#pink-ball

#pink-ball

We worked as hard as we could in the lead-up to this, we had five days of prep and we did a huge amount of catching, Root said. We made sure we utilised those two [training] sessions under lights well. You can't replicate that surface, the bounce, the way the nicks come. It's never going to be exactly the same, it's never going to be perfect. All you can do is give yourself the best possible chance and I think we've done that.

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Just on twilight the pink ball talks a little bit more and the game goes through massive ebbs and flows, Bartlett said. You see wickets falling in clumps. You've got to stay in it and make the most of that middle session. If the Test wicket is like the one we just played on it will be a really good cricket wicket. We got a result in three days but when you bat well you get rewarded and if you bowl well it's the same.