Australia host England in the first Ashes Test in Perth - follow live scores, radio commentary, video highlights and updates.

England’s 2025-26 tour of Australia began at a new Ashes venue, Perth’s state-of-the-art Optus Stadium. As revealed by Telegraph Sport last July, England have been spared a series opener at the Gabba in Brisbane, where they have not won a Test since November 1986 and have so often got off to dreadful starts in the Ashes.