And so, to Brisbane. The Gabba. The gladiatorial stadium stands between England and parity in the Ashes series. The Gabba is not a happy hunting ground for England - they have not won in Brisbane ...

The Athletic has launched a Cricket WhatsApp Channel. Click here to join. No team sport is quite so obsessed by the colour of the ball as cricket. Where the annual shift in English Premier League ...

In Brisbane on Thursday, Test cricket will change colour. A day-night game means that, for the 25 th time, a Test match will be played with a pink ball. England’s hopes of regaining the Ashes rest on ...

England will go to the Gabba 1-0 down and looking for a way back into the Ashes, having not played a pink-ball Test since early 2023. England's record in day-night Tests is played seven, lost five, ...

Joe Root will look to make a substantial score for England in the second Test • Getty Images Joe Root has questioned whether the Ashes should include a pink-ball Test ahead of Thursday's day-night ...

Mitchell Starc is the leading wicket-taker in pink-ball Tests, with 81 at an average of 17.08 England's hopes of levelling the Ashes in Brisbane are dependent on a pink-ball "lottery", says former ...

The Ashes use a pink ball for day-night Test matches to improve visibility under floodlights. The colour is suitable for play during the day and night. Day-night Tests, which is the only time a pink ...

Day-night Test cricket is different. It's chaotic, it's dramatic, and now, 10 years into its existence, it's unquestionably Australian. Out of the 24 pink ball Tests to be played since the first in ...

Stuart Broad believes the second Test between England and Australia, a day-night game in Brisbane which will be played with a pink ball, is likely to be a "bit of a lottery" that could be determined ...

Ten years ago last week, Martin Guptill faced up against Mitchell Starc at Adelaide Oval for the first ball in day-night Test. What played out was a gripping, low-scoring encounter, including a dose ...

England's decision not to send any of their first-choice batters to a pink-ball warm-up match ahead of the 2nd Test has caused quite a storm. The tourists have made a nightmare start to the Ashes 2025 ...