Ashes LIVE: England simply 4 wickets away from dropping the collection as one Aussie star dangers being axed by the umpires

Alex Carey and Marnus ‘No Off Switch’ Labuschagne have been calling the spinner ‘Filthy’ or just ‘Fil’ this Test.

It goes back to Lyon admitting he was ‘absolutely filthy’ to be dropped from the side for the second Test at the Gabba.

‘If you say something in this team you don’t get missed,’ Carey explained after stumps yesterday.

Lee famously broke Morgan’s ribs during a nets session in 2014. He just tried to make up for it by offering Piers a cuddle in light of England’s Ashes struggles. Here’s the response…

After stumps yesterday, the England opener (pictured below) said, ‘The last two [Tests] – we haven’t won a Test here in a while so it’s a chance to win those two Tests. If we can get back to 3-2, suddenly it’s a pretty good series. We were this close.’

Ex-Aussie coach Darren Lehman said Crawley had ‘almost admitted defeat’.

Former paceman Jason Gillespie took it a bit further.

‘I just found the words a bit staggering,’ he said.

‘No, I’m sorry. You lost the Ashes. That’s just nonsense talk.’

To give you an idea of what England are up against today, trying to reach 435 for victory, here are the greatest run chases in the history of the urn…

Australia reached 403 in Leeds in 1948

England reached 362 in Leeds in 2019

England reached 332 in Melbourne in 1928

Australia reached 315 in Adelaide in 1902

Daily Mail cricket correspondent Lawrence Booth breaks down the No.3’s awful Ashes tour – and how the ECB should have filled the crucial spot in the batting order before heading Down Under.

This look at the ground was posted about 35 minutes ago…

Starc was handed two official warnings yesterday for landing on the protected area up the middle of the wicket, but countered by saying he only did so because he didn’t want to injure himself by placing his foot in a foot-hole during his delivery stride.

If the umps believe he has done it again today, they have the power to pull him from the attack.

Starc called for Australia to adopt the English method of repairing foot-holes mid-match by smashing them flat.

‘I don’t think they do it anywhere in Australia,’ he said.

‘Obviously in England they re-do them every evening or every morning. Maybe that’s something for the ‘groundies’ around Australia to look at.’

The Mail’s Ashes Breakfast has you covered as it goes through some of the best tidbits from day four – including why Zak Crawley was booed, and the Aussie nanny state making its mark at Adelaide Oval…

It’s been raining at Adelaide Oval, as you’ll see from the below post, which went up about an hour ago.

The precipitation is patchy. Aussie host broadcaster Channel Seven just did a live cross to the ground and the sun was back out again.

The Bureau of Meteorology is predicting a 50 per cent chance of rain until 12.30pm, local time.

Thanks for joining the Daily Mail for our coverage of the final day of the third Test in Adelaide.

Just a refresher on the state of play…

After England bowled Australia out for 349 yesterday, the tourists finished at 6-207 at stumps, needing 228 runs for victory.

Pat Cummins (3-24) and Nathan Lyon (3-64, pictured below) did the damage for the hosts, with the latter getting the prized wickets of Ben Stokes, Zak Crawley and Harry Brook.