Ashes scorecard LIVE: Follow the latest from Adelaide in the second Test
ENGLAND need a big five days to get their Ashes campaign off and running - and Express Sport brings you the live scores from Adelaide.
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Joe Root’s side are in need of a big Test after losing by 10 wickets in Brisbane.
The Test was overshadowed by the Jonny Barstow headbutt incident which descended into farce as Australia took an early lead in the series.
We are still waiting to hear the outcome of the Ben Stokes case, but he is in the southern hemisphere in New Zealand to get some cricket in.
England know defeat in the second Test would all but end their hope of winning Down Under.
So follow it all live here.
Joe Root has called for the players to be professional in the wake of the Bairstow sledging.
"I'd like to think they know when to stop and when too far is too far.
"If they have gone too far then it says more about them than it does about anything else."
He is, however, broadly in favour of verbal exchanges as batsmen try to establish themselves in an innings.
"I think there is a place for a bit of banter out on the field, as long as it stays as banter and doesn't become more than that.
"You want there to be a bit of niggle... flying around.
"That's good for the game - it's good to watch, it's good to be involved in. It makes for good television.
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"But there are certain things people know they should and shouldn't say on a field, and it's important both sides - not just one side, both sides - get that right and have enough respect for each other to not overstep any mark."
England's response, Root hopes, will be to produce a comeback fuelled by runs and wickets to put the sideshow back in its place.
"I think it's important we move on really," he said.
"It's quite an insignificant part of what's such an important series - the cricket should be the thing that's the main focal point.
"Our responsibility as players is to make sure that, for the rest of the series, (cricket) is the stuff that's spoken about - what we do on the field.
"That's got to be our focus, to come back this week and have that individual performance that Steve had in the first game - and have that effect on the series.
"If one of us can do that, it should lead to us winning this week."
