: In a chaotic opening day of the Ashes, Ben Stokes won the toss and watched his team skittled for 172 before taking a five-wicket haul to give England a first-innings advantage Friday in the first cricket test.

Day 1 lived up to the pre-series hype, with pace bowlers dominating on a sunny day in front of more than 51,000 spectators at Perth Stadium.

Mitchell Starc took a career-best 7-58 as Australia bundled England out by the second session. Jofra Archer took a wicket in the first over of Australia’s reply to show the five-man England pace arsenal wasn’t to be outdone. The home team was 123-9 at stumps, still 49 runs behind.

In terms of wickets, 19 tumbled in 72 overs, as the test is almost half over with four days remaining.

England lost wickets at regular intervals but batted with

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