The third Ashes Test starts on Tuesday, with England needing to win in order to keep the five-match series alive.

Jonathan Doidge takes a look at the best Ashes betting odds on the Third Test in Adelaide with England needing a win to keep the series alive

Jack Konnis makes and repairs bats from a small warehouse in Norwood, Adelaide, including the 2lb 11oz blade used by Australia's opener

England get the third Ashes Test of the 2025/26 series underway later this week looking to avoid a series defeat. It has been a shambolic start to the series for England, losing the first two

Australians though are particularly offended by it. For them it disgraces the traditions of test cricket. It’s flippant. It’s ‘disrespectful’ (whatever the hell that means), and when it goes wrong, as it has done quite spectacularly over the last few weeks, it’s stupid.

A well-drilled Australia are on the cusp of retaining the Ashes after just six days of cricket -- not bad for a team lambasted by England great Stuart Broad before the series began as its weakest since 2010.

England 2-0 down in five-match Ashes series after eight-wicket defeats in Perth and Brisbane; third Test in Adelaide from December 17, ahead of further games in Melbourne and Sydney; England have not won Test series in Australia since 2010/11,

The Ashes are now on the line and it’s time for England to stand up and be counted. Lose the 3rd Test and the series is already over. But with confidence looking at rock bottom, it’s hard to see

ENGLAND have suffered two demoralising losses so far on their disastrous tour of Australia, and they now have to win the 3rd Test if they are to keep their dreams of winning the Urn down under

Former Australia white-ball captain Aaron Finch expects England to win a Test but says it is "hard to see" how they can bowl Australia out twice on a regular basis to win the series. England are 2-0 down after successive eight-wicket defeats and need to win the remaining three games to regain the Ashes.

Brendon McCullum has warned his embattled England team that a 2-0 deficit can become an Ashes whitewash “real quick” if they are unable to remain calm in the face of adversity in Australia.