Australia v England, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, 1st Test, The Ashes, 2025

The Ashes 1st Test: Australia v England at Perth, November 21, 2025

Australia

AUS

132/10 (45.2) & 205/2 (28.2)

England

ENG

172/10 (32.5) & 164/10 (34.4)

Finished

AUS won by 8 wickets

England 1st InningENG 1st Inning172/10 (32.5 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Zak Crawley	c U Khawaja b M Starc	0	6	0	0	0.00
c U Khawaja b M Starc
Ben Duckett	lbw b M Starc	21	20	4	0	105.00
lbw b M Starc
Ollie Pope	lbw b C Green	46	58	4	0	79.31
lbw b C Green
Joe Root	c M Labuschagne b M Starc	0	7	0	0	0.00
c M Labuschagne b M Starc
Harry Brook	c A Carey b B Doggett	52	61	5	1	85.25
c A Carey b B Doggett
Ben Stokes(C)	b M Starc	6	12	0	0	50.00
b M Starc
Jamie Smith(WK)	c C Green b M Starc	33	22	6	0	150.00
c C Green b M Starc
Gus Atkinson	c S Smith b M Starc	1	2	0	0	50.00
c S Smith b M Starc
Brydon Carse	c M Labuschagne b B Doggett	6	9	1	0	66.67
c M Labuschagne b B Doggett
Jofra Archer	Not out	0	1	0	0	0.00
Not out
Mark Wood	c A Carey b M Starc	0	1	0	0	0.00
c A Carey b M Starc
Extra	7 (b 0, w 0, nb 2, lb 5)
Total	172/10 (32.5)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Mitchell Starc	12.5	4	58	7	4.52
Scott Boland	10	0	62	0	6.20
Brendan Doggett	7	1	27	2	3.86
Nathan Lyon	2	0	10	0	5.00
Cameron Green	1	0	10	1	10.00

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Z Crawley - 0.6 ov), 2-33 (BM Duckett - 6.4 ov), 3-39 (J Root - 8.5 ov), 4-94 (O Pope - 19.6 ov), 5-115 (B Stokes - 24.5 ov), 6-160 (H Brook - 29.5 ov), 7-161 (G Atkinson - 30.1 ov), 8-168 (B Carse - 31.5 ov), 9-172 (JL Smith - 32.4 ov), 10-172 (M Wood - 32.5 ov)

Australia 1st InningAUS 1st Inning132/10 (45.2 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Jake Weatherald	lbw b J Archer	0	2	0	0	0.00
lbw b J Archer
Marnus Labuschagne	b J Archer	9	41	1	0	21.95
b J Archer
Steven Smith(C)	c H Brook b B Carse	17	49	2	0	34.69
c H Brook b B Carse
Usman Khawaja	c JL Smith b B Carse	2	6	0	0	33.33
c JL Smith b B Carse
Travis Head	c B Carse b B Stokes	21	35	1	0	60.00
c B Carse b B Stokes
Cameron Green	c JL Smith b B Stokes	24	50	2	0	48.00
c JL Smith b B Stokes
Alex Carey(WK)	c B Carse b B Stokes	26	26	3	0	100.00
c B Carse b B Stokes
Mitchell Starc	c B Carse b B Stokes	12	12	0	0	100.00
c B Carse b B Stokes
Nathan Lyon	c BM Duckett b B Carse	4	21	0	0	19.05
c BM Duckett b B Carse
Scott Boland	c H Brook b B Stokes	0	2	0	0	0.00
c H Brook b B Stokes
Brendan Doggett	Not out	7	30	0	0	23.33
Not out
Extra	10 (b 0, w 0, nb 2, lb 8)
Total	132/10 (45.2)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Jofra Archer	9	4	11	2	1.22
Gus Atkinson	12	5	24	0	2.00
Mark Wood	8	1	21	0	2.63
Brydon Carse	10.2	1	45	3	4.35
Ben Stokes	6	1	23	5	3.83

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (J Weatherald - 0.2 ov), 2-28 (M Labuschagne - 14.2 ov), 3-30 (S Smith - 15.5 ov), 4-31 (U Khawaja - 17.2 ov), 5-76 (T Head - 29.1 ov), 6-83 (C Green - 31.1 ov), 7-118 (M Starc - 35.6 ov), 8-121 (A Carey - 37.4 ov), 9-121 (SM Boland - 37.6 ov), 10-132 (NM Lyon - 45.2 ov)

England 2nd InningENG 2nd Inning164/10 (34.4 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Zak Crawley	c & b M Starc	0	5	0	0	0.00
c & b M Starc
Ben Duckett	c S Smith b SM Boland	28	40	3	0	70.00
c S Smith b SM Boland
Ollie Pope	c A Carey b SM Boland	33	57	2	0	57.89
c A Carey b SM Boland
Joe Root	b M Starc	8	11	1	0	72.73
b M Starc
Harry Brook	c U Khawaja b SM Boland	0	3	0	0	0.00
c U Khawaja b SM Boland
Ben Stokes(C)	c S Smith b M Starc	2	11	0	0	18.18
c S Smith b M Starc
Jamie Smith(WK)	c A Carey b B Doggett	15	25	1	0	60.00
c A Carey b B Doggett
Gus Atkinson	c B Doggett b SM Boland	37	32	2	2	115.63
c B Doggett b SM Boland
Brydon Carse	c A Carey b B Doggett	20	20	1	2	100.00
c A Carey b B Doggett
Jofra Archer	c S Smith b B Doggett	5	3	1	0	166.67
c S Smith b B Doggett
Mark Wood	Not out	4	1	1	0	400.00
Not out
Extra	12 (b 1, w 0, nb 0, lb 11)
Total	164/10 (34.4)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Mitchell Starc	12	1	55	3	4.58
Scott Boland	11.4	2	33	4	2.83
Brendan Doggett	9	0	51	3	5.67
Cameron Green	2	0	13	0	6.50

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Z Crawley - 0.5 ov), 2-65 (BM Duckett - 16.2 ov), 3-76 (O Pope - 18.3 ov), 4-76 (H Brook - 18.6 ov), 5-76 (J Root - 19.2 ov), 6-88 (B Stokes - 24.4 ov), 7-104 (JL Smith - 27.1 ov), 8-154 (B Carse - 33.1 ov), 9-160 (J Archer - 33.5 ov), 10-164 (G Atkinson - 34.4 ov)

Australia 2nd InningAUS 2nd Inning205/2 (28.2 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Travis Head	c O Pope b B Carse	123	83	16	4	148.19
c O Pope b B Carse
Jake Weatherald	c BM Duckett b B Carse	23	34	3	0	67.65
c BM Duckett b B Carse
Marnus Labuschagne	Not out	51	49	6	1	104.08
Not out
Steven Smith(C)	Not out	2	4	0	0	50.00
Not out
Extra	6 (b 1, w 4, nb 0, lb 1)
Total	205/2 (28.2)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Jofra Archer	8	0	45	0	5.63
Gus Atkinson	9	1	61	0	6.78
Brydon Carse	5.2	0	44	2	8.25
Mark Wood	3	0	23	0	7.67
Ben Stokes	2	0	18	0	9.00
Joe Root	1	0	12	0	12.00

Fall of wickets: 1-75 (J Weatherald - 11.3 ov), 2-192 (T Head - 26.5 ov)

Man of the Match

Mitchell Starc

Date

2025-11-21 07:50 AM

Venue

Perth Stadium, Perth

Toss

England elected to bat

Umpires

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