Captain Joe Root and David Malan, who once again managed to handle the disintegrating English batting, once again became the first innings messiahs for the England team on the day of the second test match between Australia vs England in Adelaide. When the England openers came out to bat on the second day of the test, both the openers lost their wickets early. With that, England's score by the end of the second day was 17 runs for the loss of 2 wickets.