Head's devastating innings propelled the hosts to a stunning victory, but England's wasteful batting after lunch invited him to excel

Two batting collapses and Travis Head’s brilliance guided Australia to a 1-0 series lead inside two days but England will simply take Head’s innings as vindication of their own strategy

Chief cricket reporter Stephan Shemilt marks the performances of the Australia and England teams after the first Test in Perth.

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.

Miserly seamer Scott Boland claimed 4-33 in 11.4 overs during a turbulent second session on Saturday to help Australia bowl England out for 164 in the opening Ashes test at Perth Stadium, setting up a final innings run-chase of 205 for the hosts.

Another frenetic day in Perth saw the visitors fold before Head, opening the batting, delivered an Australian masterclass in Travball

England host Argentina in London on Sunday in their fourth and final Test of the autumn. Here is everything you need to know ahead of the match.

A position of strength in the first Ashes Test wasted by a horror collapse, resulting in an Australian comeback and an awful two-day defeat. If we measure the metric in balls, it was just 26. Whichever way you cut it though, it could come to define this Ashes series.