Australia & England player ratings from the first Test

SEN Sportsday duo Liam Pickering and Bryce McGain have delivered their player ratings for the first Ashes Test in Perth.

The Aussies won the match by eight wickets after Travis Head’s brilliant second innings hundred, but it wasn’t all one-way running for the home side with England leading for one and a half days before capitulating.

The duo did their ratings out of 10 and in starting batting order.

AUSTRALIA

Jake Weatherald

0 & 23

Pickering: 5

McGain: 5

Usman Khawaja

2 & dnb

Pickering: 1

McGain: 1

Marnus Labuschagne

9 & 51 not out

Pickering: 7

McGain: 7.5

Steve Smith

17 & 2 not out

Pickering: 6

McGain: 6

Travis Head

21 & 123

Pickering: 9.5

McGain: 9.5

Cameron Green

24 & dnb + 1/10 & 0/13

Pickering: 7

McGain: 6

Alex Carey

26 & dnb + 5 catches

Pickering: 7

McGain: 7

Mitch Starc

7/58 & 3/55

Pickering: 10

McGain: 9

Nathan Lyon

0/10 & no overs

Pickering: 4

McGain: 2

Scott Boland

0/62 & 4/33

Pickering: 7

McGain: 7

Brendan Doggett

2/27 & 3/51

Pickering: 6.5

McGain: 7

ENGLAND

Zak Crawley

0 & 0

Pickering: 0

McGain: 0.5

Ben Duckett

21 & 28

Pickering: 4

McGain: 5

Ollie Pope

46 & 33

Pickering: 5.5

McGain: 7

Joe Root

0 & 8

Pickering: 2

McGain: 1

Harry Brook

52 & 0

Pickering: 5

McGain: 6.5

Ben Stokes (c)

6 & 2 + 5/23 & 0/18

Pickering: 5

McGain: 6.5

Jamie Smith

33 & 15 + 2 catches

Pickering: 5

McGain: 6

Gus Atkinson

1 & 37 + 0/24 & 0/61

Pickering: 3

McGain: 3

Brydon Carse

3/45 + 2/44

Pickering: 5

McGain: 7

Jofra Archer

2/11 + 0/45

Pickering: 5

McGain: 6

Mark Wood

0/21 + 0/23

Pickering: 3.5

McGain: 2