Day/Night Test Matches

[Mancey]

Hate the idea, but if they must do it, piss off the pink ball and use the tried and true white.

Just have a new ball every 30 overs. Even for both sides.

Would need coloured clothing of course

 

[The_Reaper]

Hate the idea, but if they must do it, piss off the pink ball and use the tried and true white.

Just have a new ball every 30 overs. Even for both sides.

Would need coloured clothing of course

you don't see the issues with this?

 

[Mancey]

you don't see the issues with this?

Of course i do, but I'm trying to make the best of a broken situation here.

You could do the ball at each end thing like odis, have a mandatory change of both at 60 overs.

Newer balls for longer means more swing / seam but the harder balls would make scoring easier. Its the same for both teams.

The white ball works, why muck around with pinks. Sure you're bastardizing the test concept but its a bastardized concept anyway

Or we could stick to day tests

 

[western royboy]

If the ball isn't going to work and it's painted instead of dyed and it's for One test only, then why bastardise a game that has been going for 130 years in the same form?

 

[Mancey]

Totally agree

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

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Or we could stick to day tests

This sounds like the more sensible idea.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

If the ball isn't going to work and it's painted instead of dyed and it's for One test only, then why bastardise a game that has been going for 130 years in the same form?

If it gets more fans so be it. If day night tests are what everyone likes in terms of timeslots, etc we have to be at least open to it. I'm not saying have 5 day night tests a year but 1-2 might be a good idea. Reality is the crowds were terrible this summer (yes not helped by the scheduling) but still, it was ordinary, and India have decent support.

 

[western royboy]

If it gets more fans so be it. If day night tests are what everyone likes in terms of timeslots, etc we have to be at least open to it. I'm not saying have 5 day night tests a year but 1-2 might be a good idea. Reality is the crowds were terrible this summer (yes not helped by the scheduling) but still, it was ordinary, and India have decent support.

Personally I don't think its worth it to throw out 130 years of tradition and records just so we can watch it on tv. There is a point where it goes to far, this is probably it for me. Painted balls behave differently to red balls and I can't imagine how a pink one would look any good on tv, let alone live.

 

[Moonwatcher]

Tests in this country are pretty well attended. Boxing day should stay a day game , the Perth Test can't be played any later than it is for eastern viewers. So Brisbane , Adelaide , Hobart or Sydney are the options. With the buzz around the Adelaide Oval that's where I would have it.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Personally I don't think its worth it to throw out 130 years of tradition and records just so we can watch it on tv. There is a point where it goes to far, this is probably it for me. Painted balls behave differently to red balls and I can't imagine how a pink one would look any good on tv, let alone live.

It isn't the TV, it is the people at the ground! Take out the boxing day crowd, and the crowds were poor. Sydney was down a good 10,000 this year, so was Brisbane. We have to be open. I am very old school, love my test cricket, but I know others that won't watch cricket starting at 11am.

 

[Mancey]

I love cricket at 8am (wa time) watch the first hour before work.

Test attendance in australia is fine. Struggling in other countries though. Let them have the mickey mouse night tests

 

[The_Reaper]

It isn't the TV, it is the people at the ground! Take out the boxing day crowd, and the crowds were poor. Sydney was down a good 10,000 this year, so was Brisbane. We have to be open. I am very old school, love my test cricket, but I know others that won't watch cricket starting at 11am.

Because of unique factors

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Because of unique factors

Sort of yes but it has been average the last few years apart from the Ashes.

We need more people going to the games.

 

[Moonwatcher]

When the West Indies tour here we will say Test Cricket is dying, when England tour here we will say Test Cricket has never been stronger.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

When the West Indies tour here we will say Test Cricket is dying, when England tour here we will say Test Cricket has never been stronger.

Which is why when the less drawing sides come, we need a solution. If that is day night test cricket, we have to be AT LEAST open to it.

 

[Ashton Agar]

Stuff like this and playing the AFL Grand Final at night is going to eventually kill my interest in sport.

 

[frankrizzo]

Which is why when the less drawing sides come, we need a solution. If that is day night test cricket, we have to be AT LEAST open to it.

If it's that vital to the future you would think they would take the time to actually get the ball right and then play the first day night test.

Lets be realistic no matter how rubbish the pink ball did in the trials the first day night test was always going to be against the kiwis next summer but a terrible first day night test could damage the concept for a long long time.

First impressions are important and if this is to be a serious long term venture then CA shouldn't be treating it as a cheap gimmick.

 

[The_Reaper]

If it's that vital to the future you would think they would take the time to actually get the ball right and then play the first day night test.

Lets be realistic no matter how rubbish the pink ball did in the trials the first day night test was always going to be against the kiwis next summer but a terrible first day night test could damage the concept for a long long time.

First impressions are important and if this is to be a serious long term venture then CA shouldn't be treating it as a cheap gimmick.

Basically it's not that important to us.

It's far more important to New Zealand 1) for their own crowds and 2) better timezone for Indian TV

The fact that we're the one taking the big risk of hosting it is probably a political favour due to New Zealand's support in the Big 3 takeover of the ICC.

 

[footyfan1978]

Used to love as a kid coming home at night and switching on to Channel 9 to see the SuperTests on during night session. Remember David Hookes having a good innings on night. However my memories of how the ball behaved is non-existent. Must have been a white ball. However as World Series Cricket only lasted for two years before all the players came back to the ACB that was the end of that until now. We have Tests go for 5 days of 6 sessions of two hours each for total of 30 hours scheduled play. The SuperTests were four days long of 7 and a half hours a day so still was 30 hours play.

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

We have night tests every time we go to England for the Ashes - what more do people want!

Incidentally, if night cricket became the norm that would mean those tests would start during the early hours of the morning and finish during our daytime which would make them less accessible at our end IMO.

 

[The_Reaper]

We have night tests every time we go to England for the Ashes - what more do people want!

Incidentally, if night cricket became the norm that would mean those tests would start during the early hours of the morning and finish during our daytime which would make them less accessible at our end IMO.

It won't happen in England

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

If the ball isn't going to work and it's painted instead of dyed and it's for One test only, then why bastardise a game that has been going for 130 years in the same form?

Agree completely.
Get the ball first, then trial it in non-competition games (AustraliaA, etc), then if it works in the Shield, then its ready for Tests - and even then only in places where conditions suit.
So far the pink ball has been met with (at best) mixed results in South Africa and Australia. CA's spin has been that it has been received positively. Player reaction says otherwise.

 

[The_Reaper]

Agree completely.
Get the ball first, then trial it in non-competition games (AustraliaA, etc), then if it works in the Shield, then its ready for Tests - and even then only in places where conditions suit.
So far the pink ball has been met with (at best) mixed results in South Africa and Australia. CA's spin has been that it has been received positively. Player reaction says otherwise.

Behrendorff probably likes the pink balls though