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A snapshot of day two of the second Ashes Test between Australia and England at Adelaide Oval.
AUSTRALIA v ENGLAND, SECOND TEST, DAY TWO:
Score: Australia 9(dec)-473 versus England 2-17.
Summary: Marnus Labuschagne posts a century and Steve Smith (93) falls just short of one as Australia pile on the runs. The tourists then lose two early wickets under lights to be in dire straits before a lightning strike followed by rain forces play to be halted.
Man of the moment: Michael Neser. After being 12th man about a dozen times, the Queenslander basks in his Test debut by cracking five fours and a six in making 35 from 24 balls before taking a wicket with just his second ball.
Key moment: In the third over of England's innings, Mitchell Starc has out-of-sorts opener Rory Burns caught at second slip to press home Australia's advantage.
Stat of the day: 70.79. Smith's batting average when captain ranks behind only Sir Donald Bradman's jaw-dropping 101.52 as the highest average of any Test skipper in history.
Quote of the day: "I don't think it's luck. I think it's poor, poor bowling." England legend Ian Botham after paceman Ollie Robinson is denied a wicket by a no-ball.