Australia, New Zealand could play first ever Day-Night Test in November 2015

[Texan]

Cricket Australia said on Monday that it is pushing ahead with plans to stage an historic day-night Test match with New Zealand, possibly as early as the 2015-16 season. CA chief executive James Sutherland and his New Zealand Cricket counterpart David White met in Melbourne last week during the International Cricket Council (ICC) annual conference to discuss the idea. They are devising plans to stage the match when New Zealand tour Australia in November 2015, with the venue to be determined, CA said. The ICC gave its approval in 2012 for member countries to work together on staging Test cricket under lights. “We are serious about pushing ahead with the concept of day-night Test cricket,†Sutherland said in a statement. “We feel it will only strengthen the position and possibilities for Test cricket in many parts of the world. There are many Test matches played during non-holiday periods when adults are at work and kids are at school and that’s not an ideal way to promote the highest form of the game.†Sutherland said there was not a major team sport in the world that scheduled the majority of its premium content during the working week. “We’re not talking about playing the Boxing Day or New Year’s Test at night,†Sutherland said. “The summer holiday period in Australia really lends itself to Test cricket, but at other times of the year it can be difficult for fans to attend or watch Test matches, be it here or in other parts of the world. “That’s really at the heart of the issue. The challenge is to try to make Test cricket more accessible for fans.†White said his organisation was looking forward to contributing to the day-night Test concept, especially in terms of helping develop a new pink ball suitable for Test conditions. “Australia continue to assess conditions to ensure they are appropriate to stage Test cricket at night, and we fully support that duty of care,†White said in the CA statement. Both governing bodies said they would continue to seek the opinion of players, spectators and broadcasters. ICC chief executive David Richardson said he supported the idea. “I’m pleased that after the ICC board gave its thumbs-up during the 2012 annual conference and following extensive trials and debates, we are now at a stage when two of our members are contemplating playing the first-ever day-night Test,†he said.

http://www.cricketcountry.com/news/australia-new-zealand-could-play-first-ever-day-night-test-in-november-151964 Original title of the article on that site is misleading implying that the said Test may occur this year. I have changed the title to indicate the year mentioned in the contents of the article.

[G_B_]

I do know somebody involved with NZ cricket. For them day night cricket is a game changer. ITs not about attracting kids to the stadiums, rather its about attracting more TV viewers in India. Currently a tour of India yields about 30-40 million for NZC. One of the reasons is the the time the test matches start at a poor time in India. With day night cricket matches can start at 11:30am Indian time and end at about 7pm. This will be a huge huge gain on Friday Sat and Sunday. So starting the test on Friday and making days 2 and 3 on Sat and Sun are major commercial gains. As per my friend NZC are hoping with day night matches they can bump that figure to $70 million for the next tour. It also explains why NZC were behind the BCCI in the recent ICC take over. They play their day night cricket cards right they are set to earn a bonanza even if India tours once every 4 years.

[BlueBee]

Yay!! Girls will start watching Cricket too because it's pink ball :aha:

[Cricket_Hacker]

1)It will affect the spinners as the pitch will bake less in the sun,won't break up.will probably have to leave the covers off in the morning 2)dew factor will make it less viable in the SC

[TheWall]

Will they provide pillows to spectators in the stadium???

[moniker]

The players don't want it apparently. http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/current/story/756487.html