The much-awaited Ashes 2025-26 kick-started with the Perth Test on Friday. After losing the Toss, Australia came out in the middle to bowl first against England. Aussie's star pacer Mitchell Starc wasted no time and scalped three wickets of the visitors' top order within the first Session of the game. Starc dismissed Zak Crawley and Joe Root for a duck, and sent Ben Duckett back to the dressing room on a score of 21.

With this dismissal, Starc etched his name in history books, becoming the 21st player to touch the 100-wicket mark in the Ashes. Not only this, but he became the first left-arm seamer to achieve this feat in Ashes history.

After the end of the first Session on Day 1, England were 105/4 with Harry Brook and Ben Stokes out in the middle.

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