Mitchell Starc grew to become the primary Australian tempo bowler to complete with a 10-wicket match haul in an Ashes Take a look at in 34 years in the course of the first match in opposition to England in Perth on Saturday.
Starc completed with the figures of 10 for 113, together with a seven-fer in first innings. Craig McDermott was the final Aussie fast to complete with a match haul of over 10 wickets in an Ashes Take a look at — 11 for 157 in February 2021, which additionally got here on the similar venue.
Within the second innings, Starc claimed the wickets of Zak Crawley, Joe Root, and Ben Stokes as Australia bowled out England for 164 runs.
That is solely the third time that the left-arm pacer has completed with a match haul of greater than 10 wickets: his first, and his greatest figures, got here in opposition to Sri Lanka in Galle — 11 for 94 in 2016. His subsequent solely got here in opposition to Sri Lanka in 2019 — 10 for 100 in Canberra.
Printed on Nov 22, 2025