Mitchell Starc Dominates First Ashes Test with Ten-Wicket Haul.

Mitchell Starc has turned the first Ashes Test at the Optus Stadium in Perth into his playground. In the second innings of the match, he completed a ten-wicket haul in the game and dragged Australia back into a contest that had swung repeatedly on the first couple of days. The left-arm quick finished the match with figures of 10 for 113, becoming the first Australian seamer in 35 years to claim a ten-for in an Ashes Test, even as England put on a target of over 200 on a tricky Optus surface.

England, who earlier bowled Australia out for 132 to seize control, were bundled out for 164 runs in their second innings, asking the home team to chase down 205 runs in the final innings of the game.

Starc’s ten-for was completed in a

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