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Text updates and latest score from Perth's 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 the last three series Down Under finishing a combined 13-0 in the hosts' favour Friday 21 November…
England 1st innings Total 78 for 3 , from 17.5 overs. Batting Crawley c Khawaja b Starc ; 0 runs, 6 balls, 0 fours, 0 sixes, and a strike rate of 0.00 Duckett lbw b Starc ; 21 runs, 20 balls, 4 fours, 0 sixes, and a strike rate of 105.00 Pope not out…
England have named fast bowler Mark Wood in a 12-man squad for the first Ashes Test against Australia from Friday, raising the prospect of an all-seam frontline attack in Perth.
England captain Ben Stokes is fully embracing the magnitude of The Ashes series and expects to play in all five Tests against Australia over the next two months.
No James Anderson (retired). No Stuart Broad (retired). No Chris Woakes (retired). No Ollie Robinson (ignored). No Sam Cook (overlooked).
England begin Ashes series in Australia on November 21 with opening Test in Perth; further games in Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney; Australia captain Pat Cummins to miss at least first fixture with back injury; England have not won a Test in Australia since 2011 Tuesday 18 November 2025…
Sky Sports' Michael Atherton says England are "optimistic" that fast bowler Mark Wood will play in the first Ashes Test against Australia in Perth from Friday.
The Ashes starts in Perth on Friday as the phoney war of pre-series jibes is parked and the on-field action takes centre stage. That is not to say the phoney war of pre-series jibes has not been entertaining. Far from it.
England's Joe Root is yet to score an Ashes hundred in Australia, something the local media were quick to remind him of as he landed in the country for this winter's series.
Ollie Pope feels that pressure on his place in the England XI has made him more prepared than ever for the Ashes as he aims to improve on a poor average of 15.70 against Australia.
Mitchell Johnson says the "alarm bells are ringing loud and clear" for Australia with their ageing bowling attack hit by injures and that the "whole Ashes script is starting to be rewritten" as England target a first series win in the country since 2010/11.
Off-spinner Simon Harmer bowled South Africa to a first Test win in India in 15 years after home skipper Shubman Gill was hospitalised with neck spams and unable to bat as his side crumbled chasing 124 for victory on day three in Kolkata.
