Watch The Ashes 2025\/26 LIVE and ad-break free during play with FOX CRICKET on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n DAY 2 LIVE: FOLLOW SATURDAY\u2019S ACTION HERE<\/a><\/p>\n The Kolkata wicket copped its fair share of criticism in the aftermath as spinners claimed nine of the 15 wickets on Day 1 of that Test match.<\/p>\n A couple of Indian cricketing legends in Irfan Pathan and Harbhajan Singh were the loudest critics of the pitch, with Harbhajan calling it a \u201cmockery of test cricket\u201d on social media site X. <\/p>\n A week later, England and Australia combined for 19 wickets in Perth \u2013 the most on the first day of an Ashes Test in 116 years.<\/p>\n Indian cricket journalist Subhayan Chakraborty took a dig at Harbhajan\u2019s social media post.<\/p>\n Former cricketing stars Ravichandran Ashwin and Dinesh Karthik also posted on X, with Ashwin\u2019s post accompanied by a GIF that read \u2018*Coughs* Double Standards\u2019.<\/p>\n Ashwin questioned what the fallout will be if a stack of wickets fall on the first day of the second Test between India and South Africa which gets underway in Guwahati on Saturday.<\/p>\n Watch South Africa\u2019s Tour of India: Every Test, ODI & T20 match LIVE & EXCLUSIVE on FOX CRICKET, available on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n Cricket broadcaster and former player Aakash Chopra was also critical of what he believed was a difference in commentary between the two pitches.<\/p>\n Chopra said that 19 wickets on an subcontinental pitch \u201cwould\u2019ve meant the death of Test cricket\u201d.<\/p>\n Australian pacer Mitch Starc, who terrorised the England attack with career-best figures of 7\/58, dismissed the state of the Perth pitch as the reason for high volume of wickets.<\/p>\n \u201cI think we often sit here and say it\u2019s the wicket or the batting but I think both teams bowled really well,\u201d Starc said at the end of Day 1.<\/p>\n \u201cEngland wanted to take the game on by beaing aggressive which creates opportunity and I thought we bowled quite well. <\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m sure both teams want to change the way they approach their batting (in the second innings) but sometimes you can sit there and say it was pretty good bowling from both teams.\u201d<\/p>\n Aus v England: Test 1, Day 1 Highlights | 14:38<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/p>\n TALKING POINTS: How Smith selection jab came back to bite<\/a><\/p>\n \u2018CAREER-DEFINING\u2019: Starc goes \u2018next level\u2019 in best-ever spell<\/a><\/p>\n \u2018DEPLORABLE\u2019: Bizarre debut moment that sparked collapse<\/a><\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763697191_816_poster-fallback.png\"\/)
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