Zak Crawley bags a pair of ducks while Ben Stokes struggles with the bat to counter his impressive bowling in Australia’s first inningsPERTH — England suffered a chastening defeat on Day Two of the Ashes series opener against Australia on Saturday.The visitors collapsed to 164 all out in their second innings before Travis Head steered the Aussies home with a supreme 123.Here’s how every England player rated in Perth across just the two days of Test cricket…The man who set the tone for the 2023 home Ashes by hitting the first ball for four has yet to get a run here after bagging the first pair by an England Test opener since 1999.Got himself in twice in Perth before falling for 21 and then 28. He will want far better but there are signs he will be absolutely fine in this series.Sawn off by a marginal lbw call in the first innings, out to a stupid shot in the second. But he looked calm and composed, with his 79 runs overall making him England’s top scorer in the match.Chat about his lack of a hundred in Australia has been incessant.
But his golden form of last summer has deserted him, with scores of nought and eight here after just 29 runs across three ODIs in New Zealand before this.Chanced his arm in the first innings with an aggressive knock of 52 that looks like the template for him here. Duck in second innings after a terrible shot to Scott Boland.Eight runs with the bat but England’s captain was a leviathan with the ball during Australia’s first innings as he took a memorable five-wicket haul. Questionable tactics during Australia’s chase.Scores of 33 and 15 but he was left with the tail first up and badly sawn off by the Decision Review System in the second for a caught behind that should never have been given.
Kept well.Jamie Smith is eventually given OUT…What’s your call on this review? 🤔🗣️ “I can see a spike as the ball has just gone past the bat…”📺 Watch#TheAshesLIVE on TNT Sports and discovery+pic.twitter.com/tBFYPP14w8— Cricket on TNT Sports (@cricketontnt)November 22, 2025Wicketless, but did his job well in the first innings as he bowled with accuracy and pace. Like the rest of the attack, he was let down by the batters before Australia’s second innings even began.
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His 37 off 32 balls was England’s top score in their own second innings.Looks like he has all the attributes to have a big series here, taking five wickets overall, including all three for England on the final day. His second-innings 20 off 20 balls put most of the top-order to shame.Electric as he took two for 11 in Australia’s first innings. Missed the mark in the second, probably because of fatigue.
Another who looks primed for a huge series.Wicketless but bowled with awesome pace and put the wind up Australia, softening them up for others to cash in. Only bonus of this two-day finish is he bowled just 11 overs.Source link Zak Crawley bags a pair of ducks while Ben Stokes struggles with the bat to counter his impressive bowling in Australia’s first innings PERTH — England suffered a chastening defeat on Day Two of the Ashes series opener against Australia on Saturday.The visitors collapsed to 164 all out in their second innings before Travis Head steered the Aussies home with a supreme 123.Here’s how every England player rated in Perth across just the two days of Test cricket…The man who set the tone for the 2023 home Ashes by hitting the first ball for four has yet to get a run here after bagging the first pair by an England Test opener since 1999.Got himself in twice in Perth before falling for 21 and then 28. Only bonus of this two-day finish is he bowled just 11 overs.
PERTH — England suffered a chastening defeat on Day Two of the Ashes series opener against Australia on Saturday. The visitors collapsed to 164 all out in their second innings before Travis Head steered the Aussies home with a supreme 123. Here’s how every England player rated in Perth across just the two days of Test cricket… The man who set the tone for the 2023 home Ashes by hitting the first ball for four has yet to get a run here after bagging the first pair by an England Test opener since 1999.
Got himself in twice in Perth before falling for 21 and then 28. He will want far better but there are signs he will be absolutely fine in this series. Sawn off by a marginal lbw call in the first innings, out to a stupid shot in the second.
But he looked calm and composed, with his 79 runs overall making him England’s top scorer in the match. Chat about his lack of a hundred in Australia has been incessant. But his golden form of last summer has deserted him, with scores of nought and eight here after just 29 runs across three ODIs in New Zealand before this.
Chanced his arm in the first innings with an aggressive knock of 52 that looks like the template for him here. Duck in second innings after a terrible shot to Scott Boland. Eight runs with the bat but England’s captain was a leviathan with the ball during Australia’s first innings as he took a memorable five-wicket haul. Questionable tactics during Australia’s chase.
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