Marnus Labuschagne has said Australia’s experience of playing day‑night Tests will help them to start the second Ashes Test on Thursday with an in-built advantage, while England are using a pink ball for the first time in nearly three years.
As well as hosting more day-night Tests than the rest of the world in total, Australia has also scheduled several Sheffield Shield games under lights and with a pink ball, first between 2013 and 2018 and again in each of the past two seasons.
Cricket Australia’s head of national teams, Ben Oliver, explained when they were reintroduced that they are designed “to enhance the experience for domestic players and best prepare them for the challenges of international
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