The first Test of the 2025/26 Ashes is already over, with England suffering an embarrassing defeat inside two days.

Fans with tickets for day three, four and five in Perth were left disappointed as the first Test came to a rapid conclusion.

After weeks and months of build-up and talk of this being a very different England team, it all ended in a very familiar fashion.

The tourists are now 16 without a win on Australian soil, while it was the first Ashes Test to end inside two days since 1921 .

Ben Stokes won the toss and elected to bat first on a pitch that usually favours the team batting first.

But Mitchell Starc recorded his best-ever figures of 7-58 to leave England 172 all out.

In response, Australia only managed 132 as England produced an incredible bowling display to

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