England would be ‘amateurish’ to not play pink-ball warm-up – Vaughan

Former Ashes Test captain Michael Vaughan claims that it would be “amateurish” if England continued to play in a pink-ball warm-up match prior to the second Ashes Test.

England lost their first test on Saturday, falling to England in an astonishing two days, and there are now 12 days until Brisbane’s second test.

England will not play any of their Test XI in a pink-ball match against a Prime Minister’s XI on November 29 because that Test will be a day-night affair and will be played with a pink ball rather than a red one. Instead, the Lions development team will face off against the Lions.

England’s captain Ben Stokes stated to Test Match Special that they would not change their plans despite appearing to leave the door open for change when he later addressed his press conference.

According to Stokes, “all we are trying to do is give ourselves the best chance to win an Ashes series.”

“We’ll let the dust settle on this, and over the next few days we’ll decide whether or not a few guys joining that game should be played,” the team’s manager said.

Given that the Lions had only one warm-up game against England, it was questioned how well England had prepared for the Perth Test.

England has warm-up matches against Australian state teams before, but they prefer to do so now. With a similar schedule, they had the same schedule as their three previous victories.

However, the two-day Prime Minister’s XI match in Canberra would provide the players with the opportunity to play undercover cricket while playing pink balls.

Although batters sometimes find it difficult to see the pink ball as clearly as the red ball does, according to history, there are only a few small differences between how the pink ball acts.

Australia has won 13 of their 14 day-night Tests, including the three against England.

All these discussions will return to England, Vaughan said, whether or not they want them.

If England don’t practice between now and then, it’s amateurish.

What harm does it cause when the pink ball is positioned under lights during two days of cricket?

“I can’t be so old-fashioned to suggest that playing cricket might make them feel a little better,” I say.

Stokes acknowledged that after their Saturday defeat, he was “shell-shocked.”

The all-rounder praised Travis Head, who smashed 123 balls from 83 balls to lead Australia to victory with his stunning assault, and said he thought the 205 target was defendable.

On day two, Stokes also defended his team’s bat. England fell from 65-1 to 88-6 on loose drives with Olivia Pope, Joe Root, and Harry Brook out all out.

According to Stokes, “the guys who had success were those who really put bowlers under pressure and were knocking them off line and lengths.”