Starc registers career-best figures of 7/58

19 wickets fell on the day, the most in a day's play in an Ashes Test since 20 wickets fell on the third day of the Brisbane Test in 1950/51. Only two other times since the start of the 20th century have as many wickets fallen on the first day of an Ashes Test: 25 wickets at the MCG in 1901/02 and 20 wickets at Old Trafford in 1909.

This is also the joint-most wickets to fall in a day's play on Australian soil in the last 50 years, matching 19 on the second day of the Brisbane Test between Australia and South Africa in 2022/23.

104 wickets by Mitchell Starc in England-Australia Tests. He is the 23rd bowler to reach 100 wickets and the first left-arm seamer to do so. Starc achieved the milestone in 4488 balls, the second quickest among the 23, behind only Glenn McGrath's 4356 deliveries.

7/58 by Starc is his best Test career figures across 101 matches, surpassing his 6/9 against West Indies in Kingston. It is also the best bowling figures at Perth Stadium, beating Mohammed Shami's 6/56 in the inaugural Test there.

7 wickets by Starc on the opening day makes him the first Australian bowler since Nathan Lyon's eight in Bengaluru in 2017 to take seven or more wickets on the first day of a Test. The last Australian to do so in a home Test was Stuart MacGill with seven against West Indies in Sydney in 2000/01, while the last Australian seamer was Glenn McGrath, against England at the Oval in 1997.

36 balls taken by Ben Stokes to complete his five-wicket haul. Among bowlers coming in as third change or later, this is the fourth quickest, behind Hardik Pandya (29 balls vs England, Trent Bridge, 2018), Bernard Bosanquet (32 balls vs Australia, SCG, 1904), and Michael Clarke (34 balls vs India, Wankhede, 2004), where ball-by-ball details are available.

4 instances of bowlers from opposing sides taking five-wicket hauls on the first day of a Test since 1950. Starc (7/58) and Ben Stokes (5/23) are the first such pair since Steven Harmison and Glenn McGrath at Lord's in 2005. The others in this timeframe are Richard Collinge and Gary Gilmour in Auckland in 1974, and Frank Worrell and Bill Johnston in Adelaide in 1951.

197 balls – England's first innings lasted just 197 balls (32.5 overs), their second shortest first innings against Australia, only behind 143 balls (35.3 four-ball overs) at Sydney in 1887.

1 – This was the first instance in Ashes history where both teams recorded a zero opening partnership in the first innings. England lost Zak Crawley on the final ball of the first over, while Australia lost Jake Weatherald off the second ball of their innings.

5 – Jake Weatherald became the fifth Australian batter to be dismissed for a duck in his debut Test innings while opening the batting. The others were Ken Meuleman, Jack Moroney, Matthew Elliott, and Phillip Hughes.