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All-rounder Cameron Green said connected Sunday (December 14, 2025) determination was nary country for complacency successful the 3rd Test this week, conscious that Australia fto England bounce backmost from 2-0 down successful the past Ashes series.
Australia were connected apical successful England successful 2023, winning astatine Edgbaston and Lord’s, earlier the hosts won 2 of the past 3 Tests with the different drawn.
Despite the bid ending 2-2, Pat Cummins’ broadside retained the Ashes arsenic holders.
“That’s a bully reminder for our squad to enactment truly level,” Green told reporters up of the 3rd Test astatine the Adelaide Oval starting connected Wednesday.
“I think you tin astatine times look a spot acold ahead, but that’s a large reminder for america to enactment arsenic bully arsenic we tin beryllium and decorativeness it off.”
The likelihood are stacked successful Australia’s favour connected location ungraded aft eight-wicket wins successful Perth and Brisbane, with England winless Down Under since their 2010-11 tour.
Ben Stokes’ broadside person been wide panned for their deficiency of combat and perceived mediocre preparation, with the squad nether an aggravated media glare.
A information defender for the squad had a run-in with a cameraman connected Saturday arsenic they departed Brisbane airdrome for Adelaide, with pictures showing him seemingly pushing the Channel Seven relation away.
Green said helium had sympathy for England.
“You ne'er similar getting filmed, particularly erstwhile you privation to get distant from it,” helium said.
“There’s ever sympathy for anyone successful beingness that’s getting filmed successful nationalist oregon successful a backstage space, it’s ne'er a bully feeling.”
Australia opener Usman Khawaja said helium had recovered from the backmost spasms that person plagued him each series.
The 38-year-old did not unfastened successful the archetypal Test, scoring conscionable 2 batting astatine fig 4 successful the archetypal innings, and was ruled retired of the second, with Travis Head stepping up spectacularly alongside Jake Weatherald.
Whether helium slots backmost successful again astatine the apical remains to beryllium seen.
“I’m feeling 100 (percent),” helium told reporters connected Saturday. “Obviously, I anticipation to play. I don’t truly know.”
Should selectors instrumentality with Head and Weatherald to open, the 85-Test seasoned Khawaja could inactive bat successful the mediate order, which would apt mean Josh Inglis making way.
