Ashes D5: 3rd Test – Australia Retain the Ashes in Adelaide

Australia sealed the Ashes in Adelaide by staying patient long enough for England to defeat themselves.

For a moment on day five, with wickets in hand and runs still on the board, the chase felt alive. But Australia never panicked and, as Ed Cowan explains, every time England edged towards belief, they handed momentum straight back.

England played their best cricket when they showed restraint, and lost it when they didn’t.

Australia trusted time, conditions, and discipline, waited for the mistakes, and closed out the series without needing to force the result. Th...