Daily Archives: November 24, 2025

England have elected against sending senior players to play a pink-ball practice match ahead of the second Ashes Test, despite being thrashed inside two days during the series opener.

After their two-day thrashing in the first Ashes Test in Perth, head coach Brendon McCullum and captain Ben Stokes were left to decide whether to give their players a warm-up with the pink ball ahead of the day-night second Test in Brisbane from December 4.

Whatever is going to happen next in Formula 1's increasingly dramatic three-way fight for the world title as the Qatar Grand Prix stages the penultimate race weekend - and the final Sprint - of the 2025 season, live on Sky Sports F1.

Conor Benn does not feature high on new WBO welterweight world champion Devin Haney's agenda.