Cricket's oldest rivalry resumed with a bang on Friday with 19 wickets falling in a superb day's play at Perth

Opening batter Jake Weatherald and pace bowler Brendan Doggett will make their debuts for Australia in the first Ashes clash in Perth on Friday, the first time since January 2019 that two new baggy green caps have been handed out before a single test.

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.

England skipper Ben Stokes has won the toss and decided to bat first in the series-opening Ashes test against Australia.

The ground is hosting its first Ashes Test but will replicate the pace and bounce that made the WACA, across the Swan River, so feared

Ben Stokes and his England lineup won that test at The Oval in South London but it wasn’t enough to reclaim the Ashes from the Aussies, who won the first two tests and drew the fourth in a five-match series to retain the old urn.

Broadcaster Melinda Farrell explains what is behind the Australian Media's increased hostility towards England ahead of this Ashes series.