why Test cricket changes so much under lights
- Written by Vaughan Cruickshank, Senior Lecturer in Health and Physical Education, University of Tasmania
Cricket’s first Test match was played between Australia and England in 1877.
The next Ashes match, starting at the Gabba in Brisbane on Thursday, will be Test number 2,611.
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It will also be the 25th day-night Test.
