Australia vs England, 1st Test, 21 Nov 2025

ICC World Test Championship 2025-2027 · 1st Test · TestResult

Australia132 & 205/2

England172 & 164T:205

Australia won by 8 wickets

Player of the match: Mitchell Starc

Match report

At Perth Stadium on 21 Nov 2025, Australia won by 8 wickets. The scores: England 172 (32.5 ov); Australia 132 (45.2 ov); England 164 (34.4 ov); Australia 205/2 (28.2 ov). Travis Head top-scored for Australia with 123 off 83 balls. The best bowling figures were Mitchell Starc's 7/58 from 12.5 overs. Player of the match: Mitchell Starc. The full scorecard, fall of wickets and ball-by-ball are below.

Scorecard

England · 1st innings172/10 (32.5 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Zak Crawleyc Khawaja b Starc	0	6	0	0	0
Ben Duckettlbw b Starc	21	20	4	0	105
Ollie Popelbw b Green	46	58	4	0	79.31
Joe Rootc Labuschagne b Starc	0	7	0	0	0
Harry Brookc Carey b Doggett	52	61	5	1	85.24
Ben Stokesb Starc	6	12	0	0	50
Jamie Smithc Green b Starc	33	22	6	0	150
Gus Atkinsonc Smith b Starc	1	2	0	0	50
Brydon Carsec Labuschagne b Doggett	6	9	1	0	66.66
Jofra Archernot out	0	1	0	0	0
Mark Woodc Carey b Starc	0	1	0	0	0

Extras 7 (b 0, lb 5, w 0, nb 2)Total 172/10 · Run rate 5.24

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Mitchell Starc	12.5	4	58	7	4.51
Scott Boland	10	0	62	0	6.2
Brendan Doggett	7	1	27	2	3.85
Nathan Lyon	2	0	10	0	5
Cameron Green	1	0	10	1	10

Australia · 1st innings132/10 (45.2 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	SR
Jake Weatheraldlbw b Archer	0	2	0	0
Marnus Labuschagneb Archer	9	41	1	21.95
Steven Smithc Brook b Carse	17	49	2	34.69
Usman Khawajac Smith b Carse	2	6	0	33.33
Travis Headc Carse b Stokes	21	35	1	60
Cameron Greenc Smith b Stokes	24	50	2	48
Alex Careyc Carse b Stokes	26	26	3	100
Mitchell Starcc Carse b Stokes	12	12	0	100
Nathan Lyonc Duckett b Carse	4	21	0	19.04
Scott Bolandc Brook b Stokes	0	2	0	0
Brendan Doggettnot out	7	30	0	23.33

Extras 10 (b 0, lb 8, w 0, nb 2)Total 132/10 · Run rate 2.91

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Jofra Archer	9	4	11	2	1.22
Gus Atkinson	12	5	24	0	2
Mark Wood	8	1	21	0	2.62
Brydon Carse	10.2	1	45	3	4.35
Ben Stokes	6	1	23	5	3.83

England · 2nd innings164/10 (34.4 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Zak Crawleyc & b Starc	0	5	0	0	0
Ben Duckettc Smith b Boland	28	40	3	0	70
Ollie Popec Carey b Boland	33	57	2	0	57.89
Joe Rootb Starc	8	11	1	0	72.72
Harry Brookc Khawaja b Boland	0	3	0	0	0
Ben Stokesc Smith b Starc	2	11	0	0	18.18
Jamie Smithc Carey b Doggett	15	25	1	0	60
Gus Atkinsonc Doggett b Boland	37	32	2	2	115.62
Brydon Carsec Carey b Doggett	20	20	1	2	100
Jofra Archerc Smith b Doggett	5	3	1	0	166.66
Mark Woodnot out	4	1	1	0	400

Extras 12 (b 1, lb 11, w 0, nb 0)Total 164/10 · Run rate 4.73

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Mitchell Starc	12	1	55	3	4.58
Scott Boland	11.4	2	33	4	2.82
Brendan Doggett	9	0	51	3	5.66
Cameron Green	2	0	13	0	6.5

Australia · 2nd innings205/2 (28.2 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Travis Headc Pope b Carse	123	83	16	4	148.19
Jake Weatheraldc Duckett b Carse	23	34	3	0	67.64
Marnus Labuschagnenot out	51	49	6	1	104.08
Steven Smithnot out	2	4	0	0	50

Extras 6 (b 1, lb 1, w 4, nb 0, p 4)Total 205/2 · Run rate 7.24

Did not bat: Usman Khawaja, Cameron Green, Alex Carey, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland, Brendan Doggett

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Jofra Archer	8	0	45	0	5.62
Gus Atkinson	9	1	61	0	6.77
Brydon Carse	5.2	0	44	2	8.25
Mark Wood	3	0	23	0	7.66
Ben Stokes	2	0	18	0	9
Joe Root	1	0	12	0	12

Fall of wickets

–-10.6 ov
England · Zak Crawley c Khawaja b Starc 0 (6)
33-26.4 ov
England · Ben Duckett lbw b Starc 21 (20)
39-38.5 ov
England · Joe Root c Labuschagne b Starc 0 (7)
94-419.6 ov
England · Ollie Pope lbw b Green 46 (58)
115-524.5 ov
England · Ben Stokes b Starc 6 (12)
160-629.5 ov
England · Harry Brook c †Carey b Doggett 52 (61)
161-730.1 ov
England · Gus Atkinson c Smith b Starc 1 (2)
168-831.5 ov
England · Brydon Carse c Labuschagne b Doggett 6 (9)
172-932.4 ov
England · Jamie Smith c Green b Starc 33 (22)
172-1032.5 ov
England · Mark Wood c †Carey b Starc 0 (1)
–-10.2 ov
Australia · Jake Weatherald lbw b Archer 0 (2)
28-214.2 ov
Australia · Marnus Labuschagne b Archer 9 (41)
30-315.5 ov
Australia · Steven Smith c Brook b Carse 17 (49)
31-417.2 ov
Australia · Usman Khawaja c †Smith b Carse 2 (6)
76-529.1 ov
Australia · Travis Head c Carse b Stokes 21 (35)
83-631.1 ov
Australia · Cameron Green c †Smith b Stokes 24 (50)
118-735.6 ov
Australia · Mitchell Starc c Carse b Stokes 12 (12)
121-837.4 ov
Australia · Alex Carey c Carse b Stokes 26 (26)
121-937.6 ov
Australia · Scott Boland c Brook b Stokes 0 (2)
132-1045.2 ov
Australia · Nathan Lyon c Duckett b Carse 4 (21)
–-10.5 ov
England · Zak Crawley c & b Starc 0 (5)
65-216.2 ov
England · Ben Duckett c Smith b Boland 28 (40)
76-318.3 ov
England · Ollie Pope c †Carey b Boland 33 (57)
76-418.6 ov
England · Harry Brook c Khawaja b Boland 0 (3)
76-519.2 ov
England · Joe Root b Starc 8 (11)
88-624.4 ov
England · Ben Stokes c Smith b Starc 2 (11)
104-727.1 ov
England · Jamie Smith c †Carey b Doggett 15 (25)
154-833.1 ov
England · Brydon Carse c †Carey b Doggett 20 (20)
160-933.5 ov
England · Jofra Archer c Smith b Doggett 5 (3)
164-1034.4 ov
England · Gus Atkinson c Doggett b Boland 37 (32)
75-111.3 ov
Australia · Jake Weatherald c Duckett b Carse 23 (34)
192-226.5 ov
Australia · Travis Head c Pope b Carse 123 (83)

Runs per over · England

135

Runs per over · Australia

129

Ball by ball

End of over 29 · 1 R
28.21Carse to Smith
28.1·Carse to Smith
End of over 28 · 12 R
27.66Root to Labuschagne
27.5·Root to Labuschagne
27.44Root to Labuschagne
27.31Root to Smith
27.21Root to Labuschagne
27.1·Root to Labuschagne
End of over 27 · 10 R
26.6·Carse to Smith
26.44Carse to Head
26.32Carse to Head
26.24Carse to Head
26.1·Carse to Head
End of over 26 · 20 R
25.64Atkinson to Labuschagne
25.51Atkinson to Head
25.51Atkinson to Head
25.44Atkinson to Head
25.34Atkinson to Head
25.31Atkinson to Head
25.21Atkinson to Labuschagne
25.14Atkinson to Labuschagne
End of over 25 · 2 R
24.61Archer to Labuschagne
24.5·Archer to Labuschagne
24.4·Archer to Labuschagne
24.3·Archer to Labuschagne
24.21Archer to Head
24.1·Archer to Head
End of over 24 · 6 R
23.61Atkinson to Head
23.5·Atkinson to Head
23.41Atkinson to Labuschagne
23.31Atkinson to Head
23.21Atkinson to Labuschagne
23.12Atkinson to Labuschagne
End of over 23 · 7 R
22.61Archer to Labuschagne
22.51Archer to Head
22.41Archer to Labuschagne
22.3·Archer to Labuschagne
22.24Archer to Labuschagne
22.1·Archer to Labuschagne
End of over 22 · 9 R
21.61Atkinson to Labuschagne
21.5·Atkinson to Labuschagne
21.4·Atkinson to Labuschagne
21.31Atkinson to Head
21.24Atkinson to Head
21.21Atkinson to Head
21.12Atkinson to Head
End of over 21 · 2 R
20.6·Archer to Labuschagne
20.51Archer to Head
20.4·Archer to Head
20.3·Archer to Head
20.21Archer to Labuschagne
20.1·Archer to Labuschagne
End of over 20 · 9 R
19.6·Atkinson to Head
19.5·Atkinson to Head
19.44Atkinson to Head
19.34Atkinson to Head
19.21Atkinson to Labuschagne
19.1·Atkinson to Labuschagne
End of over 19 · 16 R
18.66Archer to Head
18.54Archer to Head
18.4·Archer to Head
18.31Archer to Labuschagne
18.24Archer to Labuschagne
18.11Archer to Head
End of over 18 · 5 R
17.6·Atkinson to Labuschagne
17.51Atkinson to Head
17.44Atkinson to Head
17.3·Atkinson to Head
17.2·Atkinson to Head
17.1·Atkinson to Head
End of over 17 · 17 R
16.61Stokes to Head
16.54Stokes to Head
16.4·Stokes to Head
16.34Stokes to Head
16.24Stokes to Head
16.14Stokes to Head
End of over 16 · 2 R
15.6·Atkinson to Labuschagne
15.5·Atkinson to Labuschagne
15.4·Atkinson to Labuschagne
15.31Atkinson to Head
15.2·Atkinson to Head
15.11Atkinson to Labuschagne
End of over 15 · 1 R
14.6·Stokes to Head
14.5·Stokes to Head
14.4·Stokes to Head
14.3·Stokes to Head
14.21Stokes to Labuschagne
14.1·Stokes to Labuschagne
End of over 14 · 7 R
13.6·Carse to Head
13.53Carse to Labuschagne
13.4·Carse to Labuschagne
13.34Carse to Labuschagne
13.2·Carse to Labuschagne
13.1·Carse to Labuschagne
End of over 13 · 4 R
12.6·Wood to Head
12.51Wood to Labuschagne
12.4·Wood to Labuschagne
12.32Wood to Labuschagne
12.2·Wood to Labuschagne
12.11Wood to Head
End of over 12 · 4 R
11.6·Carse to Labuschagne
11.5·Carse to Labuschagne
11.4·Carse to Labuschagne
11.2·Carse to Weatherald
11.14Carse to Weatherald
End of over 11 · 13 R
10.64Wood to Head
10.56Wood to Head
10.41Wood to Weatherald
10.31Wood to Head
10.2·Wood to Head
10.11Wood to Weatherald
End of over 10 · 11 R
9.61Carse to Weatherald
9.61Carse to Weatherald
9.5·Carse to Weatherald
9.41Carse to Head
9.36Carse to Head
9.2·Carse to Head
9.12Carse to Head
End of over 9 · 8 R
8.6·Wood to Weatherald
8.54Wood to Weatherald
8.43Wood to Head
8.3·Wood to Head
8.21Wood to Weatherald
8.1·Wood to Weatherald
End of over 8 · 11 R
7.6·Carse to Head
7.5·Carse to Head
7.44Carse to Head
7.3·Carse to Head
7.26Carse to Head
7.11Carse to Weatherald
End of over 7 · 6 R
6.61Archer to Weatherald
6.5·Archer to Weatherald
6.4·Archer to Weatherald
6.33Archer to Head
6.22Archer to Head
6.1·Archer to Head
End of over 6 · 6 R
5.6·Atkinson to Weatherald
5.5·Atkinson to Weatherald
5.4·Atkinson to Weatherald
5.33Atkinson to Head
5.23Atkinson to Weatherald
5.1·Atkinson to Weatherald
End of over 5 · 9 R
4.61Archer to Weatherald
4.5·Archer to Weatherald
4.44Archer to Weatherald
4.31Archer to Head
4.23Archer to Weatherald
4.1·Archer to Weatherald
End of over 4 · 4 R
3.64Atkinson to Head
3.5·Atkinson to Head
3.4·Atkinson to Head
3.3·Atkinson to Head
3.2·Atkinson to Head
3.1·Atkinson to Head

Squads

Australia

Playing XI: Jake Weatherald, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Usman Khawaja, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland, Brendan Doggett

Nic MaddinsonBatterTESTODIT20
Sam HarperWicketkeeperTESTODIT20
Matthew KuhnemannBowlerTESTODIT20
Cooper ConnollyAll-rounderTESTODIT20
Travis HeadAll-rounderTESTODIT20
Jake WeatheraldBatterTESTODIT20
Marnus LabuschagneBatterTESTODIT20
Michael NeserAll-rounderTESTODIT20
Steven SmithBatterTESTODIT20
Usman KhawajaBatterTESTODIT20
Alex CareyWicketkeeperTESTODIT20
Cameron GreenAll-rounderTESTODIT20
Beau WebsterAll-rounderTESTODIT20
Mitchell StarcBowlerTESTODIT20
Scott BolandBowlerTESTODIT20
Jhye RichardsonBowlerTESTODIT20
Josh InglisWicketkeeperTESTODIT20
Pat CumminsBowlerTESTODIT20
Nathan LyonBowlerTESTODIT20
Brendan DoggettBowlerTESTODIT20
Sam KonstasAll-rounderTESTODIT20
Josh HazlewoodBowlerTESTODIT20
Matt RenshawBatterTESTODIT20

England

Playing XI: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes, Jamie Smith, Gus Atkinson, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Mark Wood