Australia vs England 2nd Ashes Test, Day 2 Highlights: Australia ended Day 2 of the pink-ball second Ashes Test with a 44-run lead over England.

Skipper Pat Cummins was left out of an unchanged Australia squad named on Friday for the day-night second Ashes Test against England.

Travis Head's smashing hundred in the Ashes opener at Perth left the cricket world stunned.

The 2-day conclusion to the Ashes opener in Perth is expected to cost Cricket Australia millions.

Travis Head may have batted himself into a permanent role as Australian opener after his swashbuckling 123 against England, casting doubt on the future of an ageing Usman Khawaja.

This was the first Ashes game to finish inside two days since 1921, with the hosts taking a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.

England were left shellshocked as Australia, led by Travis Head's century, scripted a stunning comeback to win the 1st Test in Perth on Saturday.

Travis Head flipped the narrative and dominated the England pace bowlers with one of the great centuries in Ashes cricket on Saturday

The Cricket Australia CEO, Todd Greenberg, defended the move to shift the opening Test of the summer to Perth from Brisbane, where Aussies had an impeccable record.

A rampaging Mitchell Starc took 7-58 to put England on the back foot after Ben Stokes won the toss on a fine day at a packed Perth Stadium and chose to bat.