Australia needs 3 wickets to retain the Ashes. England needs 126 runs to keep the series alive
The Ashes equation at lunch on the last day of the third test is down to this: Australia needs three wickets to clinch the old urn in Adelaide and England needs 126 runs to keep the five-match series alive. Australia started Day 5 needing four wickets to retain the Ashes, with England resuming at 6-207 and still 228 runs away from the victory target of 435 …