The Ashes: Ben Stokes defiant despite England labouring in second Test

Despite Australia's dominance on the second day of the second Test, Ben Stokes insists England are not already beaten.

England was reduced to 17-2 after Australia's

"Tomorrow is going to be a good day for batting, we know that," he said.

It's not ideal to lose two in a row, but tomorrow is a new day. We'll park everything, just like we did in Brisbane.

"We don't believe we're beaten already," the all-rounder said.

England needs to win the five-game series in order to regain the urn.

The tourists have lost 10 of their past 11 matches down under, and only one of their previous 10 Tests this year.

The last two tours of Australia by England ended in defeats.

Steven Finn said that the series isn't at a precipice, but that it is important over the next couple of days.

England has to push back.

The England tactics are defended by Stokes.

England made a number of errors that aided Australia's progress to their huge total.

The tourists often used short-pitched bowling at the Adelaide Oval, with the exception of Ben Stokes who sent down a lot of bouncers.

Steve Smith, who made 93, said there were strange tactics.

"Over the years, batting has evolved so why can't bowling evolve?" asked Stokes.

Test cricket is all about line and length, but if you feel that's not working, why not change it?

I've enjoyed being back.

After taking a break from cricket in July to protect his mental well-being and rest an injured finger, Ben Stokes returned to action in the first Test.

After a second operation on his broken finger, Ben was added to the England's squad just before they left for Australia.

The 30-year-old said that he loved every minute of being back.

Walking onto the field and wearing the Three Lions is one of the greatest feelings as a cricketer. Being away from home makes it more difficult to play in these grounds, but it's great fun and a huge honor.

It has been worth it. If you don't feel sore coming off the field and you don't feel sore waking up in the morning, then you've probably not done what's required of you.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) clarified their penalty for a slow over-rate in the first Test, which resulted in England being deducted three World Test Championship points.

The International Cricket Council docked Joe Root's side five points, however they have since docked an additional three.

England have lost 10 of their 16 Championship points because of over-rate violations, and are currently sitting above only Bangladesh in the table.

There are runs to be had.

Jonathan Agnew is a cricket correspondent.

England was exhausted. It was a lot of work for them.

Today they were much better. I'm getting asked what might have happened if England had played like that yesterday. They would have given up more runs, but would have gotten more.

England needs to bat well. Starc can be expensive for Australia. There will be runs. England needs to get in. The two batting stars did well at Brisbane. The game is not running quickly.