Australia beats England to take 3-0 lead in Ashes Test series
Australia has also won the third match of the ongoing 5-match Ashes series between Australia and England. The third match of this series was played in Adelaide from 17 December 2025 to 21 December 2025. In this match, the Australian team won by a huge margin of 82 runs. With this victory, Australia is ahead with a 3-0 lead in this series. England once again failed to win this series. The hero of victory in this match was Australian batsman Alex Carey. He scored 178 runs with the bat and also took 6 catches behind the wicket. He was also chosen Player of the Match for his excellent performance.
Host Australia had given England a target of 435 runs to win in the fourth innings. The England team, which came to chase this target, was reduced to 352 runs in the second session of the last day. This is England’s third consecutive defeat in this series and with this defeat, the Ashes series trophy has also slipped from England’s hands. Australia has been winning this series for 8 consecutive years. This year once again Australia is going to write its name on this trophy.
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batsmen failed
The batsmen of the England team, which came to chase the target of 435 runs, could not perform anything special. Opening the innings for the England team, which came to chase the target, Jack Crawley scored 85 runs and Jamie Smith, batting at number seven, scored a half-century with 60 runs. However, both the players could not lead the team to victory. In the end, Will Jacques scored 47 runs for the team but as soon as he was out, Australia’s victory was confirmed.
There was a great victory in the first two tests.
Australia had won the first match of this series in just two days. In the first Test match of the Ashes, Australia defeated England by 8 wickets. After this, the second test match lasted for four days and on the fourth day, Australia got a spectacular victory in this match also. The third match of this series now lasted for five days and on the fifth day Australia won by 82 runs. The England team tried to compete with Australia but in the end Australia won. In this way, Australia’s lead has now become 3-0. Australia has won the Ashes series in just 11 days.
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Bowlers performed brilliantly
The team’s bowlers have performed brilliantly in Australia’s victory. For Australia, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon took 3-3 wickets in the second innings. Apart from these, Scott Boland took 1 wicket. Starc led the team to victory by taking the wickets of Jamie Smith, Will Jacques and Joffra Archer. Cummins took the wickets of Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope and Joe Root and Harry Brook netted Ben Stokes and Jack Crawley.
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