Overview
- Travis Head, promoted to open, blasted 123 off 83 balls with a 69-ball hundred to race down a target of 205 and seal an eight-wicket win.
- Mitchell Starc claimed a 10-wicket match haul and, with Scott Boland, sparked England’s slide from 65-1 to 164 all out in the second innings.
- The match ended inside two days, the first two-day Ashes Test since 1921, as England lost 20 wickets in 67.5 overs across the game.
- Ben Stokes said he felt “shellshocked,” while former players including Nasser Hussain, Michael Vaughan and R Ashwin condemned England’s batting approach.
- Debate over preparation for the pink-ball Test at the Gabba intensifies, with England set to skip the PM’s XI warm-up for their main squad, as Cricket Australia counts reported ticket revenue losses exceeding AU$3m from unused Perth days.