New Zealand Cricket has agreed to play a day-night Test against Australia as part of a deal that will resume regular cricket between the two neighbours after a gap of four years and provide a significant financial leg-up for New Zealand.
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The Adelaide Oval will host the first ever Day-Night Test when Australia will take on the visiting New Zealand side in the last of the three-match Test series. After months of deliberation,Cricket Australia confirmed that the historic Test would be played from November 27, 2015 with the specially designed pink Kookaburra balls.
The day-night Test will be the third of a series of six Test matches to be played by the hosts during the Australian cricketing summer. The three Tests against New Zealand will be followed by three more against the touring West Indies.
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The idea of Day-Night Tests had been in the pipeline for some time now, with administrators looking to preserve spectator interest in the oldest form of cricket in the T20 era. Heads of both Cricket Australia and New Zealand Cricket, James Sutherland and David White respectively, said the Day-Night Test would give the Test match a great opportunity to reinvent itself for the modern fan.
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