Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc recorded his best-ever bowling figures in Test cricket on Day 1 of the first Ashes 2025-26 Test in Perth. Starc registered figures of 12.5-4-58-7 as England were dismissed for 172 runs in 32.5 overs. It is Starc's 17th five-wicket haul in Test cricket. Starc dismissed England captain Ben Stokes for 10th time in Tests.