“We need to keep evolving, we need to keep looking for new ways to improve things, and day/night Tests are something we have to explore”.
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Voges, 36, said his experiences with the ball had been different every time – and he expects no different at the Adelaide Oval. While the official history of worldwide test cricket begins in 1877.
“Ultimately it is all about maintaining the relevance of Test cricket, a format I was brought up on and one I continue to cherish”. Twenty-20 is the fastest format of cricket.
However, like anxious parents fussing over their child on a school morning before the class photo, Australia’s cricket board has gone to great lengths to ensure the match puts on its best face for the cameras.
A green tinge will give hope to both teams’ pacemen that there may not be a repeat of the bruising run-fests they were subject to in the earlier matches.
New Australia captain Steve Smith and long-serving seam bowler Peter Siddle believe the pink ball’s behaviour under lights could lead to tactical declarations. But Kohli lauded the two Trans-Tasmanin rivals for agreeing to experiment with a Test match.
More recently, the 26-year-old has kept his views to himself.
Pink-ball day-night Test matches, which make their debut this week in Adelaide, should only be the beginning of a cricket revolution, former Australian captain Mark Taylor said on Monday.
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Opinions differ on whether Shaun Marsh was the right man to replace the injured Usman Khawaja in the first day-night Test starting in Adelaide on Friday. However, The players are also feeling nervous, skeptic and apprehension.
Kohli added that even though the players had some apprehensions about the visibility of the pink ball, it was still a big step going forward.
Lyon took 12 wickets in a Test against India in December past year at the venue, leading Australia to victory. They are played against only in Chappell-Hadlee Trophy at ICC events.
In Perth, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood pulled up sore after bowling 37 and 32 overs respectively – the most they have in a Test innings – in New Zealand’s mammoth first essay.
Provided there are no setbacks and the swing specialist pulls up well, he is likely to take part.
Australia’s Coach Darren Lehmann is also the real supporter of this concept.
“But if you have four good days of Test cricket, it would finish on the Sunday and you have more chance of people coming along to the final day’s play”.
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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. “But you have to have an open mind as a player and just accept there will be challenges”.
