The England captain delivered a sensational display with the ball to ignite hopes of a famous Ashes victory in the first Test in Perth, but his strategy helped the tourists seize the moment on day one

Text updates and latest score from Perths Optus Stadium as Australia and England clash in first Test of the 2025/26 Ashes series; tourists have won just six of their last 46 Tests in Australia, with t

An astonishing day in Perth saw 19 wickets fall as batters crumpled in the face of breathless pace on the quickest track in world cricket

Ben Stokes starred with a sensational five-wicket haul on a dramatic Ashes opening day in Perth, where a staggering 19 wickets tumbled. England, bowle

Australia closed on 123-9 in reply to England being dismissed for 172 in a dramatic start to the Ashes; Ben Stokes took a five-for to lead the tourists fightback; England have not won a Test in Austra

The spicy deck on day one became a road as India put Australia to the sword when scoring 6-487 declared after Yashavi Jaiswal and Virat Kohli scored centuries. “Sometimes you are faced with that. I’ve played long enough to have trained the body to need to do that if I have to,” Starc, who has taken 409 Test wickets, said.

But the seamer stranglehold of Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood allowed only brief interludes for just three quicks to make their Test debuts in the intervening seven years. Meanwhile, Doggett turned from a hopeful 24-year-old Queenslander to a grizzled 31-year-old South Australian.

England captain Ben Stokes calls on his team to “create history” by winning the Ashes in Australia and says he will play a full part as an all-rounder.