Teammate backs Ashes hero to replace Khawaja
Usman Khawaja has been ruled out of the pink ball Test due to injury. Scott Boland has hinted at who his replacement will be.
Usman Khawaja has been ruled out of the pink ball Test due to injury. Scott Boland has hinted at who his replacement will be.
Calls are growing louder for rulemakers to find a solution to bad light stoppages, but the Aussie opener believes the pink ball isn't the answer.
Shane Warne wants one pink Kookaburra ball used at each end during day-night Test matches to prevent them from softening too quickly.
History shows Australia will still take a pink-ball advantage to Adelaide Oval when they face Pakistan.
India may be one step closer to agreeing to a pink-ball Test in Adelaide this summer after the Men in Blue reportedly agreed to a floodlit game against West Indies later this year.
Australian spearhead Mitchell Starc is among the most potent day-night Test players in the world, but he still harbours doubts about using the pink ball.
Adelaide Oval will host the first ever Ashes day-night Test match between Australia and England in December 2017.
Pakistan will get their first taste of pink-ball cricket in Australia on Thursday when a tour match begins in Cairns.
South Africa's cricketers will play two pink-ball matches ahead of the day-night Adelaide Test this summer.
England captain Alastair Cook has backed Steve Smith's calls for the 2017/18 Ashes in Australia to not be played as a day-night series.