Category: Cricket

Lunch Day One. England 105-4. Lots of action, Starc outstanding.

Ollie Pope out for 46. England 94-4 after 20 overs.

Root out for a duck. England 39-3 after 8.5 overs. Starc bowling superbly.

Starc gets Duckett lbw after 6.4 overs. England 33-2 and a DRS review wasted.

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Wicket maiden over from Starc to begin. Crawley out on the sixth ball, caught by Khawaja at first slip 😔

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First Test 🏏

Successfully woken up at 2am 😅 National anthems underway …

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First Test, 21 – 25 November

Starts 02:20 GMT

Optus Stadium, Perth

England won the toss and will bat 🏏

🏏🔗 England Men name squad for first Ashes Test in Perth

England 12-player squad:

Ben Stokes (c)
Jofra Archer
Gus Atkinson
Shoaib Bashir
Harry Brook
Brydon Carse
Zak Crawley
Ben Duckett
Ollie Pope
Joe Root
Jamie Smith (wk)
Mark Wood

🏏🔗 India vs South Africa: Proteas win first Test in India since 2010 in low-scoring thriller

South Africa secured their first Test victory in India since 2010 as they triumphed in a low-scoring thriller inside three days in Kolkata.

🏏🔗 Joe Root splutters but Ollie Pope prospers in England's Ashes warm-up

Pope makes 100 in England’s 426