Mitchell Starc gave a stunning performance on the day of the first Ashes 2025-26 Test between Australia and England. This match is being played at the Optus Stadium in Perth and began on November 21, 2025.
England captain Ben Stokes won the toss and chose to bat first on a spicy wicket. Australia handed a debut to pacer Brendan Doggett and opener Jake Weatherald, while Mitchell Starc led the bowling attack with Cameron Green, Scott Boland, and Nathan Lyon for company.
Starc gave the best start possible, dismissing Zak Crawley for a duck in the first over itself and then having Ben Duckett LBW for 21. England’s run machine Joe Root failed to get on the scoreboard as Starc dismissed him for a duck and added the wicket of Ben Stokes for 6 runs and Jamie Smith for 33 runs.
Overall, England managed 172 runs in their first innings, with Harry Brook scoring 52, Ollie Pope making 46, and Smith making 33.
Mitchell Starc shined with his career-best Test bowling figures of 7/58. It was a brilliant exhibition of pace bowling on a wicket that had some bounce and movement for seamers.
Here are some of the wickets from Starc’s 7/58:
