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.

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

The 2025/26 Ashes is underway, and we already have our first piece of history. This is because the attendance at the Perth Stadium, or Optus Stadium, is 43,591, which is the highest-ever crowd to

A rampaging Mitchell Starc took 7-58 to put England on the back foot after England captain Ben Stokes won the toss on a fine day at a packed Perth Stadium and chose to bat. Harry Brook (52) and Ollie Pope (46) offered the only resistance as they crumbled after lunch.

You couldn’t ask for anything much bigger in Test cricket than the 2025–26 Ashes. Australia vs England is the most historic rivalry in sport, and we could be about to get a series of a lifetime akin to those of 2005 or 2023 as Ben Stokes’ side face Australia.

The Ashes is one of cricket’s oldest contests, created after a mock newspaper obituary in 1882 and represented by a small urn. The rivalry between Australia and England has influenced Test cricket for more than 100 years.

England take on Australia in possibly the biggest series of the ongoing World Test Championship (WTC) cycle and what will probably be Ben Stokes and Co's toughest test as they aim to do what no English team has been able to pull off in the last 15 years - win a series Down Under.

Australia host England in the first Ashes Test in Perth - follow live scores, radio commentary, video highlights and updates.