PERTH, AUSTRALIA: Australia defeated England by 8 wickets in the first Ashes Test thanks to Travis Head’s aggressive century.
In the ongoing Test match in Perth, the Australian team was given a target of 205 runs to win, which it easily achieved with the loss of 2 wickets.
Travis Head played a brilliant innings of 123 runs off 83 balls, while Jack Weatherall was out for 23 runs.
Marnus Labuschagne was not out on 51 and captain Steve Smith was 2 runs.
Brydon Carse took both wickets for England.
Earlier, the English team was bundled out for 164 runs in its second innings despite a good start.
The Australian team has been given a target of 205 runs to win in the ongoing Test match in Perth.
The second day, the Australian team started the game at 123 runs for 9 out, and after adding only 9 runs to the total score, Nathan Lyon fell to Brydon Carse for 4 runs.
When England started the second innings, Zach Crawley was once again dismissed by Mitchell Starc for a duck in the first over.
Ben Duckett (28) and Ollie Pope (33) put on a 65-run partnership for the second wicket to stabilize the team, but the English batting line-up collapsed as soon as Ben Duckett was dismissed.
England had lost 7 wickets for a total score of 104. Jamie Smith 15, Joe Root 8, captain Ben Stokes 2 and Harry Brook were out without scoring a run.
Gus Atkinson (37) and Brydon Carse (20) put on a 50-run partnership for the eighth wicket to reduce the team’s problems.
Jofra Archer was dismissed for 5 runs while Mark Wood remained unbeaten on 4 runs.
Scott Boland took 4 wickets for Australia, while Mitchell Starc and Brendan Doggett took 3 wickets each.
Earlier, the first day of the Ashes Test was all about the fast bowlers, with a total of 19 wickets falling, which is the highest number on the first day of any Ashes Test.
The Australian team started the innings after dismissing England for 172 runs on the first day, when debutant Jack Weatherall fell victim to Jofra Archer on the second ball.
Marnus Labuschagne was bowled by Jofra Archer for 9 runs on a total score of 28.
Captain Steve Smith (17) on a total score of 30 and Usman Khawaja (2) on a total score of 31 fell victim to Brydon Carse.
Travis Head (21) and Cameron Green (24) put on a 45-run partnership for the fifth wicket, but England captain Ben Stokes controlled both batsmen at a total of 76 and 83 respectively.
Mitchell Starc (12), Alex Carey (26) and Scott Boland (0) also fell victim to Ben Stokes.
It should be remembered that Ben Stokes’ decision to bat first after winning the toss surprised even cricket experts.
In the absence of Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc single-handedly demolished the English batting line, bowling his career-best.
The English team was in trouble from the beginning and lost their first wicket on the last ball of the first over. Zak Crawley fell victim to Mitchell Starc without scoring a run.
Mitchell Starc dismissed Ben Duckett (21) in the seventh over of the match for a total of 33 and Joe Root (0) in the ninth over for 39. This was Starc’s 100th wicket against England.
Ollie Pope and Harry Brook put up some resistance, but before lunch, Ollie Pope made 46 for 94 before falling victim to Cameron Green.
England were 105 for 4 at the lunch break. When play resumed after the lunch break, captain Ben Stokes was bowled by Starc for 6 after scoring just 10 runs in the total.
Harry Brook, who had shown some resistance, also got out for 52.
Jamie Smith 33, Brydon Carse 6, Gus Atkinson one and Mark Wood were out without scoring a run.
Mitchell Starc took 7 wickets for 58 runs, while debutant Brendan Doggett took 2 and Cameron Green took one wicket.