Ashes 2025 live score: Latest updates and day three scorecard as England hurtling towards defeat

WICKET! It’s not to be for Stokes, and the reaction tells you everything.

Starc delivers a wobble-seam ball that turns back in and beats Stokes’ attempted drive.

It’s the end of a great innings but Stokes is clearly very irritated with himself.

It’s Cummins to deliver to Archer as he looks for his 50 – and he finds it!

He drives through point to take himself to a half-century off 97 balls.

This is also only the sixth time England have posted a 100+ partnership for the ninth wicket in Ashes history.

Starc to Stokes as we resume.

Two dot balls before the England captain finds a single to put Archer on strike.

A couple of close calls before Archer finds a single off the last ball, and he moves to 49!

Stokes goes straight on the attack against Cummins, pulling it for four off the Aussie’s first ball.

And it’s followed by a good delivery that Stokes somehow edges past Carey for another four! 80 for the England captain.

He comes across the penultimate delivery and there are brief shouts, but the umpire isn’t interested.

Stokes closes the over with a single, tucking away off his legs to take England to drinks.

Starc is up next with the first delivery of the new ball, with Stokes firing down square leg for a single.

Not so calm from Archer, with the delivery going clean through the gap between the pace bowler’s bat and leg. Starc looks like he can’t believe how that’s not hit the stumps.

He clips the next delivery but gets lucky there’s nobody there for the catch, before Starc sends the next one out of reach.

A defensive shot for the penultimate ball, before a swing and near-miss on the final ball – a testing over for Archer.

A single early on next over from Stokes and now Archer has to decide what to do with the new ball just around the corner.

Play safe or go for it? He certainly chooses the former option early on, batting away the first two balls before a lovely double as he cuts a shot through

He defends the final ball of the over and there’s a partnership of 92 out there now!

Unsurprisingly, Australia take the new ball immediately .

Three singles there off Green – one of which was an overthrow, which brought plenty of cheers – before Archer glances it through fine leg for four. He’s within range of the half-century!

Strong running from Stokes to push for three off Lyon’s first ball.

The captain follows with a single, before Archer tries to cut and thankfully sees the ball narrowly slip past the edge.

Well bowled from Green here, tempting Archer into the swing and miss. The first near-miss from Archer this morning.

Two singles for the tourists as Stokes goes defensive and leaves the final delivery.

The new ball is available in three overs, with England now trailing by 125 runs.

Just a single off the rest of Green’s over and Lyon moves back onto the attack.

He starts with a dot ball before Stokes plays a beautiful reverse sweep over backward point for four.

Lyon only conceded three boundaries in 22 overs yesterday, but he’s already been hit for two this morning!