Cricket Australia considers Day-Night Test Matches

[SciD]

1) White ball needs to be changed after every 40 odd overs. In test matches bowl is changed after 80 overs. New rule will have to be introduced then.

2) Dew factor as someone said will render bowlers helpless.

3) Ball tends to do more under lights in most parts of world.

4) The sun baking the wicket causes it to crumble up while coolness of evening makes wicket skiddier.

 

[ivanvdm15]

they should make a glow in the dark ball

 

[Kev]

Don't like the idea.

Leaving aside the tradition, I really can't see the point of it either. If you are going to watch a test match you are going to book holiday for it, its not the sort of thing you are going to do after work every night for a week. Day/Night ODI's capitalise on casual fans watching who otherwise wouldn't, I just don't think you can apply the same formula to test cricket. Smacks of an idea that's come from a TV executive who's never watched a Test in his life.

 

[afridi118]

maybe be start the test one hour late and then finish it with lights so full overs are bowled?? specially india pakistan where light fades quickly. i think they use floodlights in pakistan and even some grounds in south africa.

 

[usy]

pink ball in ODI looks kool to me.

What next, soft ball?

 

[Insomniac]

Well, who said that we had to stay with tradition? I think that day night tests will certainly bring huge crowds to the game, but it is only good if its properly done.

And those who say that we're doing away from tradition - we can still have the normal daytime test matches, but this idea of day night tests is something completely new, and it could work if done properly. Sure, the ball is pink now (or whatever color it becomes), but what difference will it make?

Heres my opinion though - for the day night test matches idea to work, it would have to be in indoor stadiums. Why? Dew. Get rid of the dew, and this is a perfect idea. (Well, there is no dew in indoor stadiums, right? :P)

 

[SciD]

The concept of day-night Test cricket has hit a road-block even before it was materialized as manufacturers of Kookabura balls have said that in last 30 years they could not produce a ball for such playing conditions.
Kookaburra Managing Director Rob Elliott feels the integrity of Test cricket, which has at its essence in the deterioration of the red ball, would be fundamentally threatened if the game was played under lights.

Above all, there would be no Shane Warnes or Muttiah Muralitharans as the game will change and become boring.

"Test matches revolve around the deterioration of the ball from new to old and that brings the fast bowlers, medium pacers and spinners into play at different stages of the game," Elliott said.

"We all look forward to the second new ball being introduced after 80 overs when the whole game changes again.

"If they are going to use a light-coloured ball that can be seen at night, the fundamental problem will be discolouration and the constant need to change. We have not been able to solve that problem for 30 years and I can't see a solution now.

http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Kookabura-manufacturers-say-No-Ball-for-night-Tests/250313/

 

[smssia0112]

The good thing about this is it will attract much bigger crowds. I think that's the main reason crowds are down all over the world. Because people are working, kids are going to school, so they can't go and watch the cricket. Hence the poor tv ratings and crowds. Good idea, but just have to figure out this read ball.

Yeah but the point is that test cricket is played mostly in the holidays anyway, so day is better. It's the ODI games that are played later on, sometimes going into the school terms, but certainly Boxing Day for starters is not during school.

And I think that we're all missing the big picture here: What is the reason that so many men go to the cricket. It's not always because of the game. It's because of the atmosphere. Everyone loves cricketing atmosphere, and half the fun is watching fat blokes scream out insults and get ejected. No sun means colder weather, less heat and less beer being consumed. The atmosphere would go down.

 

[Leicester Fox]

Crowds aren't down in England, to be honest we need bigger stadiums! Every game I go to is a sell out for the first 4 days and I reckon we should have at lest a couple of 50000 seater stadiums.

This won't do anything for cricket, maybe using it to make sure we get the full 90 overs in but nothing else for me.

 

[Sir Humphrey]

I say give it a go. See what the reaction and experience is.

 

[icyman]

A trial would not harm the game.

But,to have them on a regular basis will.

The boards can work out on a formula to have one-day-night test per series.
Imagine a whole Ashes in day-night !

Nah,it does take away the chram of the game.
The whites must remain.


Also,how will they have the breaks ?

Tea and Dinner ?

 

[smssia0112]

A trial would not harm the game.

But,to have them on a regular basis will.

The boards can work out on a formula to have one-day-night test per series.
Imagine a whole Ashes in day-night !

Nah,it does take away the chram of the game.
The whites must remain.


Also,how will they have the breaks ?

Tea and Dinner ?

They would start in the afternoon and yeah, tea and dinner would probably be the two major breaks. What is chram by the way? EDIT: I'm assuming charm now.

Crowds aren't down in England, to be honest we need bigger stadiums! Every game I go to is a sell out for the first 4 days and I reckon we should have at lest a couple of 50000 seater stadiums.

This won't do anything for cricket, maybe using it to make sure we get the full 90 overs in but nothing else for me.

You guys should buy the Telstra Dome off us. No one likes it anyway. England do have small stadiums, Melbourne has two major stadiums of 100,000 and 50,000 respectively, Sydney has an 80,000 and two 40,000-ish (The SCG for cricket and footy and Aussie Stadium for rugby and soccer) and Perth and Brisbane both have at least 40,000 in their major stadiums. Certainly I don't think that we have an issue with crowds, except for games in school I guess.

Boxing Day should remain untouched, and New Years test for that matter.

 

[Skater]

I reckon there could be a cricket match played at Wembley. There are 90,000 seats there, and it has a roof. Thw outfield would be diabolical though.

 

[Kev]

If its going to be trialled (and I hope it won't be) then don't call it a Test match, because it wont be one. Sure have a five day match, but how can stats from a day night match be compared against real test cricket.

 

[smssia0112]

I reckon there could be a cricket match played at Wembley. There are 90,000 seats there, and it has a roof. Thw outfield would be diabolical though.

Isn't Wembley the wrong shape though? It's bad enough putting rugby or soccer pitches at the MCG or Telstra Dome or Subiaco, but an oval pitch inside a rectangular ground would look even worse.

Back on topic though, I suppose that a trial wouldn't hurt, but it seems a long way off with so many problems to consider.