First Test, day one, Perth - England win toss and bat
Tourists bowled out for 172 before tea as superb Starc claims career-best 7-58
Starc dismisses Crawley in first over before removing Duckett, Root, Stokes, Atkinson, Smith and Wood
Green dismisses Pope lbw for 46; debutant Doggett removes Brook for 52 and Carse
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Too early to panic but as feared, England look woefully undercooked. They might be up to speed with conditions by the 3rd or 4th Test at this rate…
Jamie, Caversham
Michael Vaughan
Former England captain on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
Brendan Doggett is bowling a brilliant length. He's found his rhythm straight away.
That was a brilliant first over.
Jim Maxwell
BBC Test Match Special commentator at Lord's
That's a very, very good over bowled by Brendan Doggett.
It's nipping, it's bouncing, the crowd are clapping during his run-up, and there's a couple of loud appeals. Test cricket, meet Brendan Doggett.
Ohhhhhhh what a start from Brendan Doggett!
He beats Ollie Pope's inside edge and the ball flies just over the top of middle stump. Steve Smith was very interested in a possible caught behind. No-one else is.
Andy Zaltzman
Test Match Special statistician
This is Mitchell Starc's best opening spell against England with 3-10.
It's the second consecutive time that Joe Root has been dismissed off a duck to start off an Ashes series.
Hmmm. I believe this can be categorised as not a good start from England. Full credit to Mitchell Starc - his bowling has been excellent - but 50-odd minutes into the first Test and England are rebuilding.
Here comes debutant Brendan Doggett for his first over in Test cricket.
Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport chief cricket reporter in Perth
Two days ago, Mitchell Starc was asked how it felt to the only one of the 'big three' left standing.
"Old," he said.
Right now he is doing the damage of himself, Cummins and Hazlewood combined.
Michael Vaughan
Former England captain on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
Starc is bowling beautifully. It's just gone across Joe Root, there was a bit of nip.
England's best player has to go.
Jim Maxwell
BBC Test Match Special commentator at Lord's
Another outstanding delivery from Mitchell Starc!
Root c Labuschagne b Starc 0 (39-3)
'Outstanding' Starc takes his third wicket as Root falls for a duck
Oh no, oh no, oh no.
A straighter delivery from Mitchell Starc and Joe Root snicks it to Marnus Labuschagne at second slip.
Root's out for a duck. Starc has three wickets in the opening hour.
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Ahem, nothing to see here. A quick Root ton and we’ll be well set at close….gulp.
Joe, Esher
Michael Vaughan
Former England captain on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
This England side play so flamboyantly. We've had some drama but they're scoring at five an over.
Simon Mann
BBC Test Match Special commentator
There's two different games going on out there at the moment, one at Starc's end and one at Boland's end.
Night, Gary.
England are tucking into Scott Boland, Ollie Pope this time, driving for four. He has 0-29 from his four overs.
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Someone needs to tell England this is a five-day Test.
Lawro in the US
And with that, I bid you goodnight.
Gary, Stirling
Michael Vaughan
Former England captain on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
If Joe Root would've been out there, I would've just said Australia's not for you, Joe.
Scott Boland did get something on it! Fortunately, Joe Root is in the zone and stretches to get his bat down before the ball hits the stumps.
Oh ummm... has Joe Root been run out at the non-striker's end?
Ollie Pope was driving back down the ground. Did Scott Boland get something on it?
Oooooohs all round as Joe Root plays and misses at a fuller delivery. Less of that, Joe.
Mitchell Starc has 2-10 from his opening four overs.
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Crawley,caught Khawaja, bowled Starc Crawley, caught Khawaja, bowled Starc | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.00 |
Duckett,leg before wicket, bowled Starc Duckett, leg before wicket, bowled Starc | 21 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 105.00 |
Pope,leg before wicket, bowled Green Pope, leg before wicket, bowled Green | 46 | 58 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 97 | 79.31 |
Root,caught Labuschagne, bowled Starc Root, caught Labuschagne, bowled Starc | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.00 |
Brook,caught Carey, bowled Doggett Brook, caught Carey, bowled Doggett | 52 | 61 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 106 | 85.25 |
Stokes,bowled Starc Stokes, bowled Starc | 6 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 50.00 |
Smith,caught Green, bowled Starc Smith, caught Green, bowled Starc | 33 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 46 | 150.00 |
Atkinson,caught Smith, bowled Starc Atkinson, caught Smith, bowled Starc | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.00 |
Carse,caught Labuschagne, bowled Doggett Carse, caught Labuschagne, bowled Doggett | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 66.67 |
Archer,not out Archer, not out | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.00 |
Wood,caught Carey, bowled Starc Wood, caught Carey, bowled Starc | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Extras, no balls 2, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 5, total 7 Extras, no balls 2, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 5, total 7 | |||||||
Total,172 all out 32.5 overs Total,172 all out 32.5 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Starc | 12.5 | 4 | 58 | 7 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4.51 |
Boland | 10.0 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6.20 |
Doggett | 7.0 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.85 |
Lyon | 2.0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.00 |
Green | 1.0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10.00 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
0 for 1 (0.6 overs) | Crawley |
33 for 2 (6.4 overs) | Duckett |
39 for 3 (8.5 overs) | Root |
94 for 4 (19.6 overs) | Pope |
115 for 5 (24.5 overs) | Stokes |
160 for 6 (29.5 overs) | Brook |
161 for 7 (30.1 overs) | Atkinson |
168 for 8 (31.5 overs) | Carse |
172 for 9 (32.4 overs) | Smith |
172 for 10 (32.5 overs) | Wood |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Weatherald,leg before wicket, bowled Archer Weatherald, leg before wicket, bowled Archer | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 |
batting,Labuschagne,not out batting, Labuschagne, not out | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.00 |
batting,Smith,not out batting, Smith, not out | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.00 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 0, total 0 Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 0, total 0 | |||||||
Total,0 for 1 1.5 overs Total,0 for 1 1.5 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Archer | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Atkinson, bowling | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
0 for 1 (0.2 overs) | Weatherald |
