Australia pushes for day night Test in Ashes

Apr 6, 2019 at 2:18 PM

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Australia pushes for day night Test in Ashes

The Ashes may have  seen an overhaul in its next edition  as Cricket Australia  wants the 2017-2018 Ashes against England   will have a day-night fixture for the first time.

The officials of CA feel it is a “natural progression” following  the first ever day-night Test against new Zealand at Adelaide Oval in 2015.

“By playing day-night Tests, we’re going to get even bigger audiences at the game and on television,” said Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland.

However, Australia captain  Steve Smith and Alastair Cook   are not interested in cope with the change.

Cook said the Ashes is “not a series where you need to do it exactly at this time”, while Smith said the fixture “always gets the viewers and crowds out”.

Sutherland said he had “respect” for such views, but added: “We will play somewhere between zero and two day-night tests during the Ashes in 18 months’ time.”

The 139th Ashes is scheduled  to run from November  2017 until January 2018, with England the holders   of the Ashes urn   following their 3-2 series win in 2015.

Before then, Australia will play a day-night Test against Pakistan and South Africa in December at Adelaide Oval.

The success of the first Day-Night Test  has paved the way to revive the longest format of the game.  At Adelaide Oval Australia , more than 1 million people have seen the match together on TV and on the ground.

After the success of that match BCCI, PCB, CSA, NZC aged to play bilateral Test series  under the floodlights.

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