Day-Night Tests - the answer to Twenty20 cricket?

[Themer]

I like the idea and it would get rid of the problem with bad light hopefully. The only negative with Australia doing this is if one of the Ashes Matches is a day nighter I won't be able to watch it before I go to school as for the last Ashes I saw allday of every day with getting up at midnight

 

[Sureshot]

Why not? If I could afford tickets to all 5 days of a Lord's test, I'd take the entire time off. I already take time off to watch all 4 days of a county match many times a season (I'd take enough time off to watch every single day of every single match if I had enough annual leave). It's only 5 days what's a week off, people do it to go on holiday to a crappy resort in Spain every year.

And now you can watch 4 days of Derbyshire!

 

[King Pietersen]

White ball under lights is bad enough, we'd have to go to coloured clothing in Test cricket in order to use a white ball. Won't work. Test Cricket and Twenty20 aren't competitors anyway, Sir Allen Stanford admitted that, so you know it's gotta be true. Test Cricket is Boxing, Twenty20 is Pro Wrestling. Boxing being a pure Sport, with Pro Wrestling being Sport-Entertainment. There's a place for both T20 and Test Cricket.

 

[Highlander999]

And now you can watch 4 days of Derbyshire!

I really doubt we would need 4 days to beat Derbyshire

We'll be back next season

 

[aditya123]

I don`t see any harm in trying it out but I feel it will take a lot out of the game of test cricket.
The early morning juice in the pitch, the sun baking the pitch and drying it are all integral parts of the test match game without which the game would feel incomplete.

I think the real key to getting test-match cricket back on track is to make good pitches which would provide quality cricket and cut down the dull draws.Wickets like the one which we saw at Delhi for this test match do no good to the game.We must ensure that the pitches have something in them for the bowlers.
A good closely fought series like the 2001 India-Australia series or the 2005 Ashes would do a lot more in getting it back on track than day-night cricket.

If you guys feel that test cricket is losing its charm in India, I do not think so.
The BCCI are a stupid bunch who still feel that they must have a rottion policy for venues even for test cricket. It is the main reason for the lack of crowds in the current series.
I would bet my money on grounds like Eden Gardens,Chennai,Mumbai having huge crowds for an India-Australia match.
Mohali has never seen huge test crowds.We must only play test cricket at a select few venues and traditional centres.
The rotation policy must be only for ODIs where you might be guaranteed full crowds all the time.You would not see Darwin or Cairns hosting high profile tests !

Where we can try out the day-night tests is places like Sri Lanka or Pakistan where I don`t think there is a remote chance of getting a big test match crowd.We could even try and play a few Sri Lanka or Pakistan home tests in England which would draw bigger crowds than in Pakistan or Sri Lanka.

 

[SciD]

Just play this in areas where there is no Dew around.

 

[Bibu07]

@ vaughan : mate who's that on your sig???Please tell me mate...

BTW i think test cannot counter t20 by any means and test stays test and t20 stays t20 and no change is required because they are already fine

 

[aditya123]

BTW i think test cannot counter t20 by any means and test stays test and t20 stays t20 and no change is required because they are already fine

I don`t know what you were trying to convey there.
Test cricket must not try to compete with T20s. Test cricket is the essence of our great sport and it must stay so.T20s can never match tests for the sheer drama and skill factor involved.

The T20s are for the casual followers of the sport who are there only for the entertainment value.A true cricket lover would give top priority to test cricket.T20s would form the financial backbone of the sport which should be made use of to keep the game in good health and hence we must avoid an overkill of T20s.

I would like to find out how many of the members here are T20 fans or ODI fans and how many are test cricket fans. Can the mods put up a poll regarding this ?

 

[aussie1st]

I'd prefer to keep the traditions of Test cricket in tact. Once we start change one thing then we start bringing in over things like powerplays, replacements and other wacky changes because they will know the tradition of Test cricket is no longer there so they have more chance of making these changes.

There are obvious benefits from day-night Test cricket like more crowds will be able to watch it and more money for TV broadcasters but then you take out the early morning swing that the ball has in some places not to mention this new ball might not do anything for the bowlers making the already batsmen dominated game more dominated by them.

 

[smssia0112]

This isn't a rule change like Powerplays though, it's merely a time change. Of course there are negatives, but giving it a go can't hurt.

And as for the comments that Twenty20 has done nothing to change test cricket, it certainly has, which will become more obvious in the future when run rates of 5 an over start to become common. It's clear that the powers that be and the public are moving towards Twenty20, and test cricket needs something to put itself back up there. Trialling this is a good move IMO.

 

[mattfb]

It's not about maintaining the culture. Just because there is a day night test doesn't mean that the quality of cricket will go down. It will just mean that it will spread test cricket to a wider audience and make it easier for me and millions of other people to watch test matches live.

I'm all for the idea. What's the point of having a test match going on when everyone's at school or work anyways?

If you want to go after school or work, say the game starts at 3 it wont finish until 9-10 some people wont get home to midnight maybe and then you have to get up at say 6am, so a lot of people wont be able to go because of that sort of stuff. I know people will say "Oh I can go on not much sleep" or something but people like me wouldn't be able to go to the cricket. I think they will probably lose younger people from test cricket then gain them from twenty20.

 

[aussie_ben91]

Poor idea.

No need to change Test Cricket.

 

[angryangy]

Test cricket between Australia and India is safe, but recent tours of Australia by countries such as Sri Lanka, New Zealand and Bangladesh have all become 2 match series due to lack of the drawcard factor, while series against the West Indies and Pakistan are also under the pump; in their heyday, the Windies would command a 5 or even 6 match series. Pakistan of course have their own internal problems meaning that they may have to innovate to play Test cricket. Sri Lanka, New Zealand and Bangladesh have all experienced recent difficulties involving ICL and they will certainly be keen on a solution that brings their players more money without them having to take up any conflicting commitments.

So really, we're looking to England, Australia, South Africa and India to carry the game. So far, our big ideas are all T20 tournaments, which have subsequently put pressure on a couple of Test series, to allow players to participate. Day/Night Tests have long been Australian cricket's holy grail. D/N first class cricket was trialled a long time ago, but the verdict was poor batting conditions after dark. The ball remains the key. Produce a ball that is visible at night and lasts 80 overs and the concept stands a chance.

 

[shubhrayu]

Hey come on don't modify the traditional Test Cricket.It's the best in the way it is.

 

[Yogy]

Great Idea. Waiting for a Day-Night Test.