England gamble by resisting calls to give senior players an extra run-out

England have resisted calls to send senior players for a pink ball practice match ahead of the second Ashes Test, passing up the chance to spend more time in the middle.

- by Sport Reporter

A slipshod two-day defeat in the series opener at Perth left an 11-day gap in the tourists' schedule before the day/night Test in Brisbane and opened up the option of using this weekend's England Lions fixture in Canberra as a competitive tuneup for the first team.