Here is the timeline of key moments & scorecard of the first test between Australia Men’s cricket team vs England cricket team Timeline held at the Optus Stadium in Perth on November 21.
Australia beat England convincingly by 8 wickets inside two days and take a 1-0 lead.
Australia Men’s cricket team vs England cricket team Timeline First Test Perth November 2025
England win the toss and elect to bat first.
Day 1 Timeline attendance 51,531 ( Eng 172, Aus 123/9) trail by 49 runs
Mitchell Starc decimated the England batting lineup in the opening Test at Perth and picked up 7/58, as the visitos crumbled to 172 in 32.5 overs.
Harry Brook only batter to cross fifty.
Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope and Jamie Smith the only other batsman to make substantial contributions.
Jofra Archer and Brydon Carse claim 2 wickets each, as the hosts are reduced to 31/4.
Travis Head and Cameron Green steady the ship and add 45, before the former departs for 21.
Skipper Ben Stokes runs through the middle and lower order and claims a well deserved fifer as Australia end the day at 123/9, still behind 49.
Day 2 Timeline attendance 50,000 ( Eng 172 & 164, Aus 132 & 205/2) win by 8 wickets
Brydon Carse dismisses Nathan Lyon as the hosts are bundled out for 132, giving the visitors a slender lead of 40.
Mitchell Starc gets Zak Crawley yet again for a duck in the first over.
Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope are solid and add 65, before Mitchell Starc and Scott Boland trigger a dramtic collapse by claiming 3 wickets each as the visitors slump from 65/1 to 88/6.
Gus Atkinson and Brydon Carse feature in a valuable eight wicket stand of 50.
Brendan Doggett picks up 3 wickets, as England are bowled out for 164, with an overall lead of 204.
Travis Head and Jake Weatherald start solidly and add 75, before Brydon Carse gets the latter for 23.
Head scores a swashbuckling hundred.
Marnus Labuschagne is unbeaten on 51.
Australia win by 8 wickets.
Player of the match- Mitchell Starc
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