Woakes and debutant seamer Craig Overton came together with their side floundering on 147-7 but even after their partnership of 66, England will head into the night session 223 runs behind Australia's 442-8 declared. Left-arm quick Mitchell Starc followed suit to remove Bairstow five overs later, holding on to a difficult chance to remove the England wicketkeeper caught and bowled for 21. England had resumed on 29-1 on another overcast afternoon at Adelaide Oval but lost James Vince for two in the second over when the Englishman nicked behind off Josh Hazlewood. Cook and Malan looked like they might combine for a few runs but their partnership was worth only 30 when England's most prolific batsman departed for 37 just after drinks. The 32-year-old opener prodded at a Lyon tweaker and Smith gobbled up the catch at first slip to give the spinner his 50th test wicket in matches against England.

Source: Economic Times December 04, 2017 09:16 UTC