Ashes 2025 live updates: Australia bowled out for 371 in Adelaide Test as Alex Carey DRS debate rages on

Hello everyone! What a morning so far.

Starc steams in for his seventh ball of the day and it’s wide and short and moving away from Ben Duckett! The England opener is swinging wildly but missing.

Shot! Short and wide again, this time Duckett isn’t missing out. He creams it forward of point for a boundary.

A great reception for Captain Pat Cummins, who will bowl his first ball of the series with three slips to the right handed Zak Crawley, who defends solidly.

Crawley clips a fuller ball from Starc off his pads, just clipping to midwicket for a single. Nice shot, just rotating the strike and he looked very comfortable there.

Duckett just looks all over the place, attacking everything – but he does leave that one outside off, the ball flying through outside off as Cummins directs it across him.

EDGED! Short of third slip! Great stuff from Cummins, lovely pace and unerring accuracy.

FOUR! Duckett gets off the mark with a nice drive through cover. Just a punch through cover, not trying to hit it too hard, just waiting for the ball to come and playing it under his eye line.

Now he clips off his pads for a single to end the over.

That’ll do my first stint, time for Henry Hanson to take us through to lunch.

Starc steams in as is his want, and Crawley clips to midwicket and takes off for a quick single.

Three slips and a gully for Starc to Duckett here, with the diminutive Englishman defending solidly.

EDGED! Starc squares up Duckett, who looked to turn the ball to the leg side and gets a leading edge to point! Great stuff from Starc, right on the money, a good length, a good line, and fast, over 146km/h.

BEATEN! Duckett cannot help himself but drive on the up outside off! A bit of extra bounce and he has gone for it, a stupid shot based on everything that’s happened to him in the last four innings.

BEATEN! Duckett gets his bat straight and the ball leaves him just a smidge and flies through to Carey.

Late swing from Starc, who is on the money immediately.

Duckett defends the last to mid on.

Starc doesn’t take a wicket in the first over – a minor battle victory for England’s openers.

There was a bit of late movement there for Starc, great bowling first up.

Big hour here before lunch for both teams.

England will want to start quickly – they always do.

This is the best pitch they’ve played on that suits their style on tour so far.

England must be wary about the movement with the new ball – and the accuracy of Australia’ bowlers, back to almost full strength.

An impressive 49 runs added this morning by the bottom three of Australia’s batting line up.

Those will be valuable runs for Australia, on a pitch that looks good to bat on.

England’s propensity to gift their wickets with some wild shots will hearten Australia, as well as the truly poor bowling shown this morning by Brydon Carse in particular.

It won’t be so easy for England’s batters against the accuracy of Starc, Boland and the restored Pat Cummins.

Or is he?

Nathan Lyon reviews instantly – looked good live but there might be a question about height.

No, there’s no bat and it’s out hitting the top of middle.

Jofra Archer has five, 5-53.

Won’t have many more chances to get his five wicket haul, Archer, so he’ll want to make this count.

Lyon defends.

Carse has been jettisoned.

Josh Tongue comes into the attack and starts accurately to Lyon, who defends.

Lyon gets off strike with a single.

Tongue bowls outside off, the 34th ball out of 42 that England have bowled this morning that would not have gone on to hit the stumps. Boland thrashes at it, but misses.

Solid defence from Boland to end the over.

Lyon defends solidly.

FOUR! Lovely from Lyon, riding the bounce and getting up and fending the ball away to backward point to a boundary – not great bowling from Archer, but a lovely shot.

Lyon gets under a bouncer born of pure frustration from Archer.

He defends the next – but then gets a ball hit his pad and he goes for a leg bye.

Solid defence to end the over from Boland.

Just two slips in place – Mark Waugh is wondering why there is no gully. I am sure he’s not the only one.

Lyon defends solidly.

Now there’s only one slip, and a short leg. This is an 8-overs-old new ball, it’s a tail ender in. Bizarre.

Lyon takes a single to backward point.

Boland holds the bat out in front of the stumps and Carse hits that bat.

Bouncer, gets the crowd going but Boland is well able for it and gets under it.

Solid defence there from Boland to end the over.

He gets one to rise into the ribs of Boland – just a rib-tickler from Archer.

FOUR! Outside off, edged behind over and wide of second slip for a boundary. Archer looks frustrated. Boland looks relieved.

BEATEN! What a ball from Archer, missing Boland’s outside edge by a whisker. Oh my, that’s missed the off stump by barely a whisker too. He hangs his head in anguish.

Solid defence from Boland.

Every ball so far his over has been over 141km/h.

Good defence from Boland, untidy-looking as he backs away and holds the bat out, but effective none the less.

FOUR! Scotty Boland! What a shot! A delicate, deft cut to a wide ball and he’s carved that beautifully to the deep point boundary.

And lets Lyon off strike with another ball aimed at the off spinner’s hip. There is a bit of movement off the seam, just a bit, which makes Carse’s line and length all the more baffling.

Carse targets the stumps and Boland defends.

And then he clips off his pads to midwicket for a single.

Australia reaches 350 – a good score.

FOUR! Boland drives on the up through cover for a gorgeous four! That’s a lovely, well-timed shot. The ball looks like it’s coming onto the bat very nicely this morning.

Boland is back defending and, off the outside edge, gets a single to point.

Scott Boland comes in to face the attack.

Archer is up at over 140km/h.

Boland defends and sees out the over neatly, almost playing the ball to short leg but he does well.

Jofra Archer bowls at the stumps and, shock horror, hits them!

Just off the inside edge, a good length, a brilliant line around the wicket, Starc looking to be aggressive and can’t keep it out.

Archer does not celebrate much, if at all.

In fact, Archer and Stokes are engaged in a solid conversation after that wicket. Robust, some might say.

Interesting.

Archer wanted a third man and didn’t get one.

Starc is out for 54.

FOUR! Starc cuts to a wide ball, gets a top edge and the ball flies to a vacant third man for another boundary – Starc’s fifth of the day so far.

He has two wickets in his 13 overs so far in this Test, 2-70 his figures.

But he’s really been very poor for mine.

Two slips in place as Lyon defends the first.

That’s nice from Lyon, clipping off his pads for a single. I hate to jump on Brydon Carse this early in the day, but that was a trash delivery – Mark Waugh called it a “nothing ball” on Fox’s commentary and he’s absolutely right. Too short, not targeting the stumps and so easy to hit.

FOUR! Starc punches with a late cut backward of point, another rubbish ball from Carse wide, outside off and too short.

FOUR! And again – Carse was a bit fuller that time but it’s not targeting the stumps and it’s just too easy for a man in Starc’s form to hit.

Another poor ball outside off and Starc will be kicking himself that he doesn’t connect with that one, the ball squirting to mid on off the inside edge.

FIFTY FOR MITCH STARC!(Getty Images)

Back-to-back 50s for Mitch Starc, clipping off his pads there to square leg. He’s got there off 73 balls. Lovely from a genuine all rounder.