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Pink ball an 'innovation here to stay'

SACA Chief Executive Keith Bradshaw, who helped pioneer the pink-ball concept, believes that the inaugural day-night Test will be the start of an important journey in the format

24-Nov-2015•Melinda Farrell

Surplus Siddle now sorely needed

Peter Siddle has insisted that he is not disheartened by the fact that Australia's selectors declined to pick him in the XI until the final Test against New Zealand

24-Nov-2015•Daniel Brettig

Latham looks to savour 'massive occasion'

Tom Latham has said that the prospect of stepping into the spotlight ahead of cricket's first ever day-night Test is an exciting one

24-Nov-2015•Melinda Farrell

Lehmann tried to keep Johnson for ODIs

Concerned about Australia's diminishing supply of quality pace bowlers, coach Darren Lehmann tried to convince Mitchell Johnson to remain a limited-overs player after his retirement from Test matches in Perth

23-Nov-2015•Daniel Brettig

'Result wicket without a doubt' - O'Keefe

The drop-in pitch at Adelaide Oval has an even covering of grass, which will offer ample help to seamers and spinners alike said Steve O'Keefe

23-Nov-2015•Daniel Brettig in Adelaide

Guptill hits ton during pink-ball prep

Martin Guptill and Brendon McCullum produced a pair of percussive innings in their attempt to find some rhythm batting against the pink ball against a Western Australia XI at the WACA

22-Nov-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

Burns urges batsmen to have open minds

Joe Burns, who has experience playing with the pink ball, has urged batsmen to remember that it will not behave like the traditional red one

22-Nov-2015•Brydon Coverdale

Wagner impresses on batting day at WACA

Left-arm pacer Neil Wagner made the most of Trent Boult's absence by picking up five wickets after William Bosisto and Sam Whiteman kept the New Zealanders at bay for large parts of the evening

21-Nov-2015•Daniel Brettig in Perth

Important not to be too sceptical - McMillan

Craig McMillan says the players should embrace the day-night Test, in the knowledge that it may be a format of the game they are soon playing far more often

20-Nov-2015•Daniel Brettig

Saker concerned Pattinson could be 'underdone'

James Pattinson's state coach David Saker has raised concerns that the fast bowler could be "underdone" ahead of a possible return to the Test team for the first time in more than 18 months

19-Nov-2015•Brydon Coverdale

Marsh seeks out Rogers to stop nicking

Shaun Marsh, who will make his fifth comeback into the Australian team in five years at the Day/Night Test in Adelaide, has worked with Chris Rogers to sort out his technical issues

18-Nov-2015•Daniel Brettig

Lehmann justifies Shaun Marsh inclusion

Australia's coach and selector Darren Lehmann has justified the recall of Shaun Marsh ahead of other worthy candidates on the basis that he had nearly been chosen ahead of Usman Khawaja in the first place

18-Nov-2015•Daniel Brettig

Mike Hesson boasts psychological victory

New Zealand may be 1-0 down in the Trans-Tasman Test series, but the team's coach Mike Hesson believes his side scored a significant psychological victory over Australia with their remarkable comeback to take the innings lead at the WACA Ground

17-Nov-2015•Melinda Farrell in Perth

Pattinson, Shaun Marsh in Adelaide squad

James Pattinson has been anointed as the man to step into Mitchell Johnson's shoes for the day-night Test in Adelaide

17-Nov-2015•Daniel Brettig

Smith to stay at No. 3 for Adelaide

Steven Smith will stay at No. 3 in the absence of Usman Khawaja, opening up a place in the middle order for the day-night match in Adelaide

17-Nov-2015•Daniel Brettig at the WACA

'Would've been easy to fall over' - McCullum

New Zealand's captain Brendon McCullum believes a fighting draw in Perth has provided his side a platform from which to beat Australia - not just in the third Test in Adelaide, but the return series across the Tasman next year

17-Nov-2015•Daniel Brettig at the WACA

Johnson signs off with two wickets in draw

There was no fairytale finish for Mitchell Johnson, but it was satisfying all the same. Johnson's final acts in Test cricket were to take two wickets in the last session as New Zealand's batsmen played out a draw, but it was a result that meant Australia

17-Nov-2015•The Report by Brydon Coverdale

Starc's spell the changing of the guard

Well before Mitchell Johnson chose to tell team-mates of his decision to retire, Australia's fast bowling mentor Craig McDermott felt the changing of the guard had already taken place

17-Nov-2015•Daniel Brettig in Perth

Smith hails 'the ultimate professional'

Mitchell Johnson's retirement was a surprise to Australia's captain Steven Smith, who described the departing fast bowler as "the ultimate professional"

17-Nov-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

Johnson retires from international cricket

As he foreshadowed before the WACA Test, Mitchell Johnson has had enough, and will retire immediately from international and first-class cricket at the end of the match

17-Nov-2015•Daniel Brettig in Perth

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