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Ben Stokes defends England’s ‘best preparation’ for Pink Ball Test at Gabba, saying ‘we’ve moved on’ from Perth’s crushing loss

Ben Stokes defends England’s ‘best preparation’ for Pink Ball Test at Gabba, saying ‘we’ve moved on’ from Perth’s crushing loss

After a whirlwind innings from Travis Head, whose once-in-a-generation knock dismantled England in the first Ashes 2025-26 Test at Perth, visiting skipper Ben Stokes said his team has moved on from that eight-wicket loss. England had taken a 49-run lead by the end of Day 1, and it seemed they would push Australia into a corner. However, the collapse of nine wickets before Tea saw the team set a paltry target of just 205, which the home side chased in 28.2 overs courtesy of Head’s 69-ball century. “We’ve talked about it and we’ve moved on. We had some good conversations around the group,” Stokes said in Brisbane ahead of the second day-night Test starting on Thursday. “Look, Travis played an amazing knock, there’s no hiding away from that. But that’s not the overriding contribution as to why we didn’t end up getting the result,” he said. Stokes also said there were “amazing things throughout that Test match.” “The way that we bowled in the first innings … and we ended up putting a score on …

IND vs AUS: On a day when 17 wickets fell, Perth’s Optus Stadium achieves rare record | Cricket News

IND vs AUS: On a day when 17 wickets fell, Perth’s Optus Stadium achieves rare record | Cricket News

While as many as 17 wickets fell on the opening day of the First Test match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia at Perth’s Optus Stadium, it also saw the stadium recording its highest single-day attendance in a Test match with a total of 31,302 in attendance on Friday. The stadium, which had replaced WACA as the Test venue in 2018 hosting the second Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy during India’s 2018-2019 tour, has so far played host to five Test matches including the one starting Friday and the 60,000 capacity stadium is expected to cross the 80,000 mark over the next four days of the Test if the Test goes on for all the days. Perth’s earlier record for a whole Test match stands at 1,03,440 during the third Ashes Test in December 2006. With Australian pace bowling attack led by Josh Hazlewood running through India’s top order and the day seeing a towering six by Indian wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant which drew praise from the commentators and the crowd, the …