Australia win second Ashes Test against England by 275 runs to take a 2-0 series lead

Australia beat England by 275 runs in the day-night second Ashes Test at the Adelaide Oval on Monday to go 2-0 up in the five-match series.

Chasing a daunting victory target of 468, England were all out for 192 in the final session of the pink-ball contest.

Chris Woakes’ 44 was the highest individual score in England’s abject second innings batting display, while Jos Buttler resisted for a while with a dogged 26 off 207 balls.

Steve Smith: ‘Australia stayed calm’

‘They showed some great resilience today,’ Australia’s stand-in captain Steve Smith said of their opponents.

‘Jos played a really good innings, he faced over 200 balls.

‘We were trying to stay as calm as we could out in the middle and just thought, a couple of good balls and a couple of wickets and we’ll keep going.’

Jhye Richardson was the pick of the Australian bowlers, claiming 5-42.

Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne was adjudged man-of-the-match for his 103, the only century hit by a player from either side in the match.

Australia were without regular captain Pat Cummins, who missed out for being a close contact of a positive Covid-19 case, and injured paceman Josh Hazlewood.

Joe Root: ‘England made mistakes’

‘We made mistakes throughout the game that we made last week, whether it be no-balls, missed chances,’ England captain Joe Root said.

‘We just have to be better. We have to learn those lessons very quickly over the next week.’