"It has been a pattern for Australia in this Ashes series: monstered by England's bowlers in Perth, only to create an even greater collapse; sliding in Brisbane, rescued by the lower order. England, meanwhile, brought a gameplan built on the surety that they couldn't win in Australia with medium-fast seamers and a keeper up to the stumps, then lost to medium-fast seamers with a keeper up to the stumps."
"It was also roasting hot out in the middle 35C on the mercury and when the toss went against Ben Stokes and his embattled England players, they could easily have melted. Instead, despite some sloppiness and Alex Carey's magical century on the ground he calls home, the tourists kept plugging away with the fight that Stokes called for at 2-0 down."
Australia's opening day at Adelaide unfolded as a fortunate reversal after earlier heavy losses and lower-order rescues in the Ashes series. England entered with a plan favoring medium-fast seamers and an up-to-the-stumps keeper but suffered setbacks including absent frontline bowlers and Steve Smith's inner-ear absence. The day was roasting hot, the toss went against Ben Stokes, yet England maintained pressure while Alex Carey scored a magical century at his home ground. Australia finished 326 for eight after 83 tiring overs, a total respectable but below full ambitions when Pat Cummins won the toss. England are weighing a formal complaint about Snicko technology after a Carey reprieve.
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