Emma reflects on England’s (ultimately unsuccessful) rearguard battle and Jos Buttler’s doomed but dogged resistance.
Then Adam and Geoff ponder another satisfactory day for Australia, look ahead to the third Test and examine the selection questions for both sides.
The Final Word Ashes Daily podcast will be here after every day’s play. You can listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.

Support The Guardian
The Guardian is editorially independent. And we want to keep our journalism open and accessible to all. But we increasingly need our readers to fund our work.