Traditionalist Joe gives the pink slip to day/night Tests

JOE ROOT is sceptical about the value of day/night Test cricket in the Ashes and prefers the “traditional” red-ball game.

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After losing their Australia series opener inside two days at Perth, England go again on Thursday in Brisbane.

But the degree of difficulty has been cranked up by the fact the second Test will be played under the Gabba floodlights with a pink Kookaburra.

There have only been 24 day/night men's Tests since the option was ushered in a decade ago and they have become something of an Australian speciality.