"England's fastest ever attack has scrambled minds and even rattled Steve Smith", screamed The Telegraph, backed up by columnist and ex-England captain Michael Vaughan, who declared day one "the most exciting first day of an Ashes series I can remember". The paper's chief sportswriter Oliver Brown ventured further.

But England are sticking by their guns, revealing on Monday night that the only members from their wider Test squad who will play in Canberra against the Australian Prime Minister's XI will be reserve batter Jacob Bethell and pace duo Matthew Potts and Josh Tongue.

England were dismissed twice in just 67.3 overs across two innings, as Australia romped to an eight-wicket victory on only the second evening. Writing in the West Australian, the former Australia coach and opener claimed that England’s ultra-aggressive style had backfired badly,

An Ashes Test with a plot less believable than a bad Netflix movie was decided by the blade of a rampaging Travis Head, whose match-winning century for the ages ripped the heart out of England and gave Australia an improbable 1-0 series lead at Perth Stadium.

Root was caught after mishitting a pull off Durham's Matthew Potts (3-66), while Harry Brook was bowled for two after charging down the track at Nathan Gilchrist.

PERTH (Reuters) -Australia added nine runs to their overnight score before being bowled out for 132 on Saturday, conceding a first-innings lead of 40 runs to England early in the morning session on the second day of the opening Ashes test at Perth Stadium.

Australia have continued their dominance over England and extended their unbeaten run in the ODI World Cup, romping to a six-wicket victory in Indore. England had their moments in the clash of two of the tournament's form sides at Holkar Stadium,

Australia could keep Travis Head at the top permanently following his classic cameo while opening the batting in an Ashes knockout of England in Perth.