Ashes will be a day-night?

SYDNEY: Cricket Australia chief James Sutherland on Monday said England's next Ashes series in Australia may have a day-night Test match.
The prospect of hosting an Ashes day-night Test in 2017-18 amid high interest in the concept following November's first pink-ball Test between Australia and New Zealand in Adelaide.

"It is certainly on the radar. We haven't had any formal conversations with the ECB (England and Wales Cricket Board)," Sutherland told ABC Radio during the third Australia-West Indies Test in Sydney.

First pink-ball match attracted a total attendance of 123,736 fans over three lively days. The opening day gate of 47,441 was the biggest at the Adelaide Test since the famous 1932-33 'bodyline' series.

Sutherland said his organization was negotiating with Pakistan and South Africa about the possibility of staging day-night Tests on their touring schedules later this year, there will be further meetings with Pakistan and South Africa representatives later this month. "We'll have meetings in Dubai (in January) with a lot of the chief executives and certainly will be talking to counterparts at Pakistan and South Africa,"


Unknown

I Arifuddin Shaik currently pursuing BA[Mass communication and Journalism] from St.Josephs Degree and PG college.. Hyderabad Spotlight enlight the every issue or event happened in our society...

No comments:

Post a Comment