India keen to host Australia for day/night Test

It looks as though we could be in store for a number of day/night Test matches over the next two years as Indian officials have now also reached out to Cricket Australia about playing a Test match under lights during Australia's upcoming tour next autumn

Quote:India are planning to host their first day-night Test against New Zealand later this year, and the pink-ball format continues to gain a foothold with Pakistan also interested in playing Sri Lanka under lights.

"Indicatively they've started to talking to us about the prospect of playing a day-night Test match against Australia when Australia tours in February and March of next year.

"That's just a pretty strong indicator of where things are at.

"When you look at the big picture it's probably not surprising because day-night Test cricket is just a no-brainer really, giving more opportunities for fans to get along to the cricket and watch it on TV."

http://www.cricket.com.au/news/india-aus...nalcricket

Thought the PINK ball was giving problems  :-\

I think that the day/night tests are going to be a staple part of cricket for the foreseeable future as its definitely something that's got a lot of attention and what people are talking about.

Most people agree that test matches need to be improved, and it looks like this is the most favourable way to do it up to now.

Like ketch said, lets wait until we have a few more day/night Test matches before proclaiming this to be the future of Test cricket. While the interest might be there on the surface, if the pink ball can't hold up and pitches need to be artificially tailored to prevent this, I am not sure this is a long-term solution.

We are going to need to see how the ball holds up, the results of the Test matches, how the ball reacts at night, especially in India with the dew factor, whether players can actually see the ball, and how attendances and ratings plan out over an extended period of time.

Also needed to be taken into consideration is the fact that the players' enthusiasm for the pink ball is hardly universal - many have expressed doubts about the concept and the quality of the ball.

Personally, I would rather just introduce a two table Test championship.

i think a 1 pm start is a good time for these matches. it shouldnt be played to midnite.

The Australia/New Zealand day/night Test started at 2pm. The Tea break took place from 4pm-4:20pm and then a Dinner break from 6:20pm-7pm and close of play at 9pm.

That is great ! a 9 pm Stumps call sounds about right !