First Test, day two, Perth
Australia win by eight wickets to take 1-0 lead in five-match series
Head hits amazing 123 off 83 balls to lead hosts to astonishing win
England collapse from 65-1 to 164 all out in second innings to set only 205 for victory
Highlights available from 17:00 GMT on BBC iPlayer
Four, four, four for Travis Head!
The Australia opener attacks England captain Ben Stokes, striking three consecutive boundaries at the start of his over.
One through the covers, a pull to the square boundary, then a shot down the ground to bring up Australia's century.
Gus Atkinson returns and Australia's batters take a single apiece of his first over.
As the players take drinks, let's take a look at the one Australia wicket that has fallen in this session.
Brydon Carse dismissed debutant Jake Weatherald for 23.
Target 205
Just one slip in place for Ben Stokes, who bowls round the wicket to Travis Head.
The Aussie left-hander throws the kitchen sink at a wide one from Stokes but fails to make contact.
Lots of glum faces in the field for England. Have they lost belief?
Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
It's been a great move from Australia to bring Travis Head up the order. Even if he gets out now, he's done his job.
The only thing that could change this is Ben Stokes. He's the man who always brings something for England.
England need some inspiration from somewhere.
Captain Ben Stokes brings himself into the attack.
A first four for Marnus Labuschagne, sending Brydon Carse's delivery past mid-on.
A further three comes through mid-wicket.
Srinivas Vijaykumar
CricViz analyst
This is Travis Head's second fastest fifty in his Test career, out of 30 fifty-plus scores. It's also his fastest fifty in a Test in Australia (out of 20 fifty-plus scores).
He registered his fastest earlier this year in Sri Lanka, a 35-ball fifty in Galle.
Michael Vaughan
Former England captain on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
When you're chasing 205, it's just two partnerships really. England have just got to find a way to get the momentum going back their way. They need to get Travis Head out.
Marnus Labuschagne gets off the mark with a two through square, then takes a single to mid-wicket.
90 minutes left in the session.
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What on earth is this field? This is embarrassing. This is going to be one of our worst ever defeats given where we are at lunch and it's totally self inflicted.
Jim in Bucks
I hate being negative - but the bowling choices they have made are working bar injury. But for goodness sake the batting, why with all the money and the pool of players and the pool of players always taken from other countries, have we not been able to build a solid reliable batting order in the last 15 years? And that has Joe Root and Ben Stokes involved, two of are greatest players. So frustrating as ever. Will it ever change?
Ollie in Carmathen
I’ve been listening since 4am and despair at our batting. I have zero faith in the top order. Zak Crawley was already out (no surprise there) when I switched on and almost every ball was Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope swishing and missing. Then we have a clearly out of form Joe Root followed by the dancing Harry Brook. It’s been great having TMS back especially with the added bonus of the brilliant Jim Maxwell and Glen McGrath but ruined by atrocious England batting. This is for Glenn - I think we will lose the series 5-0!
Kev in a cold and miserable Liversedge, West Yorkshire
Andy Zaltzman
Test Match Special statistician
Travis Head's half century has featured three sixes and three fours. It's the second quickest 50 by an Australian opener in Ashes history and the third fastest by any player.
Jim Maxwell
BBC Test Match Special commentator
What a superb 50 it's been.
Aus 76-1
Half-century up for Travis Head!
Mark Wood fires in a yorker and the stand-in opener nonchalantly whips it square for a single, bringing up the landmark off 36 deliveries.
Michael Vaughan
Former England captain on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
It just bounced a bit more for the wicket. Weatherald played that shot a few times but the top edge was found, not a great stroke. He was looking to really try and dominate then and it really worked.
Marnus Labuschagne, back in his carded position of number three, sees off the last three balls of Brydon Carse's over without scoring.
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A masterclass in aggressive, but sensible batting. Safe to say that Australia has recovered from their shellshock of the first innings.
Peter in bed
Already feels a bit like the writing is on the wall here. Promoting Travis Head and building a decent base to the innings feels like a winning move. England ought to be well aware that a team like Australia, at home, probably won't bat badly twice in the same match. The English middle-order collapse was a gift to the Aussies. It's going to be a long tour if a group of fast bowlers are constantly obliged to try and salvage poor batting performances.
Gordon
We’re being out-Bazballed, and we’ve been outplayed and out-thought. The Aussies will be crowing about this one for weeks.
Joe McL
Jim Maxwell
BBC Test Match Special commentator
Carse has managed to shift him, let's see if England can rattle a few.
Michael Vaughan
Former England captain on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
The damage has already been done. Head and Weatherald are steaming through and have brought the momentum up for Australia.
Weatherald c Duckett b Carse 23 (Aus 75-1)
Commentator's curse, Jim.
Two balls after he pulled Brydon Carse through mid-wicket for four, Jake Weatherald departs.
He tries another pull and offers a loopy leading edge to Ben Duckett in the covers.
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Crawley,caught Khawaja, bowled Starc Crawley, caught Khawaja, bowled Starc | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.00 |
Duckett,leg before wicket, bowled Starc Duckett, leg before wicket, bowled Starc | 21 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 105.00 |
Pope,leg before wicket, bowled Green Pope, leg before wicket, bowled Green | 46 | 58 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 97 | 79.31 |
Root,caught Labuschagne, bowled Starc Root, caught Labuschagne, bowled Starc | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.00 |
Brook,caught Carey, bowled Doggett Brook, caught Carey, bowled Doggett | 52 | 61 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 106 | 85.25 |
Stokes,bowled Starc Stokes, bowled Starc | 6 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 50.00 |
Smith,caught Green, bowled Starc Smith, caught Green, bowled Starc | 33 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 46 | 150.00 |
Atkinson,caught Smith, bowled Starc Atkinson, caught Smith, bowled Starc | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.00 |
Carse,caught Labuschagne, bowled Doggett Carse, caught Labuschagne, bowled Doggett | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 66.67 |
Archer,not out Archer, not out | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.00 |
Wood,caught Carey, bowled Starc Wood, caught Carey, bowled Starc | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Extras, no balls 2, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 5, total 7 Extras, no balls 2, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 5, total 7 | |||||||
Total,172 all out 32.5 overs Total,172 all out 32.5 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Starc | 12.5 | 4 | 58 | 7 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4.51 |
Boland | 10.0 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6.20 |
Doggett | 7.0 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.85 |
Lyon | 2.0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.00 |
Green | 1.0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10.00 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
0 for 1 (0.6 overs) | Crawley |
33 for 2 (6.4 overs) | Duckett |
39 for 3 (8.5 overs) | Root |
94 for 4 (19.6 overs) | Pope |
115 for 5 (24.5 overs) | Stokes |
160 for 6 (29.5 overs) | Brook |
161 for 7 (30.1 overs) | Atkinson |
168 for 8 (31.5 overs) | Carse |
172 for 9 (32.4 overs) | Smith |
172 for 10 (32.5 overs) | Wood |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Weatherald,leg before wicket, bowled Archer Weatherald, leg before wicket, bowled Archer | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 |
Labuschagne,bowled Archer Labuschagne, bowled Archer | 9 | 41 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 21.95 |
Smith,caught Brook, bowled Carse Smith, caught Brook, bowled Carse | 17 | 49 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 73 | 34.69 |
Khawaja,caught Smith, bowled Carse Khawaja, caught Smith, bowled Carse | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 33.33 |
Head,caught Carse, bowled Stokes Head, caught Carse, bowled Stokes | 21 | 35 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 60.00 |
Green,caught Smith, bowled Stokes Green, caught Smith, bowled Stokes | 24 | 50 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 65 | 48.00 |
Carey,caught Carse, bowled Stokes Carey, caught Carse, bowled Stokes | 26 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 100.00 |
Starc,caught Carse, bowled Stokes Starc, caught Carse, bowled Stokes | 12 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 100.00 |
Lyon,caught Duckett, bowled Carse Lyon, caught Duckett, bowled Carse | 4 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 19.05 |
Boland,caught Brook, bowled Stokes Boland, caught Brook, bowled Stokes | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 |
Doggett,not out Doggett, not out | 7 | 30 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 23.33 |
Extras, no balls 2, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 8, total 10 Extras, no balls 2, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 8, total 10 | |||||||
Total,132 all out 45.2 overs Total,132 all out 45.2 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Archer | 9.0 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.22 |
Atkinson | 12.0 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 |
Wood | 8.0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.62 |
Carse | 10.2 | 1 | 45 | 3 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4.35 |
Stokes | 6.0 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.83 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
0 for 1 (0.2 overs) | Weatherald |
28 for 2 (14.2 overs) | Labuschagne |
30 for 3 (15.5 overs) | Smith |
31 for 4 (17.2 overs) | Khawaja |
76 for 5 (29.1 overs) | Head |
83 for 6 (31.1 overs) | Green |
118 for 7 (35.6 overs) | Starc |
121 for 8 (37.4 overs) | Carey |
121 for 9 (37.6 overs) | Boland |
132 for 10 (45.2 overs) | Lyon |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Crawley,caught and bowled Starc Crawley, caught and bowled Starc | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 |
Duckett,caught Smith, bowled Boland Duckett, caught Smith, bowled Boland | 28 | 40 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 87 | 70.00 |
Pope,caught Carey, bowled Boland Pope, caught Carey, bowled Boland | 33 | 57 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 91 | 57.89 |
Root,bowled Starc Root, bowled Starc | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 72.73 |
Brook,caught Khawaja, bowled Boland Brook, caught Khawaja, bowled Boland | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 |
Stokes,caught Smith, bowled Starc Stokes, caught Smith, bowled Starc | 2 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 18.18 |
Smith,caught Carey, bowled Doggett Smith, caught Carey, bowled Doggett | 15 | 25 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 60.00 |
Atkinson,caught Doggett, bowled Boland Atkinson, caught Doggett, bowled Boland | 37 | 32 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 61 | 115.63 |
Carse,caught Carey, bowled Doggett Carse, caught Carey, bowled Doggett | 20 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 100.00 |
Archer,caught Smith, bowled Doggett Archer, caught Smith, bowled Doggett | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 166.67 |
Wood,not out Wood, not out | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 400.00 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 1, leg byes 11, total 12 Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 1, leg byes 11, total 12 | |||||||
Total,164 all out 34.4 overs Total,164 all out 34.4 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Starc | 12.0 | 1 | 55 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4.58 |
Boland | 11.4 | 2 | 33 | 4 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.82 |
Doggett | 9.0 | 0 | 51 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5.66 |
Green | 2.0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.50 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
0 for 1 (0.5 overs) | Crawley |
65 for 2 (16.2 overs) | Duckett |
76 for 3 (18.3 overs) | Pope |
76 for 4 (18.6 overs) | Brook |
76 for 5 (19.2 overs) | Root |
88 for 6 (24.4 overs) | Stokes |
104 for 7 (27.1 overs) | Smith |
154 for 8 (33.1 overs) | Carse |
160 for 9 (33.5 overs) | Archer |
164 for 10 (34.4 overs) | Atkinson |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Head,caught Pope, bowled Carse Head, caught Pope, bowled Carse | 123 | 83 | 39 | 16 | 4 | 136 | 148.19 |
Weatherald,caught Duckett, bowled Carse Weatherald, caught Duckett, bowled Carse | 23 | 34 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 56 | 67.65 |
Labuschagne,not out Labuschagne, not out | 51 | 49 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 86 | 104.08 |
Smith,not out Smith, not out | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 50.00 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 4, byes 1, leg byes 1, total 6 Extras, no balls 0, wides 4, byes 1, leg byes 1, total 6 | |||||||
Total,205 for 2 28.2 overs Total,205 for 2 28.2 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Archer | 8.0 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5.62 |
Atkinson | 9.0 | 1 | 61 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 6.77 |
Carse | 5.2 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8.25 |
Wood | 3.0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7.66 |
Stokes | 2.0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9.00 |
Root | 1.0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12.00 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
75 for 1 (11.3 overs) | Weatherald |
192 for 2 (26.5 overs) | Head |