Greg Baum

For England, proceeding from a two-day Test in Perth to a pink-ball encounter at the Gabba must seem like jumping from frying pan to fire, albeit that their whole Bazball shtick is to play with fire happily anyway.

Just because we can stage day-night Tests doesn’t mean we always must. And for all the fun-of-the-fair spectacle it creates, it still pales beside the majesty of Test cricket in daylight glory.

Bazball is built on constant, frenetic, stampeding action, but sometimes the best thing to do in a cricket match is nothing.

Follow our live blog of the third Ashes Test in Adelaide from 9.30am Wednesday Usman Khawaja has been an ornament to Australian cricket, but the time has come to put him back on the mantelpiece.

Usman Khawaja has been an ornament to Australian cricket, but the time has come to put him back on the mantelpiece.

At all the important junctures, Australia have outplayed England, simple as that. Bazball has failed not just on its own account, but because Australia have not allowed it to succeed.

Much as many would like to wall off this Test, it might not be possible. Besides, some five-day Tests of yore should have been euthanised before their time.