There is no doubt about Australia’s superiority in Day-Night Tests. They are eight out of eight as they walk into the pink-ball Test against England at the Adelaide Oval starting on Thursday.
And with David Warner declared fit, the hosts will be confident of maintaining their superiority.
Warner found some relief when he scored 94 in the first match of the series at the Gabba in Brisbane, where Australia beat England by nine wickets. But after taking two hits to the ribs while batting, Warner did not field for Australia in England’s second innings. He also looked uncomfortable while batting during practice in Adelaide.
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The net session came after his teammate Travis Head, who scored 152 in Brisbane to cement his place as Australia’s No. 5, predicted Warner would play in the second Test.
“I flew home with him a few days back. His family moved to Adelaide, which was good,” Head told the Australian Associated Press. “And he thought he was in a good place. Obviously he was a bit sad… so I guess it was just comfort for him. I think he’s ready to go.”
On Wednesday, Australia’s Test captain Pat Cummins confirmed Warner’s inclusion in the playing XI.
Right-arm pacer Jhye Richardson will replace injured Josh Hazlewood for the first time in almost three seasons.
While Australia’s record in day-night matches is excellent, England have got only one win in four attempts. The win came against West Indies in their first day-night at home in 2017.
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England will get two chances with the pink ball in this series, the fifth Test in Hobart, which was moved from Perth due to COVID-19 restrictions in Western Australia, will also be a day-night affair.
Moving to Adelaide, all-rounder Ben Stokes brushed off concerns about a knee injury that hampered his bowling after a net session in Brisbane last week.
Stokes, 30, bowled just 12 overs at the Gabba, his first Test match since March, and was clearly feeling uneasy after jolting his left knee while chasing a ball during his subsequent spell.
But on Tuesday he came back at full speed, where he bowled for an hour.
We will find out whether England captain Root’s help will be available in the next few days. “Obviously he had a little jar in his knee in the last game. Hopefully now he’s shaken up a bit, and he can come back to full intensity and all options are on the table. We have to manage it and see where we are.”
All options mean veteran pacers Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad are back in the selection mix after being dropped for the first Test at the Gabba. Both were reported to be fit, but England opted for a different combination to rotate their attack depending on the conditions during the entire five-Test series.
The 39-year-old Anderson, who claimed his maiden five-wicket haul in Australia in the same day-night Test four years ago, bowled 40 minutes in the nets on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Root said that being docked Test Championship points due to slow over rates during the Brisbane Test hurts all England players more than losing their full match fees.
England were fined and lost five World Test Championship points after being deemed five overs behind the required rate at the Gabba, even taking into account time allowances for rain, wickets, injuries and pitch attack Gone.
“When you were far behind the over rate, you had to take it (the ban). But we have to be quick, we all know that,” Root said.
Under the International Cricket Council’s format, 12 points are awarded for a Test win, four for a draw and six for a tie.
“When you play long series like we usually play in Test Championship, we usually play three, four, five-match series, losing points like that can really hurt you,” Root said. Is.”
“It hurts more when it comes to the difficulty of scoring points away from home.”
England have lost 10 of their last 11 Tests in Australia, and have not won a match since their victorious 2010–11 tour. England were defeated 5–0 in 2013–14 and lost 4–0 in 2017-18.
And to make matters more difficult, no England team has recovered to win an Ashes series in Australia since captain Len Hutton’s team lost the first Test in 1954–55.
In that series, which consisted of a six-day Test with rest days, consisting of a five-hour match day and eight-ball overs, England lost the first Test at the Gabba by a huge innings and 154 runs, but the series ended in 3. Won -1. To retain the ashes.
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