The shortest Ashes Test in 104 years left travelling England fans anguished at their team's attitude and had implications, too, for Perth

Travis Head has dominated England's pace bowlers with a stunning century to guide Australia to an eight-wicket win with three days to spare in the Ashes series opener.

How do you even begin to measure the ineptitude of England’s batting here? Perhaps it is the fact that they bowled Australia out for 132 and yet still contrived to lose by eight wickets in two days. Or that Alastair Cook faced more balls in making his Brisbane double century in 2010 than the entire team did across two innings of this pulverising in Perth.

England crumbled to a big first Ashes Test defeat against a shorthanded Australia, placing much pressure over their ultra-aggressive style of play.

Mitchell Starc has taken a career-best seven wickets for 58 runs as Australia bundled England out for 172 despite losing the toss in the Ashes cricket series opener

England missed a chance to turn fierce Ashes pressure on Australia with self-inflicted defeat in Perth, writes .

England coach Brendon McCullum concedes his team's ultra-aggressive tactics can have ugly consequences at times, but he's urging fans to keep the faith despite the calamitous result in Perth. Australia lead 1-0 in the five-match series after routing England by eight wickets inside two days at Perth Stadium.