Live updates of the first Ashes test in Perth.<\/p>\n
Day one report<\/p>\n
Nineteen wickets fell on an opening day of carnage in the first Ashes test on Friday, with England\u2019s fearsome attack led by skipper Ben Stokes bowling them into a position of strength after Australia dismissed the tourists for 172.<\/p>\n
A rampaging Mitchell Starc took 7-58 to put England on the back foot after Stokes won the toss on a fine day at a packed Perth Stadium and chose to bat.<\/p>\n
AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.<\/a><\/p>\n Harry Brook, 52, and Ollie Pope, 46, offered the only resistance as they crumbled after lunch.<\/p>\n But England\u2019s elite fast bowlers, led by an exceptional Stokes with 5-23, fought back to reduce the hosts to 123-9 at stumps, trailing by 49.<\/p>\n Nathan Lyon was on three with Brendan Doggett yet to score.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat a day,\u201d England bowler Brydon Carse, who took two wickets including Steve Smith, told broadcasters.<\/p>\n \u201cI think everyone that\u2019s come today has got their time\u2019s worth — 19 wickets.<\/p>\n \u201cFantastic last session from everyone to put us in a strong position heading into tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n In a brutal introduction to test cricket, opener Jake Weatherald went for a second-ball duck, left on the floor by a Jofra Archer bullet and given out lbw.<\/p>\n Marnus Labuschagne fended off 41 balls for nine before he too succumbed to the sheer speed of Archer, bowled by a fuller delivery.<\/p>\n AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.<\/a><\/p>\n And when Smith fell for 17 to Carse in the next over, caught by Brook at slip, it was game on.<\/p>\n Usman Khawaja, who was feeling stiff so did not open, came in at four but lasted just six balls, blown away by a Carse bouncer that took a nick to wicketkeeper Jamie Smith, leaving Australia reeling at 31-4.<\/p>\n Cameron Green (24), Travis Head (21), Alex Carey (26) and Starc (12) all got starts, but in a reflection of the depth of England\u2019s pace stocks, Stokes removed them when he brought himself on.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s amazing. His character, his resilience is everything this team strives to be,\u201d Carse said of the skipper.<\/p>\n \u201cA game-changing spell from him in that session.\u201d<\/p>\n Starc had bagged three wickets in an intimidating opening spell, including Joe Root for a duck, before returning to send Stokes packing in his first over after the lunch break, then mopping up.<\/p>\n AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.<\/a><\/p>\n All five previous tests at the Perth venue have been won by the side batting first, but England did their best to challenge that, getting off to a horror start.<\/p>\n Veteran strike weapon Starc delivered as he has so many times before, enticing a thick edge from Zak Crawley on his sixth ball that Khawaja did well to collect low at slip, the opener gone for nought.<\/p>\n Starc has now taken a wicket in the first over of an innings 24 times.<\/p>\n At the other end Ben Duckett settled his nerves with a textbook drive off Scott Boland to bank the first four of the series.<\/p>\n But just as he was getting going, Starc pounced again, trapping him lbw for 21 to leave England tottering on 33-2.<\/p>\n That brought Root to the crease in his latest campaign for an elusive first century in Australia.<\/p>\n AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.<\/a><\/p>\n He only lasted seven balls, edging a seaming delivery into the safe hands of Labuschagne at third slip.<\/p>\n Pope survived the furnace and was composed before Green came on and he was out lbw, leaving the visitors on 105-4 at lunch.<\/p>\n Brook hit Scott Boland for a six in the first over after the break before Starc again worked his magic, taking out Stokes\u2019 stumps with an inswinger when the captain was on six.<\/p>\n A fearless Brook raced to his 14th test half-century before feathering a short ball to Carey, earning Doggett his maiden test wicket on debut.<\/p>\n Starc removed Gus Atkinson cheaply to give him the 17th five-wicket haul of his career and with Doggett they ruthlessly cleaned up the tail.<\/p>\n – AFP<\/p>\n AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.<\/a>Save<\/a>Share this articleCopy LinkEmailFacebookTwitter\/XLinkedInReddit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Live updates of the first Ashes test in Perth. 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