Ben Stokes watched his England side crumble in the face of Ashes pressure yet again in Adelaide but assistant coach Marcus Trescothick insisted the team had not let their captain down.

The scene was set for a struggling batting line-up to finally make its mark in response to Australia's middling total of 371, but it rapidly collapsed leaving England 156 behind the host's with just two wickets remaining.

Trescothick said: "I'm not sure 'letting him down' is the right terminology to use to be honest. Everybody is trying 100 per cent and working as hard as they can.

"It's not like anybody is going in to any game and not working as hard as anybody else. They just haven't had the success they wanted at this stage. But success comes and goes, it's not guaranteed or given that you'll succeed in every series."

Stokes and Jofra Archer go into day three at the crease as England fight to save the Ashes.

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