The Ashes1st Test
Australia beat England by 8 wickets in the 1st Test - Match Info
Perth Stadium, . England won the toss and chose to bat.
Match details
- Match
- 1st Test, Test · The Ashes 2025/26
- Date
- (Fri 21 Nov, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Perth Stadium, Perth, Australia
- Toss
- England, chose to bat
- Result
- Australia won by 8 wickets
- Player of the match
- Mitchell Starc
- Umpires
- Adrian Holdstock (South Africa), Nitin Menon (India)
- TV umpire
- Sharfuddoula (Bangladesh)
- Reserve umpire
- Shawn Craig (Australia)
- Match referee
- Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Head to head (Test)
Played 366 · ENG won 113 · AUS won 156 · Drawn 97
Last 5 meetings
- 5th Test · The Ashes · ENG 283 & 395 v AUS 295 & 334England won by 49 runs
- 4th Test · The Ashes · AUS 317 & 214/5 v ENG 592Match drawn
- 3rd Test · The Ashes · AUS 263 & 224 v ENG 237 & 254/7England won by 3 wickets
- 2nd Test · The Ashes · AUS 416 & 279 v ENG 325 & 327Australia won by 43 runs
- 1st Test · The Ashes · ENG 393/8d & 273 v AUS 386 & 282/8Australia won by 2 wickets
Recent results (Test)
- L vs IND · IND 224 & 396 v ENG 247/9 & 367India won by 6 runs
- D vs IND · IND 358 & 425/4 v ENG 669Match drawn
- W vs IND · ENG 387 & 192 v IND 387 & 170England won by 22 runs
- L vs IND · IND 587 & 427/6d v ENG 407 & 271India won by 336 runs
- W vs IND · IND 471 & 364 v ENG 465 & 373/5England won by 5 wickets
- W vs WI · AUS 225 & 121 v WI 143 & 27Australia won by 176 runs
- W vs WI · AUS 286 & 243 v WI 253 & 143Australia won by 133 runs
- W vs WI · AUS 180 & 310 v WI 190 & 141Australia won by 159 runs
- L vs SA · AUS 212 & 207 v SA 138 & 282/5South Africa won by 5 wickets
- W vs SL · SL 257 & 231 v AUS 414 & 75/1Australia won by 9 wickets
Top players in this fixture
ENG v AUS Tests, among players who have played for either side in the last 18 months.
| Most runs | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Smith AUS | 37 | 3417 | 239 | 56.02 | 54.75 |
| Joe Root ENG | 34 | 2428 | 180 | 40.47 | 50.32 |
| Ben Stokes ENG | 24 | 1562 | 155 | 36.33 | 55.43 |
| Usman Khawaja AUS | 19 | 1378 | 171 | 40.53 | 44.24 |
| Marnus Labuschagne AUS | 14 | 1016 | 111 | 40.64 | 48.68 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson ENG | 39 | 117 | 2.94 |
| Nathan Lyon AUS | 29 | 110 | 2.78 |
| Mitchell Starc AUS | 22 | 97 | 3.57 |
| Pat Cummins AUS | 19 | 91 | 3.16 |
| Josh Hazlewood AUS | 18 | 76 | 3.28 |
Tests at Perth Stadium
- Matches
- 5
- Average 1st-innings score
- 395
- Won batting first
- 5
- Won chasing
- 0
- Highest total
- 598/4 by Australia ()