Morning one, morning all,
Welcome to our coverage of the first Ashes Test out of Perth – just a bit doing over in the west.
Not least the Ashes storyline we never knew we needed – Steve Smith plotting an elaborate, choreographed alpha-ing of Monty Panesar. More on that later.
It’s finally here.Credit: Getty Images
But for now, we’ve got Australia and England finally kicking off one of the most anticipated Test series this century. We’ve got debutants Jake Weatherald and Brendan Doggett. We’ve got Bazball. We’ve got the Barmy Army.
We’ve got Tom Decent, Daniel Brettig and Andrew Wu on the ground. We’ve got the first ball at approximately 1:20pm AEDT and the toss roughly 20 minutes before that.
With no more gilding of the lily, no further adieu, just 90 minutes until one of the most beautiful sights on this green earth – the first ball of a Test summer.
Giddy up.