Alex Carey and Usman Khawaja rescued Australia from a batting collapse. At the end of the first day of the third Ashes Test in Adelaide, Australia's score stands at 328–8. Wicketkeeper Carey scored a century (106). At 72 runs, there was a strong caught behind appeal against him. Though the umpire didn't give him out, England captain Ben Stokes took a review.
However, due to problems with the Snicko technology, that decision remained unchanged. The England camp expressed anger, claiming it was a certain out. Steve Smith couldn't play in the Adelaide Test due to illness. In his place, Usman Khawaja got the opportunity and played an 82-run innings batting at number four. Apart from these two, no other Aussie batter's score crossed 50.
Both openers Travis Head (10) and Jake Weatherald (18) failed. Cameron Green (0), who fetched the highest price among overseas players in Tuesday's IPL auction, scored no runs. He was out on the second ball. Towards the end, Josh English (32) and Mitchell Starc (33 not out) fought desperately. Pat Cummins (13) played his first match of the current Ashes after recovering from injury. England's successful bowler was Jofra Archer (3–29). The remaining wickets were taken by Brydon Carse (2–70) and Will Jacks (2–105).
