Australia vs England third Test day 5 cricket scores, results, start time, wickets, teams, how to watch, Adelaide Oval
England captain Ben Stokes said the tourists were “pretty emotional” after their bold dreams of coming to Australia and claiming the Ashes were dashed before Christmas.
The tourists have a 0-3 series deficit after 11 days of Test play in Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide, while they have just a five-day break before the Boxing Day test in Melbourne.
“Obviously the dream we came here with is now over, which is absolutely incredibly disappointing,” Stokes told Seven after Australia’s 82-run win at the Adelaide Oval.
“Everyone is clearly suffering and very emotional about it.
“[But] We have two more games to go and our focus needs to turn to that now. We obviously came here with a goal in mind, but we failed to achieve it.
“It hurts and it sucks, but we won’t stop.”
Tough times: England captain Ben Stokes shakes hands with Pat Cummins.Credit: Getty Images
Emphasizing the main difference between Australia and England, the experienced campaigner said that the superiority of the host country depends on consistency.
“I think it’s just continuous execution,” Stokes said.
“Australia have managed to run things much more consistently than us, both with the ball, with the bat and on the field.
“This game of cricket is based on how you bat, how you bowl and how you field. And they managed to get past us at a much higher level.
“We showed that in the passages of the first three games, and again this week we did an incredibly good job of getting to where we were in the fourth inning. [today].”
