Ollie Pope joins in on the fun, collecting three runs off the first Starc ball of the over. The early loss of Crawley has not dulled the Bazball approach here. Neither batsman is afraid to play their shots. Starc responds with a seed of a delivery that almost claims the outside edge. Duckett collects another boundary as the swing dries up completely.
From Daily Mail cricket correspondent Richard Gibson:
The attendance at the start of play was 43,591. This is a record for any day of Test Cricket in Perth, exceeding the crowd of 32,368 for day one of Australia v India last year.
