Adelaide, Dec. 20 -- England find themselves staring at a massive possibility of an outright Ashes series loss as despite a fighting 85 from Zak Crawley and starts from Joe Root and Harry Brook, the Three Lions were left six wickets down in pursuit of 435 runs at the end of day four of the third Ashes Test at Adelaide Oval on Saturday.

At the end of the day's play, England was 207/6, with Jamie Smith (2*) and Will Jacks (11*) unbeaten.

England had started the final session at 106/2, with Joe Root (37*) and Zak Crawley (36*) unbeaten.

After surviving a close call for lbw against Travis Head, England lost Root for a 63-ball 39, with five fours to skipper Pat Cummins, who got him caught behind by Alex Carey. This was the 13th time Cummins...