Veteran Australian cricketer Mitchell Starc joined the elite list of players who scored 50 or more runs and picked up a five-wicket haul in a day-night Test match. The ace player achieved this milestone on Day 3 of the second Ashes Test between Australia and England at the Gabba on Saturday
Labuschagne, who had nine and 51* while chasing 205 at Perth during the first Test, continued his fine run of form with a fluent 65 in 78 balls, with nine fours and a six, at a strike rate of over 83.
England ended the day one at 325/9. The quickfire half-century between centurion Root and Jofra Archer pushed England past the 300-run mark after they had been reduced to 264/9. This bodes really well for England as far as this Test is concerned, as no side has ever lost a day-night Test aft
Joe Root and Jofra Archer scripted history as the duo recorded the highest 10th wicket partnership in a day-night Test match. Root and Archer achieved this milestone during Day 1 of the second Ashes Test against Australia at the Gabba in Brisbane on Thursday.
England captain Ben Stokes has said that playing a day-night Test is a different challenge. Stokes' statement comes ahead of the second Test against Australia in Brisbane, which starts on December 4. Notably, the second Test will be a day-night game.
Cummins had missed the first Test due to lower-back issues, and Steve Smith took the captaincy armband in his absence. Cummins was seen bowling with the pink ball at Silverwater's Cricket Central, getting himself with a weapon that demolished Team India last summer during the Border-Gavaskar
Cricket Australia supports the idea of the Test being a day-night event, and it is understood that officials will travel to Jamaica this month for a pre-tour inspection. Australia has never participated in a day-night Test match outside its home country.
This match will mark the inaugural occasion that men's Test cricket is contested under lights at the MCG, following the Women's Ashes Test at the iconic venue in January. The MCG was the site of the first Test back in 1877.
Excitement is building for the biggest Women's Test match ever, with a giant pink cricket ball hot air balloon soaring over Melbourne and the MCG this morning, ahead of the CommBank Women's Ashes Day-Night Test from Jan 30-Feb 2.
The viewers were there in big numbers for the day/night Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Adelaide with six of the seven sessions averaging more than 1 million viewers across all platforms, and four of those sessions attracting more than 1.4 million viewers, according to a release
fter completion of the day-night (pink-ball) Test of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25, former Australian batter Matthew Hayden provided his take on India's bowling performance in Adelaide