Besides, Test cricket has had to compete with the wildly successful and more spruced up version of the game – T20s.
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“It is a landmark Test”, Kohli said.
However he said it remains to be seen whether day-night Tests are the future with many questions still to be answered, including how the pink ball would perform.
I congratulate the two Boards, Cricket Australia and New Zealand Cricket, for their bold step in leading the way following the ICC’s approval of the day-night concept in 2012, and I also congratulate the players for seeing the benefits rather than just the drawbacks. The victims included century-maker Sam Whiteman and top-order duo Marcus Harris and Jon Wells, who had returned to the crease.
“We’ve got a plan”.
“We were expected to win that game in Hobart, only chasing 240 on a seemingly deteriorating wicket where Doug Bracewell bowled fantastic and won New Zealand the game. Every Test match then would have meaning”. The only thing they were concerned about was during twilight it was very hard to pick the ball.
Australia will hold their first pink-ball training session on Tuesday. “It does help a little bit I guess”.
He said: “The last two wickets have been very batter-friendly”.
Hesson confirmed both bustling left armer Neil Wagner, who impressed in taking five wickets on Saturday, and allrounder Santner are in the frame for test selection.
There was good news for the tourists, however, with Martin Guptill hitting 103 and BJ Watling also in the runs.
“I welcome this decision to trial day-night Tests with a pink ball because we won’t know unless we try”.
“The ball will nip around a fair bit with that extra grass coverage”, O’Keefe said.
The test gets underway at 4.30pm (NZ time) at the Adelaide Oval on Friday.
Hesson added that the Adelaide Oval pitch would shape the Test, especially when it came to the colour of the ball.
There are many questions around this match: Will the public embrace the time change? “To be able to get the ball to move off the seam, when it’s hard it does and it still swings so in my opinion, this is the best ground to play with the pink ball”.
“I’ve played three pink-ball first-class games now, one at the Gabba, the WACA and one at Hobart earlier this year”.
“This is not new”, said Howard.
“We play day-night cricket with the white ball so we know what it’s like batting at night”. West Indies lost 1-2, but they were given a motorcade farewell.
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However Watling says with Australia up one-nil they need to focus on a result.
