Result

Australia won by 8 wickets

Australia vs England

1st Test · Perth, Western Australia · Nov 21, 2025 · Ashes Series

ENG
England
172 (32.5) & 164 (34.4)
AUS
Australia
132-10 (45.2) & 205-2 (28.2)

England won the toss and elected to batting

Player of the Match

England 1st Innings

Batting

Batter R B 4s 6s SR
Zak Crawley c Usman Khawaja b Mitchell Starc 0 6 0 0 0.00
Ben Duckett b Mitchell Starc 21 20 4 0 105.00
Ollie Pope b Cameron Green 46 58 4 0 79.00
Joe Root c Marnus Labuschagne b Mitchell Starc 0 7 0 0 0.00
Harry Brook c Alex Carey b Brendan Doggett 52 61 5 1 85.00
Ben Stokes b Mitchell Starc 6 12 0 0 50.00
Jamie Smith c Cameron Green b Mitchell Starc 33 22 6 0 150.00
Gus Atkinson c Steven Smith b Mitchell Starc 1 2 0 0 50.00
Brydon Carse c Marnus Labuschagne b Brendan Doggett 6 9 1 0 67.00
Jofra Archer not out 0 1 0 0 0.00
Mark Wood c Alex Carey b Mitchell Starc 0 1 0 0 0.00

Bowling

Bowler O R W Econ
Mitchell Starc 12.5 58 7 4.52
Scott Boland 10.0 62 0 6.20
Brendan Doggett 7.0 27 2 3.86
Nathan Lyon 2.0 10 0 5.00
Cameron Green 1.0 10 1 10.00

Australia 1st Innings

Batting

Batter R B 4s 6s SR
Jake Weatherald b Jofra Archer 0 2 0 0 0.00
Marnus Labuschagne b Jofra Archer 9 41 1 0 22.00
Steven Smith c Harry Brook b Brydon Carse 17 49 2 0 35.00
Usman Khawaja c Jamie Smith b Brydon Carse 2 6 0 0 33.00
Travis Head c Brydon Carse b Ben Stokes 21 35 1 0 60.00
Cameron Green c Jamie Smith b Ben Stokes 24 50 2 0 48.00
Alex Carey c Brydon Carse b Ben Stokes 26 26 3 0 100.00
Mitchell Starc c Brydon Carse b Ben Stokes 12 12 0 0 100.00
Nathan Lyon c Ben Duckett b Brydon Carse 4 21 0 0 19.00
Scott Boland c Harry Brook b Ben Stokes 0 2 0 0 0.00
Brendan Doggett not out 7 30 0 0 23.00

Bowling

Bowler O R W Econ
Jofra Archer 9.0 11 2 1.22
Gus Atkinson 12.0 24 0 2.00
Mark Wood 8.0 21 0 2.63
Brydon Carse 10.2 45 3 4.35
Ben Stokes 6.0 23 5 3.83

England 2nd Innings

Batting

Batter R B 4s 6s SR
Zak Crawley c & b Mitchell Starc 0 5 0 0 0.00
Ben Duckett c Steven Smith b Scott Boland 28 40 3 0 70.00
Ollie Pope c Alex Carey b Scott Boland 33 57 2 0 58.00
Joe Root b Mitchell Starc 8 11 1 0 73.00
Harry Brook c Usman Khawaja b Scott Boland 0 3 0 0 0.00
Ben Stokes c Steven Smith b Mitchell Starc 2 11 0 0 18.00
Jamie Smith c Alex Carey b Brendan Doggett 15 25 1 0 60.00
Gus Atkinson c Brendan Doggett b Scott Boland 37 32 2 2 116.00
Brydon Carse c Alex Carey b Brendan Doggett 20 20 1 2 100.00
Jofra Archer c Steven Smith b Brendan Doggett 5 3 1 0 167.00
Mark Wood not out 4 1 1 0 400.00

Bowling

Bowler O R W Econ
Mitchell Starc 12.0 55 3 4.58
Scott Boland 11.4 33 4 2.83
Brendan Doggett 9.0 51 3 5.67
Cameron Green 2.0 13 0 6.50

Australia 2nd Innings

Batting

Batter R B 4s 6s SR
Travis Head c Ollie Pope b Brydon Carse 123 83 16 4 148.00
Jake Weatherald c Ben Duckett b Brydon Carse 23 34 3 0 68.00
Marnus Labuschagne not out 51 49 6 1 104.00
Steven Smith not out 2 4 0 0 50.00

Bowling

Bowler O R W Econ
Jofra Archer 8.0 45 0 5.63
Gus Atkinson 9.0 61 0 6.78
Brydon Carse 5.2 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

Venue

Perth Stadium
Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Innings

  • England — 1st Innings 172 (32.5)
  • Australia — 1st Innings 132-10 (45.2)
  • England — 2nd Innings 164 (34.4)
  • Australia — 2nd Innings 205-2 (28.2)

Awards

Player of the match: Mitchell Starc