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Starc leads the way with career best bowling on opening day of Ashes
Starc took 7-58 including his 100th Ashes wicket to bowl England out in 33 overs, marking his 17th Test five-wicket haul and career-best figures.
- On Friday, Nov. 21, 2025, Mitchell Starc delivered a career-best 7/58 to bowl England cricket team out in the Ashes opener at Optus Stadium, Perth.
- At 35, Mitchell Starc's fitness and technique reflect his choice to limit franchise cricket and retire from T20 internationals, preserving his body to sustain Test success.
- Starc opened by striking in the first over to remove Zak Crawley, finished an opening spell of 3-17, trapped Ben Duckett lbw, uprooted Joe Root for a seven-ball duck, and said `I guess a nice way to start a series`.
- Starc's haul pushed him past a century of Ashes wickets in his 101st Test, reaching 104 scalps against England and 409 career wickets, just five short of Wasim Akram's left-arm record.
- Beyond the match, Starc's 7/58 was his best Test bowling figures and the best at Optus Stadium in Perth, achieved in his 101st Test while leading Australia's attack in Cummins and Hazlewood's absence.
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