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Start times, TV channel, live stream and first Test highlights - Australia host the 2025/26 series, which kicks off on Friday morning in Perth
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.
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
Cricket's oldest rivalry resumed with a bang on Friday with 19 wickets falling in a superb day's play at Perth
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.
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Where's the outrage? Silence over Perth pitch as 19 wickets fall on Day 1 of Ashes
Mitchell Starc and England pacers dominated on a pace-friendly Perth pitch as 19 wickets fell on day one of the Ashes. Former Indian cricketers highlighted contrasting narratives around pitch criticism,
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
Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc stood tall on Friday with career-best bowling figures of seven for 58 to help skittle England for 172 before tea on a frenetic first day of the Ashes opener in Perth,
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
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
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