AUS vs ENG Ashes 2025 1st Test match LIVE: Ben Stokes-led England team will aim to upset depleted Australian team under Steve Smith in the first game of the series at Optus Stadium in Perth from Friday. Ashes 2025 will get underway at Optus Stadium in Perth from Friday. (Source: X)

England cricket team will head into the first Test of the Ashes 2025 series with their best chance of causing an upset as they face an injury-ravaged Australian side at the Optus Stadium in Perth from Friday. The home side will be led by Steve Smith in the absence of injured regular skipper Pat Cummins with bowling star Josh Hazlewood also missing out.

Cummins and Hazlewood will be replaced by Scott Boland and debutant Brendan Doggett in the playing 11 for the Perth Test. Apart from Doggett, the Aussies will

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