It's not looking likely, but Ben Stokes is hoping memories of England's Ashes comeback in 2023 can help spark another fightback Down Under.

Tonight's third Test at the Adelaide Oval is the first of three must-win games for a touring side who sit 2-0 down and have no more room for error if they are to succeed in bringing the urn back home.

On paper, it looks close to being an impossible task. The only Test team to overturn such a predicament was Donald Bradman's fabled side of 1936-37 and England are on a winless streak dating back 17 Tests and 15 years on Australian soil.

The major team news is Steve Smith is out with sickness in an early blow for the Aussies.

At tea, Australia sit on 194-5 - with England getting the crucial wicket of Usman Khawaja, who was going well on 82, just before the end of the session.

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