The fixture was the first wink. The referee appointments, the second. The English presented two referees, but five ended up ...

In Brisbane on Thursday, Test cricket will change colour. A day-night game means that, for the 25 th time, a Test match will be played with a pink ball. England’s hopes of regaining the Ashes rest on ...

England have snubbed a pink-ball warm-up for the second Ashes Test despite their humiliating first-Test defeat in a decision described as “nonsense”. England went 1-0 down in the series after a ...

Ben Stokes, Joe Root and Harry Brook digest defeat in Perth Philip Brown/Getty Images England have opted against handing their first-choice top-order batters match practice against a pink ball in a ...

Rory Burns is bowled in 2021 and umpire Steve Bucknor signals Steve Harmison's wide in 2006 Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images; Jonathan Wood/Getty Images The Athletic has launched a Cricket WhatsApp ...