Ashes 1st Test, AUS vs ENG Highlights: Ben Stokes' 5-wicket-haul brings Australia down to their knees on 19-wicket day

Australia vs England 1st Test LIVE Score Ashes: An excellent first over from Brendan Doggett as it turned out to be a maiden. Welcome to Test cricket - Doggett. Four runs came off it, but through extras - leg byes. Australia take early control here in Perth.

Australia vs England 1st Test LIVE Score Ashes: Mitchell Starc kept Joe Root on his toes here and put pressure on him with some disciplined bowling. Wait a minute, he gets his third and it's none other than Joe Root. Starc on fire here as Root bags duck and England are now in some serious trouble here. ENG 39/2 in 8.4 overs

Australia vs England 1st Test LIVE Score Ashes: Mitchell Starc unleashes fire and gets rid of Ben Duckett to push England on the backfoot. Duckett opts for a review and ends up wasting it as England lose both their openers. ENG 33/2 in 6.4 overs

Australia vs England 1st Test LIVE Score Ashes: Ben Duckett continues to counterattack the Aussie pacers with boundaries at regular intervals. England have managed a healthy run rate of 5 at the start of the innings. ENG 30/1 in 5 overs

Australia vs England 1st Test LIVE Score Ashes: Ben Duckett continues to find boundaries. On the pads and Duckett plays it into the gap for a four. Meanwhile, 7 runs came off the over. ENG 23/1 in 5 overs

Australia vs England 1st Test LIVE Score: Ben Duckett is in no mood to slow down as he hit Scott Bolland for a boundary at mid-on to make his intentions quite clear on the first ball. He hit a four on the last ball too, this time at mid-off. Bazball begins in Australia. ENG 16/1 in 4 overs

Australia vs England 1st Test LIVE Score: Mitchell Starc is unleashing fire here as he has now shifted his focus towards Ollie Pope and has not allowed him to score any runs in his over. A maiden from the Aussie veteran, back-to-back from him. ENG 6/1 in 3 overs

Australia vs England 1st Test LIVE Score: Mitchell Starc gets the job done in the first over again! He gets the wicket of Zak Crawley to put England under pressure once again. A massive blow for England early in the Ashes. Zak Crawley edged the ball behind the stumps in slip where Usman Khawaja grabbed an easy catch.

Australia vs England 1st Test LIVE Score: Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley are in the middle to open the innings for England. Mitchell Starc will start the proceedings with the new ball.

Ashes 1st Test LIVE Score: Australia Playing XI: Usman Khawaja, Jake Weatherald, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith(c), Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey(w), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Brendan Doggett, Scott Boland

Ashes 1st Test LIVE Score, Australia vs England: England Playing XI - Ben Duckett, Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes(c), Jamie Smith(w), Gus Atkinson, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Mark Wood

Ashes 1st Test LIVE Score, Australia vs England: England skipper Ben Stokes wins the toss and elects to bat first against Australia in Perth.

Ashes 1st Test LIVE Score, Australia vs England: Ben Stokes may not have produced a series-long domination like Ian Botham in 1981 or Andrew Flintoff in 2005, but his presence remains invaluable. If he stays fit and leads throughout the entire tour, it would be a major boost for England’s chances in Australia.

Ashes 1st Test LIVE Score, Australia vs England: Brendan Doggett is set to make his Test debut alongside fellow quick Scott Boland, marking a historic moment for Australian cricket. It will be the first time the men’s Test XI features two players of Indigenous heritage, a significant milestone as both bowlers step into key roles amid Australia’s injury-hit pace attack.

Ashes 1st Test LIVE Score, Australia vs England: England’s record in Perth remains bleak, with their last Test victory there dating all the way back to 1978. Since then, the WACA has been a fortress they’ve repeatedly failed to breach. Adding to the challenge, England have never played a Test match at the new Optus Stadium, entering unfamiliar territory as they look to rewrite history and end their decades-long drought in Western Australia.

Ashes 1st Test LIVE Score, Australia vs England: Steve Smith steps in to lead Australia once again, marking his third stint as skipper this year and his seventh since his full-time captaincy ended in the aftermath of the 2018 Sandpapergate scandal. Smith last donned the armband during England’s 2021–22 tour, stepping up when Pat Cummins was sidelined due to COVID-19 isolation protocols ahead of the Adelaide Test.

Ashes 1st Test LIVE Score, Australia vs England: Australia Playing XI: Usman Khawaja, Jake Weatherald, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith (c), Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Mitchell Starc, Scott Boland, Nathan Lyon, Brendan Doggett

Ashes 1st Test LIVE Score, Australia vs England: Australia will be without captain Pat Cummins and pace partner Josh Hazlewood for the first Test, leaving their attack missing two key frontline bowlers. Yet Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon remain confident of getting the job done on what is expected to be a quick, bouncy Perth surface.

Ashes 1st Test LIVE Score, Australia vs England: Hello and welcome to our live blog of first Ashes Test Day 1 between Australia and England from Perth.