Ashes: When is the second Test? Day-night start time, schedule at Adelaide
THE ASHES are well and truly underway in Australia as England trail 1-0 in the series ahead of the second Test at Adelaide.
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For the first time ever in an Ashes Test, the action will be played with a pink ball and under floodlights as the advent of day-night Test cricket takes another step forward.
Australia are expected to entrust Mitchell Starc with the responsibility of rattling through the England batting order.
The left-arm quick picked up six wickets at Brisbane but is expected to be even more effective with the pink cherry under the lights.
England meanwhile will be hoping to improve on a 10-wicket defeat where no batsman was able to make a hundred while Australia captain Steve Smith led the way with an unbeaten 141.
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When is the second Ashes Test?
The second Test will, unusually, get underway on a Saturday.
Play is scheduled on December 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.
What time will the second Test start? Play schedule
Play is scheduled to start on each day of play at 2pm in Adelaide.
The time difference to the UK is 10.5 hours meaning the action will start at 3.30am over here.
Play runs until 9pm - or 10.30am UK time.
First session: 2pm-4pm (3.30am-5.30am UK)
Second session: 4.20pm-6.20pm (5.50am-7.50am UK)
Third session: 7pm-9pm (8.30am-10.30am UK)
When are the remaining Ashes Tests?
Third Ashes Test, December 14-18, Perth
Fourth Ashes Test, December 26-30, Melbourne
Fifth Ashes Test, January 4-8, Sydney
