India, Dec. 19 -- England captain Ben Stokes was left seething in anger after being dismissed by Mitchell Starc in the first innings of the third Ashes Test against Australia at the Adelaide Oval on Friday. The left-handed batter was putting up a real rearguard action against the hosts on Day 3, keeping the visitors in with a chance of staging a memorable comeback after being reduced to 168/8 at one stage. Chasing Australia's total of 371, England's top and middle order collapsed in no time, and it was only Stokes who showed some stomach for a fight.

Stokes finally found support in No.10 batter Jofra Archer, and the duo formed a partnership of 106 runs, with the latter also scoring a fifty. However, once again, it was Mitchell Starc who ...