day dominant with 13 fours and two sixes.<\/p>\n

England are now fighting to avoid the ignominy of losing their biggest series in just 10 days of competitive cricket, an unwanted record that would beat the 11 days Nasser Hussain’s 2002-03 team managed against a vintage Australia.<\/p>\n

Lawrence Ostlere19 December 2025 08:15<\/p>\n

<\/a>Day three: Australia on the brink of clinching Ashes<\/p>\n

England inched closer to a humbling Ashes defeat as Australia’s accidental opener Travis Head scored his second century of the series.<\/p>\n

Head struck a match-winning hundred in the first Test at Perth after volunteering his services as an emergency stand-in and another vital ton on day three at the Adelaide Oval put his side in sight of an unassailable 3-0 lead.<\/p>\n

By stumps he had 142 not out in a score of 271 for four, leaving England 356 runs behind. Their eventual chase will surely dwarf the unforgettable 362 they made at Headingley in 2019, while their previous high of 332 on Australian soil is a distant memory.<\/p>\n

Lawrence Ostlere19 December 2025 08:04<\/p>\n

<\/a>Langer: Australia won’t declare<\/p>\n

Steven Finn has just been absolutely hammered by fellow pundits Justin Langer and Graeme Swann for suggesting Australia might declare tomorrow.<\/p>\n

Swann adds: \u201cThey\u2019ll make England bowl them out. You don\u2019t look at the forecast and go, let\u2019s give England a sniff at winning this game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Langer: \u201cWhy would they declare? They\u2019re 2-0 up in the Ashes. To be good blokes? No chance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Swann: \u201cThat\u2019s definitely right!\u201d<\/p>\n

Lawrence Ostlere19 December 2025 07:37<\/p>\n

<\/a>Lyon ‘loving’ his role in Australian team<\/p>\n

Nathan Lyon speaks to TNT Sports: \u201cVery happy with where we are at the moment. I\u2019d like a few more runs. Looking forward to the opportunity to get myself into the game.\u201d<\/p>\n

On beating Glenn McGrath\u2019s Test wicket tally: \u201cEveryone knows my history here with the Adelaide Oval, so to overtake one of my childhood heroes is pretty special.\u201d<\/p>\n

On keeping on playing: \u201cLoving it, loving my role within the Australian cricket room. The team\u2019s amazing, they are a great bunch of guys.\u201d<\/p>\n

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