The Ashes Recap: England rattle through Australia to claim ascendancy in Perth

Harry Brook! Charges down and flays three through the covers to get off the mark.

FOUR. Short and wide, and Pope goes up and over gulley to bring up England’s 50 and that’s drinks.

Starc with six straight overs with every ball over 140kph.

Doggett replaces Boland as he comes in for the first time in Test cricket.

He almost gets a wicket first ball as it moves a mile to go over middle stump, don’t know how it missed!

FOUR. Doggett tries a bit to much as it moves from middle to leg and Pope works it fine.

Starc coming over the wicket to Root. Smith is leaving cover open if Root want’s to drive.

ROOT’S GONE FOR A DUCK.

He gets one to just straighten off the deck and he fends it to third slip!

Root’s first ever duck in Australia! Starc can do no wrong this morning.

Boland continues as Pope works two through mid-wicket.

Is Root run-out here?! Pope nails a drive but Boland gets a hand on it as it hits the stumps at the non-strikers’ end.

But Root had great awareness to get the bat back in time.

FOUR! Full straight and Pope bashes Boland again. He’s 0/29 off four overs

Second ball and Root flirts with one outside off and he’s lucky not to edge one to the slips.

Pope tucks two into the legside. gets off-strike with a single

GONE! It’s the inducker as Starc beats the drive.

Duckett reviews, hoping it’s going down leg but it actually swings back late and it’s crashing into leg stump.

Review lost and Enlgand are two down in the first hour.

Despite the early wicket, England are motoring along at five runs an over.

It’s indicative of the Bazball style that focuses on positive attacking cricket regardless of circumstance.

Stuart Broad explains how it’s all in the mindset.

Boland needs to find his length here.

Outside off and a misfield allows Pope two before he gets off strike with a single.

FOUR. Overpitched again, and Duckett punishes him again.

Beauty to finish. Finally puts one in the right area and almost catches the edge.

Ollie Pope drives now and gets three through mid-wicket.

Starc fights back with one that beats the outside edge.

FOUR. On the hip and Duckett works it done fine for another boundary.

Close. Short and wide, and Duckett flashes it through to the keeper.

First boundary as Boland overpitches and Duckett drives nicely down the ground for four.

He goes full again, and Duckett gets a brace driven on the offside this time.

Switches to over the wicket for the last ball.

Doesn’t work as he feasts on another full ball and smashes it down the ground.