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England’s innings hit a sharp jolt! Starc back on his game and Root can’t read him, dragged on and bowled in a flash. Australia roar back into the contest as their premier pacer strikes again, claiming Root for just 8 off 11 balls, his second scalp of the Test.
England are in a healthy position going into day two of the first Ashes Test against Australia with the Aussies all out for 132
What a day. There is nothing like Ashes cricket. Test cricket is great, but no other series feels like this. It felt like a huge event, with so many travelling England fans and amazing home support too.
The first day of the 2025 Ashes a the Optus Stadium in Perth turned out to be an exciting day of cricket where 19 wickets fell in a day. Check out the highlights of the riveting day's play between the arch-rivals.
BRUISED, battered, covered in strapping and needing medical treatment, Australia’s batsmen must have felt they entered a war zone. Ben Stokes seized the most wickets as the Ashes began but it was
Veteran quick Mitchell Starc was in devastating form, taking a career-best 7-58. But by the close, Ben Stokes was bouncing through Australian batters — and then the celebrations of his England team-mates — to bag 5-23 himself to ensure the visitors sleep well ahead of tomorrow’s second day, when Australia will resume on 123 for nine.
Winning the Ashes on Australian soil is extremely rare for England. Ben Stokes’s side have a golden opportunity to lift the urn come January and must not waste it.
England is yet to confirm its final XI, but damaging fast bowlers Jofra Archer and Mark Wood may team up to take on Australia in Perth.
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