Day-night Test against Pakistan mooted for next summer
Australia v NZ, day three: As it happened A second day-night Test is in the pipeline with plans being drafted for Australia to host Pakistan under lights next summer. Cricket Australia and the Pakistan...
View ArticleAustralia invites Pakistan for pink ball Day-Night Test, Misbah ul Haq...
The pink ball will be used for the first time in an international day-night Test match between Australia and New Zealand Pakistan has confirmed that they have received a proposal from Cricket Australia...
View ArticlePCB approached for day-night Test by Cricket Australia
Karachi, Nov.7 (ANI): Cricket Australia (CA) has approached the PCB to play a day-night Test match against them when Pakistan will tour Australia next year. Confirming the news, PCB's Chief operating...
View ArticleBoof wants Gabba Test to stay on cricket calendar
Australian coach Darren Lehmann says he'd be personally disappointed if the Gabba was to lose out on future Test matches due to poor attendances. Despite a trans-Tasman record crowd total of 53,572 for...
View ArticlePCB keen to accept day-night Test offer by Cricket Australia
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is looking forward to accept Cricket Australia's invitation to play a day-night Test, when the two teams face-off in December 2016, but wants to take the players into...
View ArticleAustralia v New Zealand cricket second Test: Pakistan considers being...
While it remains to be seen how the pink ball fares in this month's historic day-night Test against New Zealand in Adelaide, plans are already progressing for a repeat fixture next season. As we...
View ArticleAustralia v New Zealand: Smith poised to stay at No.3 for day-night Test
Perth Australia's pre-series intent to separate their most important batsmen in the batting order has been trumped by captain Steve Smith's deciding to return to No.3 until Usman Khawaja is fit to...
View ArticleCricket: NZ not scared of day-night test
New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum insists his team's no longer a reluctant participant in the pink ball experiment, saying his players will embrace the unpredictability of the upcoming day-night...
View Article'Pink ball specialist' O'Keefe may partner Lyon in Adelaide day-night Test
Nathan Lyon has fuelled speculation Australia will field two spinners at the Adelaide Test, saying he expects the pink ball to give him and his fellow tweakers an advantage. New South Wales spinner...
View ArticleCanberra could host Rugby League World Cup semi-final and a day-night Test:...
Canberra has been encouraged to bid for a Rugby League World Cup semi-final and a successful Adelaide day-night Test could see the pink ball make another appearance at Manuka Oval. The ACT government...
View ArticleThe time has come for night Tests
The sceptics and critics might call it a leap in the dark, but I prefer to view the decision to play day-night Test cricket — a concept set to become reality when Australia plays New Zealand in...
View ArticleZaheer Abbas hails day-night Test cricket concept
Dubai: The president of cricket's governing body on Sunday hailed the concept of day-night Test matches, days before Australia play New Zealand in the first-ever such match. Zaheer Abbas, president of...
View ArticlePink-ball Test only an experiment, says players' chief Tony Irish
Cricket Australia has been urged to treat this week's pink-ball Test as an experiment and to tread cautiously before it looks to lock in another day-night clash next summer. The historic clash under...
View ArticleTactical battle as Australia, NZ look for night Test supremacy
PERTH: New Zealand are anticipating a battle of tactics as they venture into cricket's new world in this week's first-ever day-night third Test against Australia, coach Mike Hesson said Monday. The...
View ArticleAustralia v New Zealand: Steve O'Keefe relishing chance to make Test return...
Steve O'Keefe could hardly have been more glowing about his experiences at Adelaide Oval, but his degree of fondness for it will surely soar if on Friday it becomes the site of his first Test in...
View ArticleCricket goes pink in Australia-New Zealand Test
A pink ball will be used for the first time in men's international cricket when New Zealand and Australia play the first day night Test match in the final game of the series on Friday. Although this...
View ArticleInjured Boult `doubtful` for historic day-night Test
Melbourne, Nov.23 (ANI): Trent Boult is in doubt to play in the historic day and night Test against Australia as the New Zealand swing specialist is still recovering from a...
View ArticlePink ball set to give Test cricket a glitzy makeover
SYDNEY: Venerable Test cricket, 138 years after its origins, is about to get a glitzy makeover in this week's first-ever day-night Test match between Australia and New Zealand in Adelaide. While...
View ArticleTest cricket under renovation after 138 years
Sydney: Venerable Test cricket, 138 years after its origins, is about to get a glitzy makeover in this week's first-ever day-night Test match between Australia and New Zealand in Adelaide. While...
View ArticleAustralia v New Zealand: As pink-ball debut looms, push for four-day Tests...
Adelaide: The executive behind Adelaide earning the right to host the inaugural day-night Test match, Keith Bradshaw, says a reduction from five to four days should be the next priority for Test...
View ArticleBowlers in the pink for inaugural day-night Test
Batsmen have dominated Australia’s series against New Zealand, but the pink ball and a green-tinged wicket should swing the balance of power back to the bowlers when Adelaide hosts Test cricket’s...
View ArticleCan the pink revolution save Test cricket?
The pink ball revolution has been fermenting for years. As with many revolutions, it is not so much a case of being alarmed at a sudden, dramatic insurrection as wondering why it has taken so long to...
View ArticleMitchell Starc in the pink for historic day night Test
ADELAIDE: Mitchell Starc looms as Australia's big weapon with the all-new pink ball as Test cricket ventures into the unknown with the first ever day night Test against New Zealand in Adelaide starting...
View ArticleCricket: Four-day tests on the radar
New Zealand Cricket are adopting a wait and see stance on the issue of four-day test cricket. With the inaugural pink ball, day-night test starting in two days, they, along with other test-playing...
View ArticleCricket in the pink with all eyes on Australia v New Zealand
Adelaide will make history on Friday with the first day-night Test. We look at how the match will work and why it has come about....
View ArticleIndian umpire S Ravi to officiate in first ever Day/Night Pink ball Test
Mumbai: India's VK Ramaswamy and Piloo Reporter were Test cricket's first neutral umpires after being invited by Pakistan skipper Imran Khan during Pakistan vs West Indies at Lahore in November 1986....
View ArticleThe Tonk: Cricket Australia looking at day-night Tests against Pakistan,...
Cricket Australia chief James Sutherland has floated the prospect of two day-night Test matches next summer after declaring the first day of cricket's new age an overwhelming success. Sutherland has...
View ArticleLong day's journey into night Test
We've waited and waited for the day of the first night Test match, and now we wait on the day for it to begin. It won't be until mid-afternoon when the sun already will have begun to descend behind the...
View ArticleAustralia vs New Zealand Third cricket Test: Steve O'Keefe exits squad as...
Adelaide: Australia and New Zealand are still mulling over the composition of their bowling attacks for the inaugural day-night Test starting on Friday, but the hosts' team will definitely not include...
View ArticleTest for cricket's knights
New beginning : Australia, New Zealand to usher in the first ever day/night Test Whether the catalyst for a full-scale revolution or a more gentle evolution, the inaugural day-night Test between...
View ArticleCricket: Matches under lights trial for test
New Zealand Cricket is planning a round of Plunket Shield matches under lights early next year, with an eye on a possible day-night test with a pink ball the following summer. The round pencilled in...
View ArticleDay-night Test: Smith & McCullum excited at 'creating history'
Share this page Share this with Copy this link http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/34929936 Read more about sharing. Australia v New Zealand, third Test Venue: Adelaide Oval Date: 27 November - 1...
View ArticleCricket's longest format makes day-night debut
MELBOURNE: Whether the catalyst for a full-scale revolution or a more gentle evolution, the inaugural day-night Test between Australia and New Zealand should lead to irrevocable change for cricket's...
View ArticleAustralia v NZ: Hosts on top in first day-night Test in Adelaide
Share this page Share this with Copy this link http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/34943671 Read more about sharing. Third Test, Adelaide, day one New Zealand 202: Latham 50, Starc 3-24 Australia 54-2:...
View ArticlePlayers give early thumbs up to day-night Test
The first day of day-night Test cricket has been hailed a success by players, former stars and fans who voted with their feet. Players from both sides were stunned by the electric atmosphere generated...
View ArticleDay-night Test: Australia & New Zealand to play with pink ball
By Stephan Shemilt BBC Sport Share this page Share this with Copy this link http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/34895764 Read more about sharing. Australia v New Zealand, third Test Venue: Adelaide Oval...
View ArticleAustralia vs New Zealand Third cricket Test: Kookaburra raises pink-ball...
As cricket embarks on the start of a new era, Kookaburra, the manufacturer of the pink ball to be used for the historic day-night Test, concedes there will be times when players lose sight of the ball....
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