Pink ball should be one-off experiment

Mike’s side head to Adelaide today after drawing the practice match last night. “We’ve had two very good wickets, now it’s about knuckling down and finding that respect again because there’s going to be the new-ball factor with this wicket”.

NZ suffered a collapse of 4-30 on Sunday after dinner in their pink-ball tour match against Western Australia. Will it last? How will this impact the decision at the toss? Test cricket as standalone has been slow to evolve or change – unlike its more colourful cousins.

“The stadium is designed as a multi-purpose facility and the technology that sits under the turf is the best in the world”, Chandler said.

“We are delighted with how it has pulled up after the AC/DC concert”, SMA general manager of operations Darren Chandler said on Monday.

Boult took six wickets in the Brisbane and Perth Tests, including Australia captain Steve Smith three times and star opener David Warner twice. If this is a step towards improving the excitement and popularity of Test cricket then I think every team should be in for it. Once the experiment works, it might be a landmark in itself.

For the players, the biggest point of focus has been the pink ball.

Virat Kohli has promised that there would be no let-up on the pressure South Africa have been put under.

Friday’s pink-ball Test between Australia and the Black Caps in Adelaide is projected to attract the biggest crowd of the summer so far, and Hesson believes it could continue to be a success with the fans into the future.

“I’ve heard a few players giving feedback on playing with the pink ball”. We haven’t really chopped and changed too much. While the official history of global test cricket begins in 1877. The fact that players value it so highly is critical to its survival as a format around the world. But cricket has to be careful.

Klinger also has enjoyed success in the first-class day-night arena, having posted an unbeaten 202 against Tasmania in Hobart last month, but Marsh always maintained belief that he would be given an opportunity to add to the 15 Tests he’s played over more than four years.

Chappell, Cricket Australia’s national talent manager, said sport was a business and needed to keep evolving or it would go backwards.

“It would mean a lot to us if we can get up here in Adelaide”. It’s the reason holiday season Tests, especially in places like Cape Town, are so successful. “So all those things come together and portray our confidence which you can term as putting pressure on the opposition”.

Coach Darren Lehmann was weighing up whether to play two spinners in a home Test for the first time in a decade and Lyon said he and O’Keefe would not disappoint if paired together.