Australia cricketer fumes over Usman Khawaja blunder in first Test – ‘beyond a joke’ - England were dismissed for just 172 in their first innings after winning the toss and electing to bat first in Pe

A dramatic Ashes opening day saw 19 wickets tumble, with England's bowlers seizing the initiative. Mitchell Starc's seven-wicket haul initially put England in trouble, but Ben Stokes' exceptional five-wicket haul then decimated Australia.

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Seven years after Brendan Doggett was first picked in an Australian squad, the ultimate late-bloomer is poised to become the country's 472nd Test cricketer. After the untimely hamstring injury to in-form quick Josh Hazlewood, Doggett is set to make his debut when the Ashes get underway at Optus Stadium in Perth on Friday.

On Australian television, cricket scores are presented in the opposite way to what they are in England and most other countries. For example, a score of 200-4 would actually be shown as 4-200, with the wickets taken displayed first instead of the runs.

Brendan Doggett is firming for a Test debut after Australia's injury woes deepened on Saturday with Hazlewood joining fellow Test squad member Sean Abbott and captain Pat Cummins on the sidelines.

Pat Cummins remains on tack to return for the second Ashes Test in Brisbane, but has conceded playing through the rest of the series unchanged could be difficult. Cummins has progressed to bowling off a three-quarter run up as he plots a meticulous return from a back injury that has sidelined the Test captain since July.

After 19 wickets fell on the opening day as the hosts ended at 123/9, still trailing the visitors by 49 runs in the first innings, Michael Vaughan said England had won the first day’s play.

Test legend Steve Waugh says the current fortunes of Sam Konstas remind him of his own difficult early years in Test cricket. Incumbent opener Konstas was today dumped from Australia's Test squad ahead of the first NRMA Insurance Ashes Test in Perth,