In the highly-anticipated opening match of the 2019 Ashes series, it was Australia who came out on top against England, defeating their arch-rivals by 251 runs in a match that was evenly contested for four of the five days at Edgbaston in Birmingham.
Following this contest, Paul Radley provides his player ratings – no prizes for guessing how Steve Smith will have fared. For the Australia player ratings, browse through the photo gallery above, and for the England player ratings, take a look at the photo gallery below.
