After England's spectacular two-day defeat in the first Ashes Test, BBC Sport readers have been having their say in the comments section of our articles. Mark W was keen to stress the difference between the styles of the two teams,

How do you even begin to measure the ineptitude of England’s batting here? Perhaps it is the fact that they bowled Australia out for 132 and yet still contrived to lose by eight wickets in two days. Or that Alastair Cook faced more balls in making his Brisbane double century in 2010 than the entire team did across two innings of this pulverising in Perth.

Nineteen wickets fell on an insane opening day of the first Ashes Test at Perth Stadium as the pacemen wreaked havoc on a bowler-friendly wicket.

So it is vital to be fair. Sky Sports has set a very high bar for live cricket coverage, so its decision to withdraw from the race for overseas rights is a source of massive disappointment for those of us who paid our subscriptions mainly to watch England’s cricketers in action.

Here’s how to watch the 1st Test match on TV and live stream. The Sporting News takes you through all the information you need to follow the game.

England’s disappearing act in Perth was branded “an affront to Test cricket,’’ so poor it made one correspondent feel ill.

Australia cricketer fumes over Usman Khawaja blunder in first Test – ‘beyond a joke’ - England, leading by 49 runs after day one, require one wicket to bowl Australia out in their first innings of the

What a day. There is nothing like Ashes cricket. Test cricket is great, but no other series feels like this. It felt like a huge event, with so many travelling England fans and amazing home support too.