Former England skipper Michael Vaughan said that if England had any chances of levelling the Ashes at Brisbane, they should be the ones chasing. In recent times, England have had a good record of chasing big totals, having overhauled 350-plus totals twice.
“If England are going to win at the Gabba they will play their expansive game. Funnily enough, England’s best chance is to lose the toss and chase. This England batting unit … they seem to play better when they have a number on the board to aim for. They get confused batting first and never quite know how to play it. Even though we know in a pink-ball game winning the toss is hugely crucial, it might not be a bad toss for England to lose at the Gabba,” Vaughan told AAP.
But if you look at the records of the Day and night Tests, out of 45 matches, 27 have been won by teams batting first. With that in mind, Vaughan said that it is likely that Stokes will opt to bat first in Brisbane.
You definitely have to. It’s the only guarantee of you batting in daylight. You have to bat first, and if you bat well you bat into day two and get a chance to potentially bowl first in the twilight conditions on the second day. If you bat badly you are still going to be bowling when the lights are on, so it’s an absolute no-brainer to bat first in a day-nighter,” he said.
England arrived in Brisbane on Thursday, with its entire first test XI opting against pink-ball match practice with only unused squad members Jacob Bethell, Matthew Potts and Josh Tongue to feature against a Prime Minister’s XI team this weekend.
Meanwhile, there will be no Pat Cummins in the second Ashes Test for Australia as well he was not named in the squad for the day-night second match at the Gabba in Brisbane starting December 4. Australia won the first Test in just two days at Perth to surge to a 1-0 lead in the five-Test series and have named an unchanged squad for the second game.
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