NEW DELHI: Former England fast bowler Stuart Broad feels England’s chances in the Brisbane Test will largely depend on how effectively they handle the “lottery” of the pink ball. The second Test of ...

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 ...

England have won only two of their seven Pink-Ball Tests, with five defeats, including three in the Ashes and heavy losses to India and New Zealand. Their shaky Day/Night record comes into focus as ...

Australia and England will face each other in the day-night Test at the Gabba in Brisbane from December 4 (Thursday) as the hosts will look to double their lead. Australia are playing their 15th ...

Australia women's captain Alyssa Healy says her husband Mitchell Starc will be "licking his lips" at the prospect of using the pink ball in the second Ashes Test at Brisbane. Starc is the most ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The absence of Australia's run-making rock coupled with the pink ball's enduring mysteries has left the Ashes leaders still ruminating on their best combination for the Gabba's day-night Test less ...

Deputy Editor Andrew arrived at ESPNcricinfo via Manchester and Cape Town, after finding the assistant editor at a weak moment as he watched England's batting collapse in the Newlands Test. Andrew ...