Australia v England: The essential third Test day one stats to help keep you ahead of the game

We take a look at the historic figures ahead of the first day of the Adelaide Test to keep you ahead of the game

With England’s hopes of retaining the urn hanging by a thread, the Ashes series moves on to Adelaide.

But what does history tell us about what kind of odds they might have to overcome in order to keep their tour alive.

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The 20 most recent Tests at Adelaide have led to the vast majority of toss-winning captains to decide that batting first was their to likely route to victory, with 18 electing to send their opponents out into the field.

However, this has historically been no guarantee of victory, with more sides who have bowled first (nine) going on to win games during this timeframe than the eight who’ve won from a position of having batted first.

A more worrying statistic for England will be Australia’s record here; they’ve won 15 of their last 20 Tests here and lost only twice.

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