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Record 19 wickets fall on day 1 of opening Ashes Test in Perth

Ex-Australia, England cricketers praise Mitchell Starc, Ben Stokes' bowling

Same experts were critical of Eden Gardens track, where India lost to South Africa inside three days

Pacers ruled the roost on the opening day of Ashes 2025-26, as a remarkable 19 wickets tumbled in Perth on Friday (November 21, 2025). Mitchell Starc claimed a career-best 7/58 to help bowl England out for 172, before Australia got a taste of their own medicine, chiefly via visiting skipper Ben Stokes (5/23 so far).

It was the most wickets ever to be taken on the opening day of the first Test of an Ashes series. The last time more wickets were taken on the first day of any Ashes Test was at Old Trafford way back in 1909, wi

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