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Rishabh Pant will lead India in the second Test as Shubman Gill was ruled out due to his neck spasm. Meanwhile, Pant will become India's 38th Test captain. Check which team has had the most captains in the format.
Englands busy 2025 ends with Ashes series in Australia - first Test from November 21; Ben Stokes side drew 2-2 with India in thrilling Test series during home summer; limp Champions Trophy exit in Feb
Nineteen wickets fell on an opening day of carnage in the first Ashes test on Friday, with England's attack led by skipper Ben Stokes bowling them into a position of strength after Australia dismissed the tourists for 172.
But during the second half of his illustrious career, Warne flew past the former greats, ticking off Dennis Lillee’s 355, Ian Botham’s 373, Richard Hadlee’s 431, Kapil Dev’s 434, and then Walsh’s 519. And after becoming the first cricketer to take 600 Test wickets during the 2005 Ashes, fans inevitably questioned how far he could go.
But the seamer stranglehold of Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood allowed only brief interludes for just three quicks to make their Test debuts in the intervening seven years. Meanwhile, Doggett turned from a hopeful 24-year-old Queenslander to a grizzled 31-year-old South Australian.
An astonishing day in Perth saw 19 wickets fall as batters crumpled in the face of breathless pace on the quickest track in world cricket
Bowlers stamped their authority on the opening day of the Ashes 2025/26 as 19 wickets fell in Perth. Mitchell Starc and Ben Stokes picked up fifers to emulate a major record in Test cricket.