The Ashes LIVE: All the latest scores and updates from the Gabba

There was a little bit of spice between Steve Smith and Jofra Archer at the end of that final session.

Archer had ramped up his pace as Australia closed in on victory, bowling noticeably faster than he had during Australia’s first innings.

And Steve Smith, who came out swinging, hitting Archer for a six to win the match, had a little dig at the Englishman.

‘Bowl fast when there’s nothing going on champ,’ Smith said to Archer.

The Englishman did not take the sledge kindly, with the pair exchanging a couple of frosty words in the middle.

Speaking to Cricket Australia after the match, Smith broke his silence on the frosty confrontation.

‘That stays on the field,’ he said.

‘That was good banter he’s a good competitor and he comes hard at ya so that’s fun.’

Brendan McCullum has urged his side not to sulk after they went 2-0 down in the Ashes series on Sunday at The Gabba.

Stokes’ side suffered another eight-wicket defeat at the hands of Australia, with questions looming over how England’s bowlers, who failed to find the right length on day two.

Jofra Archer returned to bowl late on Sunday evening during Australia’s second innings and began to throw down much faster deliveries, compared to those he produced during his first innings.

Speaking to Channel 7, Stuart Broad pressed England coach Brendon McCullum on whether he needed to ask for more from his bowlers.

He replied:

Possibly, I used to have to have those conversations with you Broady sometimes. Jofra has the ability to go up and down the gears. He feels he has a bit more control with his bowling when he reduces pace somewhat but there are other times when he’s going to let fly and that’s always going to be the case.

He would love to have more impact in this series than he’s had, but he’s still got a huge role to play in the next sort of while.

But the message from the captain and from myself is that you can’t come to this country and start sulking and feeling sorry for yourself when things don’t start working out. You can’t have a glass jaw when you start touring Australia. You’ve got to stand up and go again and head towards the target and that’s our job over the next nine days to get ready for the next one.

Having now gone 2-0 down, McCullum understands the task ahead of his side, but added the language inside the England dressing room will not be changing.

I guess that’s the challenge in front of us in the next few days. Coaches are no different than players – they have to take a little bit of time to reflect on what’s happened over the last couple of weeks, what we have done well and we have to polish up on some methods on what you think is going to give your side the best possible chance.

One thing that won’t change is the language we use within the dressing room and how we try and stay tight and cohesive as a group. And where conditions allow, give ourselves the best opportunity to play the best style of cricket and being brave enough and adaptable enough to absorb the pressure.

Brendon McCullum has given his verdict on England’s bowling and fielding issues, stating that his side were just trying too hard to force a wicket.

He told Channel 7:

We were trying too hard, was my assessment of it. We had a reasonable score with the bat in the first innings and we knew that was quite a pivotal moment in the game to strike. Sometimes when you do try too hard, you miss your execution, you tighten up and you’re not able to apply the pressure.

We were honest with ourselves; we bowled terribly in that period. Australia were able to canter on at a very strong strike rate and from that point on it was almost us trying pull control back.

In the last session of that day we obviously dropped a number of catches. And that was when the hard work in session two was going to repay us. But when you put down catches against Australia, it’s hard enough taking 10 wickets against a good side like that, let alone needing to take 15. There were areas with the bat we were deficient. Areas with the ball we were deficient. Areas in the field where we were deficient. We have to rectify that in the next nine days.

Brendon McCullum believes that his side had ‘overprepared’ ahead of the Brisbane Test, as he gave an insight into how his side will bounce back after going 2-0 down in the Ashes series.

It came after England were slammed for not travelling to Canberra to take part in a pink-ball training game against the Australian Prime Minister’s XI.

McCullum told Channel 7:

I think we’ll probably have a beer tonight. Leading into this Test match I actually think we overprepared a bit. We had five intense days. And I think we need to change it up a bit.
Leading into this Test match, I felt like we actually overprepared a bit; we had five intense training days.

Sometimes, when you’re in the heat of the battle, as we all know, sometimes the most important thing is to feel a little bit fresh. I think the boys just need a few days off.

We probably need to change up the training methods a little bit. I’m a horse racing man and you probably wouldn’t do the same thing with your horse. You’d send it around and do figure eights, or over the little jumps to try and switch it on. We’ll look at different methods and to change it up a bit.

We’ve got a couple of days in Noosa and be good to enjoy a couple of days casually. Let the dust settle on a pretty intense couple of weeks and start to plot and plan our way back into the series.

England captain Ben Stokes has admitted that his side must not sulk on their disappointing start to this Ashes series.

Instead, he insists that his side needs to turn their disappointment into motivation to turn this around.

On how his side intends to spin the series around, Stokes told TNT Sports:

Lots of communication. We sit there and watch what is going on and can see what Australia are trying to throw at us.

It is up to us as players to go out with a plan. It seems to be a constant theme at the moment that when game is a pressure moment Australia keep out doing us.

They say Australia isn’t a place for weak men. We are definitely not weak but we need to find something. We need to sort it.

I absolutely believe in that dressing room. I have full belief in the players in there and the coaching staff. We have to win these next three games. We have been 2-0 down before and know what we have to do. We ain’t going to shy away from the battle but we do need to look at where things have gone and sort them out pretty quick.

Ben Stokes says England will be having some conversations behind the scenes as they look to establish why they have suffered defeat once again in Brisbane.

He told TNT Sports:

In small passages, we have been able to bring the game back into some kind of control and then let it slip away. It is very disappointing, in particular because of the ability of the players we have in that dressing room.

We need to think a bit harder and deeper about those moments and show a little more fight when it is needed.

If I could have put my finger on it I would be able to tell you. It is not a skill thing.

It is not down to skill. You have got to dig a bit deeper and find out what the thing is that we seem to keep doing in the big moments of the game. We will be having some conversations that I will be keeping in the dressing room.

Josh Inglis has insisted that Australia were not panicking when Ben Stokes and Will Jacks dug in and weathered the storm of Australian fast bowlers that came their way early on Sunday at The Gabba.

He told TNT Sports:

There was no panic. I thought that’s something we did well today. We changed plans at times but we never went chasing wickets. When you do that you can leak runs, like we did yesterday before the break. We stuck to our guns and when the twilight came we took those wickets

Inglis added that they won’t be taking England lightly in Adelaide.

A great game of cricket. I think a lot has been spoken about the last few days and I think we’ve played the moments well. Obviously, in pink-ball cricket, timing is a big thing when you are batting and bowling so it’s been awesome.

To play in the Ashes is amazing. A great crowd here at the Gabba all week and obviously with my English background as well there was a bit of extra spice! I had a great time, would have liked some runs personally but to get the win is huge.

I think sometimes these big series are won and lost on big moments so just a lot of communication out there, and from the guys in the shed, about when they are coming. We do recognise those moments well and did this week.

There’s obviously still three games to come and England are terrific cricket team. We won’t be taking them lightly at Adelaide. We’re a close group, around the same age. I think it helps us identify those moments with guys growing up together knowing each other.

Speaking to TNT Sports, Ben Stokes said:

I have full belief in that dressing room. What else have we got to do. We need to win these next three games. We do need to look at what’s gone wrong if we want to take the Ashes back to England.

Speaking to TNT Sports, Ben Stokes said:

Yeah, very disappointing. I think a lot of it to me comes down to you know not being able to stand up to the pressure of this game and this format.

When the game is on the line, in small passages, we’ve been able to bring the game back into some kind of control. It is very disappointing particularly because of the ability of the players in the dressing room. We need to think a little bit harder about those moments.

Steve Smith got an awful lot of joy from hoisting that six over deep square to win the Test for Australia. Smith’s stand-in captaincy has been a triumph for Australia. Then again, pretty much everything has been a triumph for Australia. It’s a long, long way back from here for England.

‘Soul searching begins again for England,’ Ricky Ponting tells Channel 7 Cricket.

And the former Aussie skipper is absolutely right, that is a demoralising victory for England, whose dismal record at the ‘Gabbatoir’ continues.

Despite England’s slump in the third innings, this was an enthralling ending with Steve Smith and Jofra Archer sharing some very frosty words at the end of that match.

Smith arrived at the crease after Gus Atkinson had dismissed both of Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne, with the Aussie skipper swiping Archer away for a six to seal the eight-wicket victory.

It was a clinical performance from Australia again, who were both brilliant in the field and clinical with the bat.

England, meanwhile, well… There’s a lot to dissect, so stay with us as we’ll be bringing you all the reaction from the Gabba.

Australia 69-2 and claim victory by eight wickets.

The verbals have begun!

Steve Smith and Jofra Archer are chirping at each other in the middle of the wicket.

‘You’re bowl fast, now champ when there’s nothing on,’ Steve Smith said to Archer.

The English fast bowler is furious but Smith is backing up his chat.

The Aussie skipper pulls Archer over his shoulder to long leg for a big six.

Australia 56-2 and trail by nine runs.