England's Hopes At Mercy Of Pink-ball Lottery - Broad

England's hopes of levelling nan Ashes successful Brisbane are limited connected a pink-ball "lottery", says erstwhile bowler Stuart Broad.

The 2nd Test, which starts connected 4 December, is simply a day-night lucifer astatine nan Gabba and follows an eight-wicket triumph for Australia successful nan first game.

It intends each time starts successful earthy ray but concludes nether floodlights, and a pinkish shot is utilized alternatively than nan accepted reddish shot of a Test match.

"We cognize nan pink-ball Test, having played a fewer ourselves, is simply a spot of a lottery," said Broad connected nan For The Love of Cricket podcast.

"Ultimately nan champion squad mostly wins Test matches but this one, it's connected a spot much of a weapon separator of conditions."

England person mislaid each 3 of their day-night Tests successful Australia.

They were beaten by 120 runs successful Adelaide successful 2017, earlier 275-run and 146-run defeats successful Adelaide and Hobart connected their past circuit successful 2021.

"If you tin get a marque caller shot nether nan floodlights astatine nan Gabba, you should beryllium taking wickets and you tin break nan crippled open," said Broad.

"It is each astir timing a small spot of erstwhile you vessel pinch nan marque caller ball.

"That is why I don't for illustration bowling first successful pink-ball cricket because you vessel pinch a marque caller shot successful daylight and it doesn't do a lot.

"By nan clip you get to nan twilight play nan shot is 60 overs aged and doesn't do thing - and nan caller shot comes excessively precocious successful nan day.

"Winning nan flip and batting is beautiful important successful nan pink-ball Test successful my opinion. That is my emotion successful pink-ball cricket. It is going to beryllium 1 hellhole of a challenge."

Australia person won 12 of their 13 day-night Tests successful location conditions, pinch their only conclusion coming against West Indies astatine nan Gabba past year.

Sides person opted to bat first successful 11 of those games, pinch six going connected to win.

"I'm not nan biggest instrumentality [of pink-ball Tests] to beryllium honest," added Broad.

"It's rather situational dependent, truthful if you tin manipulate nan crippled to get a marque caller shot successful nan twilight, you've sewage a awesome chance of doing really good because nan shot conscionable seems to zip astir a small spot more.

"There's thing astir nan pinkish ball, you conscionable can't prime it up rather arsenic well. You get nary clues arsenic well, truthful nan seam is achromatic against nan pinkish background, whereas pinch a reddish shot and achromatic seam you mightiness spot Mitchell Starc's in-swinger coming backmost into nan stumps aliases scrambling around.

"It's conscionable nan lights are reflecting disconnected nan pinkish shot truthful it's almost for illustration a large satellite coming flying towards you.

"It intends you're conscionable judging it from nan activity disconnected nan aboveground aliases reference disconnected nan activity of nan ball, but astatine specified gait it's rather difficult to do.

"That's why I deliberation it is rather important to bat first because moreover if you are bowled retired by beverage erstwhile it's starting to spell dark, you person a marque caller shot nether lights. And if you bat good you tin power erstwhile you vessel successful nan crippled and successful nan day."