Australia, New Zealand ready for first ever day-night Test!

So players from other nations, including India captain Virat Kohli, have welcomed the Adelaide match as a potential watershed for the game.

He had an early stage stress fracture of the third metatarsal of his foot, Cricket Australia physiotherapist David Beakley said.

Concerns about the visibility of the pink ball were largely allayed, although there were some issues just before sunset.

Here are the reflections of our studio guests, Marcus North and Mark Ramprakash, to an enthralling day’s play in Adelaide, which ended with Australia 54-2 in reply to the Black Caps’ 202 all out.

“It was a great day”.

“We came over here to win the series, but that now is off the table but we can certainly leave with a lot of respect and a drawn series which would be a very good achievement against a new and emerging Australian side”. Whatever the case, trials at Sheffield Shield level have satisfied Cricket Australia that the Kookaburra pink ball is sound enough to be used in a Test match.

The innovation addresses numerous problems facing Test cricket: it will be easier for spectators to attend on weekdays, ticket prices will be reduced for those arriving after work, it gives the game a much-needed marketing fillip.

First day-night Test will be played at the Adelaide Oval from 27 November to 1 December 2015 with a pink Kookaburra ball.

Starc, who has carried an ankle injury for months, was the pick of Australia’s bowlers with 3-24, but was in clear discomfort from the first ball. Latham, who had eased to an accomplished half-century in 92 balls, moved back to cut Lyon, and only found the edge through to Peter Nevill.

Santner’s sprightly cameo of 31 frustrated Australia briefly before Starc pegged the stumps back with one that brushed the pads.

Craig was squared up and bowled by a beauty from Lyon minutes before dinner, and Watling then edged Hazlewood to Steve Smith in the cordon.

Hazlewood wrapped it up with Tim Southee caught in the deep off Hazlewood for 16.

New Zealand won the toss and opted to bat first with over 47,000 spectators turning up to witness the spectacle.

Their satisfaction was tempered, nevertheless, with an damage to tempo spearhead Mitchell Starc who limped off late within the center session and by no means returned.

First-changer Bracewell was the pick of the visitors’ bowlers, finishing with figures of 1-6 after Joe Burns played on.

The first day-night match in 138 years of Tests is one of cricket’s rare innovations and follows the advent of one-day internationals in the 1970s and the glitzy Twenty20 format in the last decade. Obviously a few wickets tumbled, and the game’s definitely progressed.