, external<\/span><\/a>. <\/p>\n“Ultimately the best team generally wins Test matches but this one, it’s on a bit more of a knife edge of conditions.”<\/p>\n
England have lost all three of their day-night Tests in Australia.<\/p>\n
They were beaten by 120 runs in Adelaide in 2017, before 275-run and 146-run defeats in Adelaide and Hobart on their last tour in 2021. <\/p>\n
“If you can get a brand new ball under the floodlights at the Gabba, you should be taking wickets and you can break the game open,” said Broad. <\/p>\n
“It is all about timing a little bit of when you bowl with the brand new ball. <\/p>\n
“That is why I don’t like bowling first in pink-ball cricket because you bowl with a brand new ball in daylight and it doesn’t do a lot.<\/p>\n
“By the time you get to the twilight period the ball is 60 overs old and doesn’t do anything – and the new ball comes too late in the day.<\/p>\n
“Winning the toss and batting is pretty crucial in the pink-ball Test in my opinion. That is my feeling in pink-ball cricket. It is going to be one hell of a challenge.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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