In the first Test of the Ashes 2025-26, Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc decimated the England team with his lethal bowling. Starc took 7 wickets for 58 runs, setting a record that no Australian bowler has achieved on the first day of a Test in the last 35 years.
SPORTS NEWS: Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc wreaked havoc in the ongoing first Ashes Test in Perth. England, who won the toss and opted to bat first, were bowled out for 172 runs within 33 overs in their first innings. Starc delivered a lethal bowling performance, taking seven wickets for 58 runs. He dismissed Zak Crawley (0), Ben Duckett (21), Joe Root (0), captain Ben Stokes (6), Jamie Smith (33), Gus Atkinson (1), and Mark Wood (0) respectively, sending them back to the pavilion.
This performance is being regarded as his best bowling in his Test career to date, and it is also the highest individual bowling record at Perth Stadium so far.
Starc's Phenomenal Performance
On the first day of the Perth Test, England captain Ben Stokes won the toss and elected to bat first. The entire England team was all out for just 172 runs in 33 overs in their first innings. In this devastating spell, Mitchell Starc claimed the wickets of Zak Crawley (0), Ben Duckett (21), Joe Root (0), captain Ben Stokes (6), Jamie Smith (33), Gus Atkinson (1), and Mark Wood (0).
This performance is considered the best bowling effort of Starc's Test career to date. It has become the highest individual bowling record at Perth Stadium. Mitchell Starc is only the second Australian bowler to take 7 wickets in an innings in a home Ashes Test in the 21st century. Additionally, he has become the first Australian bowler in 35 years to take 7 wickets on the first day of an Ashes Test.
