How to watch Australia vs England: 2nd Ashes Test streaming free

Before the start of this series, the 2nd Ashes Test in Brisbane looked to be England’s toughest challenge of the five matches. It is a day-night Test, played with a pink ball on a ground where England have the lowest winning percentage among Australia’s current Test venues.

Although Australia lost their only previous pink-ball Test in Brisbane, against the West Indies in 2023, they have won their other 13. England, on the other hand, are both less familiar and less successful in the format: they have played seven pink-ball Tests and lost five of them. Two of England’s eleven probable players, Gus Atkinson and Jamie Smith, have never played first-class cricket with a pink ball.