
Pink ball could prove the difference for England in Adelaide Test
Opinions remain divided on how much England will benefit from using the pink ball but many believe Adelaide Oval represents their best chance to win an Ashes Test.
Opinions remain divided on how much England will benefit from using the pink ball but many believe Adelaide Oval represents their best chance to win an Ashes Test.
Australia hope Kookaburra can harden up the pink ball for any future day-night Tests in Brisbane, with Steve Smith concerned at how hard it was to extract bounce from the Gabba pitch.
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Catches win matches: it’s a theory Australian captain Steve Smith has spectacularly proven time and again.
Adelaide Oval’s sunset vista will again be showcased to the world when the venue hosts the first ever day-night Ashes Test, after Cricket Australia and the England Cricket Board today confirmed the 2017-18 schedule.
Australian captain Steve Smith has done a U-turn and is now endorsing the prospect of an historic day-night Ashes Test against England.
There is an eagerness about the place to proclaim the renaissance of the Australian Test cricket team, but the truth is that it is too early to tell – and the mad scheduling of the Australian cricket season ensures that we will never know.