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Pink-ball batting master still prefers red-ball cricket

Australia's No.3 Marnus Labuschagne has weighed into debate as to whether the Ashes should feature a day-night Test match.

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Joe Root not a fan of day-night Ashes Test but aware he needs to shine under lights

Joe Root said the Ashes did not need a day-night Test but he must rise to the challenge of playing under the lights at the Gabba

The Guardian - UK

Head ready to open again in second Ashes Test and says flexible batters will be key

Travis Head arrived in Brisbane with the belief that the future of Test cricket lies in the hands of batters who can flex into a variety of positions

The Guardian - UK

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Mark Wood Ashes blow as England pace bowler ruled out of Gabba Test

The pace bowler Mark Wood is set to be ruled out of England’s next Ashes Test at the Gabba after reporting soreness in the troublesome left knee

The Guardian - UK

Call us rubbish, not arrogant: England defend approach

England will stick with their aggressive approach through the Ashes, despite being labelled arrogant and brainless after the two-day loss in Perth.

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Why the needless mystery from Australia over Cummins and Khawaja for second Test?

Mixed messages over captain Pat Cummins’s potential return to bowling in the Ashes are a curiously dismissive attitude towards the paying public

The Guardian - UK

CA to speak with Khawaja over Perth pitch criticism

Usman Khawaja could face a sanction for labelling the Perth pitch a "piece of shit", with Cricket Australia understood to be disappointed by the remarks.

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Are England actually honest with themselves? If they are, they’ll know they have to change

Ben Stokes’s batters must realise the aggressive option doesn’t always mean attacking Australia’s bowlers, and if they don’t, it could be all over in Brisbane

The Guardian - UK

Pat Cummins: Australia make decision over captain for second Ashes Test against England

Australia have named their squad for next week’s second Ashes Test

Evening Standard

Stuart Broad warns England about pink-ball ‘lottery’ in Brisbane

A fast-forward defeat inside two days at Perth Stadium means the tourists are in desperate need of a positive result in Brisbane.

The Independent UK

Lose toss, chase is best England hope at Gabba: Vaughan

Michael Vaughan insists England can win at the Gabba in the second Test, but says defying history in day-night games and chasing presents their best hope.

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Cummins left out for Gabba, but good news for Khawaja

Pat Cummins is yet to be cleared to return from his back injury for the second Ashes Test, but Usman Khawaja is a chance to overcome his and play at the Gabba.

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England plan extra training sessions in wake of howling first Ashes Test defeat

England head coach Brendon McCullum has booked extra time in the nets before the day-night second Test that starts on 4 December

The Guardian - UK

No ducking batting problems for England as first Test pitch rated ‘very good’

England have flown from Perth to Brisbane to begin the build-up to the second Test.

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Marnus finds 'second phase mojo', best to come: coach

Marnus Labuschagne's batting coach Neil D'Costa explains how his pupil rediscovered his batting DNA and is now ready to enter another rich vein of Test form.

The Guardian - AU

Perth pitch not the problem for England in first Ashes Test as it receives highest ICC rating

Optus Stadium pitch offered ‘fair balance between bat and ball’ as Cricket Australia says good bowling and ‘frenetic’ contest led to early result

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Perth's Ashes wicket gets full marks from ICC

The Perth pitch was not to blame for the fast-and-furious nature of the first Ashes Test, according to the International Cricket Council.

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Hottest Test team faces cool-down period after glory

South Africa, the hottest Test nation, won't play another Test until next September in a quirk of the cricket calendar.

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The Guardian - AU

Mitchell Starc has got England’s number as Ben Stokes faces a dirty dozen in Brisbane

Australia quick is finding new ways to break records as he closes on Pakistan great Wasim Akram’s benchmark for the most Test wickets by a left-arm bowler

The Independent UK

Graham Thorpe would still be alive if England cricket had helped more, says widow

Amanda Thorpe has branded the ECB’s support in the months after his England sacking as ‘woeful’

The Independent UK

Ex-Australia star defends England’s decision to reject pink-ball practice match for Ashes

England have opted against sending their first-choice Test team to play a pink-ball practice match in Canberra

The Guardian - AU

Does Travis Head’s knock deserve to be among the greatest Ashes innings?

The Australian did not make the Guardian’s recent list of the top 100 Ashes players, but his heroics in Perth sit comfortably alongside the series’ best individual innings of all time

The Guardian - UK

Dire not fire: England’s Ashes confidence seems misplaced after two days

Ben Stokes’s side had been more bullish than past teams to tour Australia, but history implies another belting is coming

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Australia star on cusp of left-arm immortality

Fresh from destroying England with 10 wickets in the Ashes opener, Mitchell Starc is on the verge of becoming the greatest left-arm bowler in Test history.

The Guardian - UK

England must avoid Perth 2025 becoming the new Adelaide 2006

Losing the first Test by eight wickets after being 105 ahead with one man out is a body blow that risks derailing the entire tour

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