5 January 2009

Day-evening Tests

The whole description of using the evening for Test matches is a little misleading at the moment. What we're really talking about, atleast initially, is a trial of day-evening Tests, not day-night matches. So rather than worrying about the ball which seems to be the major concern for the ICC, a trial should take place in countries with long evenings (eg. Australia or England - there may be more but I don't know!) where the red ball continues to be used but the lights are turned on as the sun goes down. We're talking half-light, not pitch black, which means that the ball argument is less important.

By talking about day-night Tests we're just confusing for matter. For now, why don't the ICC establish that day-evening Tests work for countries where there is that opportunity and then look at what that means for other countries who have longer nights?

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