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The Ashes could be decided within days at an Adelaide Oval furnace where England's hopes of wresting back the urn will fire anew or flame out entirely against a strengthened Australia.
Trailing 2-0 after eight-wicket defeats in Perth and Brisbane, Ben Stokes' team must win the match starting on Wednesday or become the fourth touring England squad in succession to crash out after three tests.
Only one team has ever pulled off a series win from a 2-0 deficit in nearly 150 years of test cricket - Don Bradman's Australia in the 1936
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