Australia 473-9 dec & 230-9 dec;
England 236 & 192Buttler leads resistance but Australia prevail in final sessionIn the end it took a freak dismissal for England to be finally brought to heel. Over the course of four hours Jos Buttler had resisted Australia’s marauding attack on the final day in Adelaide, an innings of gimlet-eyed application that sat in contrast to the skills that have made his name and the one-sided contest before it.
It was all an illusion anyway, the discombobulating effects of day‑night Test
Cricket hinting at greater hope of England pulling off a famous rearguard when the match had only just ticked over into the final session, they sat eight wickets down and salvation was still the best part of two hours away.