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England’s preparation before the Perth Test was questioned, given it included only one warm-up game against the Lions.<\/p>\n
Previous tours have included multiple warm-ups against Australian state sides but England prefer to keep their preparation in-house these days. They won the first match on their three previous tours with a similar schedule.<\/p>\n
The two-day Prime Minister’s XI match in Canberra would give the players chance for competitive cricket playing under lights with the pink ball, however. <\/p>\n
History suggests there are few significant differences between how the pink and red ball acts but batters do sometimes struggle seeing the pink version as clearly under the lights.<\/p>\n
Australia have won 13 of their 14 day-night Tests, including all three against England. <\/p>\n
“Whether they like it or not, all these conversations are going to come back to England,” Vaughan said.<\/p>\n
“It’s amateurish if England don’t go out and practice between now and then. <\/p>\n
“What harm is it playing two days of cricket with the pink ball under lights? <\/p>\n
“I can’t be so old school to suggest that by playing cricket they might get a little bit better? <\/p>\n
“My method would be, you’ve got a pink-ball two-day game, you go and grab it, go and take it, play those two days and give yourself the best chance.”<\/p>\n
Former Australia batter Stuart Law questioned the merits of sending the Test players to Canberra, however, because of the difference in conditions compared to Brisbane.<\/p>\n
“I wouldn’t want to bat in Canberra and then go to Brisbane,” he told Sportsworld on BBC World Service.<\/p>\n
“You’ve got a ball bouncing at knee high and then you’ve got a ball bouncing at chest high. It doesn’t really do you too much good.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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