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Patna : Australia were 45/1 after 17 overs at stumps on day 3 in their 2nd innings in 2nd test against England at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia, with opener Marcus Harris unbeaten on 21 runs in 59 balls with 3 fours while all-rounder Michael Neser was batting on 2. Opener David Warner was run out for 13 runs. Australia lead by 282 runs. Australia had declared their first innings at 473/9 after 150.4 overs.
Earlier, resuming at their overnight score of 17/2, England were all out for 236 runs in 84.1 overs with fast bowler Mitchell Starc taking 4/37 in 16.1 overs andspinner Nathan Lyon taking 3/58 in 28 overs. Medium fast bowler Cameron Green took 2/24 in 10 overs while Michael Neser took 1/33 in 11 overs.
For England, Dawid Malan scored 80 runs in 157 balls with 10 fours while captain Joe Root scored 62 runs in 116 balls with 7 fours. Malan and Root added 138 runs for the 3rd wicket. All-rounder Ben Stokes scored 34 runs in 98 balls with 3 fours and 1 six while fast bowler Chris Woakes scored 24 runs in 40 balls with 5 fours.
( Mitchell Starc)