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,"
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