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Oliver Caffrey

Australia collapse as quicks dominate Ashes opening day

19 wickets have astonishingly fallen on day one of the Ashes series in Perth. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)

England have fired back from being rattled by Australia star Mitchell Starc's career-best spell as the most wickets fell on the opening day of an Ashes Test in 116 years.

The battle for the urn began with a frenetic masterclass of fast bowling, on both sides, as Australia crashed to 9-123 at stumps on day one of the series in Perth.

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