Similar to your dead-of-winter coats and accessories, the best winter pants put function first and cut or style second. When it's this cold, warmth matters much more than anything else.

Style, however, is a different matter. The key to great style? A reliable selection of clothing essentials that make for a firm foundation to build on with those pesky, oh-so-undependable trends.

England batter Harry Brook praised India's Rishabh Pant for his fearless batting in the second Test against Australia in Adelaide. Pant played some audacious shots as India lost wickets at the other ...