Perth's new stadium: west can still be best once teething problems are solved | Brendan Foster

Despite opening-day hiccups, the $1.6bn stadium next to the Swan river is a monstrous beautyWhen mariachi music screeched out of speakers at Perth’s new Optus Stadium just before the start of Australia and England’s one-day clash, the crowd erupted. The 55,000 crowd was basking in such a giddy delirium it seemed not to notice when Jason Roy gracefully flicked the first ball of the game from Mitchell Starc towards the mid-wicket boundary. It didn’t matter, for long-suffering Per