The chaotic over which has kept England in the hunt

Simon Katich and Damien Fleming have urged Australia’s batters to practice patience after “one of the most amazing overs” in Ashes history saw England claw themselves back into the Test.

Entering the 56th over, Australia had England on their knees as Steve Smith and Cameron Green began to take control and get more aggressive in their batting style.

Brydon Carse had an unlucky day with the ball thus far, approaching the 100-run mark for only one wicket, but his luck was certainly about to turn.

Cameron Green jumped almost a metre to the side, exposing his stumps as he swung wildly, only to have his middle stump knocked over.

Alex Carey would be dropped next ball, before Will Jacks dismissed Steve Smith with an incredible diving catch labelled “one of the best on Australian soil”.

The extraordinary over left Australian cricketing legends Simon Katich and Damien Fleming “shocked”, as they struggled to understand the events of the over.

“Poor big (Carse), the one thing I do enjoy about him, he's a 100% competitor,” Fleming said on SEN Cricket.

“He has a crack, and he could not bowl two balls in the same spot, and was looking like he was going to be 1 for 100 after 13 overs and Cam Green brought him back into the game.

“Unbelievably, (Green) kept going with that target and got knocked over by, it wasn't even a yorker, it was just a half volley, but he gave himself that much room he couldn't reach the ball.

“And then it was just chaos, Carey should have been out first ball.

“And then Steve Smith… it took one of the most incredible catches I’ve ever seen in my whole life (to dismiss him), and that wasn’t even the complete over.

“There was a period where Steve Smith probably should have gone down the other end to Cameron Green and said ‘mate, just be careful you don't get too predictable here because you'll give them a read of what you're doing, and then they'll be able to expose you a little bit’.”

SEN’s Simon Katich believes that is a key moment that exposed the inexperience of some of Australia’s line-up.

“I just reckon the game awareness of some of these younger players (needs improving),” Katich said.

“Because the game's all about taking it on and taking risks in the white ball format… sometimes you've got to take a step back in this format and say ‘what's going to allow them back in the game’, and the loss of the wicket does do that because it exposes the new batsman.

“We've seen whenever someone starts on the lights, it can be tricky.

“We saw Alex Carey look really awkward with his first ball… Ben Duckett (had a) simple catch. You’d probably take that nine times out of ten.

“It just changed the whole momentum of the game, and England were on their knees, and that's the difference between in a high-pressure series like that.

“If they go 2-0 down here, it's a long way back for them.”