Western Australia beat England by nine wickets in Perth
Western Australia beat England by nine wickets on Saturday 7 November 2026, with 74 balls to spare. The match was played at the Western Australia Cricket Association Ground in Perth, usually called the WACA. ESPNcricinfo records the result.
A side wins by wickets when the team batting second reaches the target. Each side has ten wickets, so a nine-wicket win means Western Australia lost only one wicket on the way to victory. A wicket is a dismissal, and when a batter is out, the next one walks in. Losing just one suggests the chasing batters rarely looked troubled.
The 74 balls left over are a useful measure of how comfortably the chase went. A 50-over innings is 300 balls, so 74 unused balls is a little over 12 overs. In other words, Western Australia finished the job with more than a dozen overs still to play. The match was a day-night affair, meaning it was played into the evening under floodlights.
The match was a tour match, not an official international. These fixtures are warm-up games against local sides, and they sit outside the main series between the two countries. For visiting teams, they offer a chance to test players, try out combinations and get used to local conditions before the official games begin. ESPNcricinfo lists Ashton Turner as Western Australia's captain and Harry Brook as England's.
The BBC lists Western Australia as the home side and England as the visitors. Its coverage also notes that teams were due to be confirmed at the toss, the coin flip that decides which side bats first.
For England, the result will be one data point among several as the tour continues. For Western Australia, it was a comfortable outing in front of a home crowd. The bigger fixtures still lie ahead, and this match is a reminder that warm-ups can still produce a clear winner.
