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.

Few sporting contests carry the history, drama and aura of the Ashes. Born from a mock newspaper obituary in 1882 and symbolized by a tiny urn, the rivalry between Australia and England has shaped more than a century of test cricket.

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England, leading by 49 runs after day one, require one wicket to bowl Australia out in their first innings of the first Test in Perth

The Ashes 2025-26 will kick-off on Friday with Australia hosting England in the first Test in Perth. Here's complete details about live telecast of Ashes series in India.

Nineteen wickets fell on an opening day of carnage in the first Ashes test on Friday, with England's attack led by skipper Ben Stokes bowling them into a position of strength after Australia dismissed the tourists for 172.

The ground is hosting its first Ashes Test but will replicate the pace and bounce that made the WACA, across the Swan River, so feared

The 2025/26 Ashes is underway, and we already have our first piece of history. This is because the attendance at the Perth Stadium, or Optus Stadium, is 43,591, which is the highest-ever crowd to