Author: Ian Mason

The Ashes 2025/26, first Test, day two. Play starting 👏🏏

The Ashes 2025/26 first Test. Day One Stumps.

Well that was an all-action day of Ashes cricket. 19 wickets and 295 runs. This is not going to be a five day match.

England 172ao. Australia have lost nine wickets and still trail by 49 runs.

Andy Zaltzman – Test Match Special statistician:

> This is the most wickets taken in a day of an Ashes Test since the Old Trafford Test of 1909 where both teams were all out in the same day.

The Ashes 2025/26 first Test. Day One Stumps 🏏

Well that was an all-action day of Ashes cricket. 19 wickets and 295 runs. This is not going to be a five day match.

England 172ao. Australia have lost nine wickets and still trail by 49 runs.

Andy Zaltzman – Test Match Special statistician:

> This is the most wickets taken in a day of an Ashes Test since the Old Trafford Test of 1909 where both teams were all out in the same day.

Five-for for Ben Stokes 👏

Boland out for a duck.

Stokes has four. Carey out for 26. 🇦🇺 121-8 after 37.4 overs.

And a third wicket for Ben Stokes – Mitchell Starc out for 12. Australia 118-7 still trailing England by 54 runs.

Australia 91-6. Stokes has taken the wicket of Cameron Green.

Stokes bowling now – and takes the wicket of Travis Head. Australia 76-5 after 29.1 overs.

Khawaja out for 2 off 6. Carse’s second wicket. 🇦🇺 31-4