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Hit them with pace. It was England’s master plan for three years and it delivered in blood-curdling style, causing a jitteriness in Australian batsmen not seen for decades in an Ashes Test.

Technically, they have been all in since the start of the 2024 summer, when Rob Key - and we're paraphrasing here - said relying on traditional English seamers was hot trash in overseas conditions, and change needed to come quick. That change was forcing James Anderson into retirement. But even the axing of a great only confirmed the concept.

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.

Will Jacks, Jacob Bethell and Matthew Potts have left England's squad on day two of the first Ashes Test to join England Lions' game against a Cricket Australia XI at Lilac Hill. The trio were left out of the XI for the series opener and have been added to a Lions' game that began on Friday.

England was the first European team to confirm its presence at the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Canada, Mexico, and the United States.