Mitchell Starc becomes first Aussie pacer to take ten-wicket haul in Ashes Test in 24 years

Australian pacer Mitchell Starc recorded a memorable ten-wicket haul through the first Ashes Take a look at towards England at Perth’s Optus Stadium on Saturday (November 22, 2025).

After taking a devastating 7/58 within the first innings, the all-time bowling figures on the Optus Stadium, Starc began from the place he had left, dismissing Zak Crawley for one more duck with an excellent one-handed seize, showcasing his exceptional athleticism in his mid 30s. He additionally managed to get essential wickets of stalwart Joe Root and English skipper Ben Stokes.

Starc is the primary Aussie pacer to take a ten-wicket haul in Ashes Assessments since 1990/91, when Craig McDermott produced figures of 11/157, which additionally got here at Perth, although on the WACA Stadium through the ultimate Take a look at of the sequence, which Aussies gained 3-0. After Bruce Reid, he’s solely the second left-arm pacer to have a ten-fer for Australia in Ashes. Bruce, who performed 27 Assessments for Australia from 1985-92 and took 113 wickets, produced figures of 13/148 within the second Melbourne Take a look at method again in 1990 throughout the identical aforementioned sequence wherein McDermott has picked his ten-fer.

The 35-year-old additionally continued to keep up his dominance over two of England’s largest stars, Ben Stokes and Joe Root.

Starc has dismissed Stokes in 11 occasions in Assessments, having conceded simply 191 runs in 309 balls at a mean of 17.36. He additionally received the wicket of Root for the tenth time in Take a look at cricket, having given away 349 runs in 639 balls towards Root at a mean of 34.90.