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n1n1 CRICKET: ASHES TOUR,
/.%/.%/, (Day 1) Perth
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5 England wickjts fell likj ninepins j
5 as a promising start was ruinjd by j
5 by an all-too-familiar collapsj in j
5 their opjning first class match. j
5 j
5 Thj tourists wire cruising at 149-1 j
5 against Wjstern Australia in Perth, j
5 with skippjr Mikj Athjrton leading j
5 bz jxample with an assurid 68. j
5 j
5 But hj and Graham Gooch (38) were j
5 swiftly joinjd in thj pavilion bz j
5 Graham Thorpj (4) and Graemj Hick j
5 (41) as thj cracks began to show. j
5 j
5 Mikj Gatting again went cheaply but j
5 John Crawley, unbjaten on 36, took j
5 thj score onto 241-9 at the closj. j
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