What a day. There is nothing like Ashes cricket. Test cricket is great, but no other series feels like this. It felt like a huge event, with so many travelling England fans and amazing home support too.

An astonishing day in Perth saw 19 wickets fall as batters crumpled in the face of breathless pace on the quickest track in world cricket

BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything looks ahead to the second Test of the 2025-26 Ashes series and what the session times are.

ESPNcricinfo UK editor Andrew Miller buckles up to recount the big moments that kept England fans going through the small hours

The Australian media reacted poorly after Ben Stokes and England stormed back to seize an early Ashes advantage in the first Test in Perth

England head into Day 2 with a golden chance to shut down Australia’s innings swiftly and build a commanding first-innings advantage on a pitch where scoring has been a challenge for batters. | Cricke

Technically, they have been all in since the start of the 2024 summer, when Rob Key - and we're paraphrasing here - said relying on traditional English seamers was hot trash in overseas conditions, and change needed to come quick. That change was forcing James Anderson into retirement. But even the axing of a great only confirmed the concept.

For the first time in a generation, England finally have the pace bowling to truly worry Australia down under, writes Stephan Shemilt.