Proteas uncertain about day-night Test cricket

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Chairman of the SA Cricketers Association says there is "still a big field on concerns' about pink ball
President of the Association says cricketers in South Africa there are concerns among the players in the country about the possibility of playing day-night Test against Australia this summer. While the 2016-17 schedule yet to announce, Fairfax Media reported last week there could be two tests pink ball during the international summer 2016-17. One against the Proteas in Adelaide and one against Pakistan in Brisbane. One Options: said Brisbane specific for D / N test the first day and night in Adelaide last summer brought with it record numbers crowd and the percentage watching high TV to beat Australia and New Zealand in the end the tense late during the third session of the night. The game was in front of 123 736 in three working days packed, while a record 3.1 million viewers tuned in to watch the final session gripping nine Network.But Tony Irish, chief executive of the Association of Cricket SA, raised his concerns about the reports that are set Brutus to follow black hats to take on Australia in the spotlight in Adelaide. "It's not played any one of our players with the pink ball under the lights at any level of cricket, and despite the praise widely somewhat from the concept in Australia, and responses player from Australia, New Zealand and the verb indicates that there are still important issues on fears field and said, "Irish, who also serves as president of the Federation of international Societies cricketers" Super Sport. "he said a number of players from both teams have had trouble seeing the ball in the evening and that conditions had to be manipulated to maintain the state of the ball . "the players are not completely against the concept or anti-innovation, but feel that this is still very experimental, and this is obviously an important series for them." they do not want to be a lack of knowledge of what to expect in what could be the game that decides the series be .

 It needs more work to be done to make the ball more durable. "From the perspective of South Africa from the perspective of the players feel would be very convenient to agree to play nighter Today, at this stage, and in such a great series." I think it's very unlikely the CSA (Cricket South Africa) will agree. "said Cricket Australia was the make-up of the schedule of international 2016-17 is yet to be finalized yet." disassembly table Summer together a complex task, involving many drafts of the work, there is still very much a work in progress, including discussions with visiting boards for cricket, "said a spokesman for CA." We will not be drawn on speculation at this point in time. "he was one of a handful of fears of Twilight opening test in the case of longevity on the ball pink kookaburra, which has seen many changes over the past few years. the extra leave the grass on the wicket to help maintain the flare shell, which seek green appeared and white stitched unlike ball updated with each seam black stitched, which was used in the round of Sheffield shield few months later.The concerns about former test fast ball Ryan Harris led to warn of playing day-night test cricket in Brisbane with a copy of the pink ball that was used to test Adelaide. But a spokesman last week, Harris said the reality of the need to play Test matches at a time when spectators can attend overshadowed his concerns about the pitfalls of launching a test day and night at the Gabba. "I admit I did say that (the days," he said Harris Melbourne radio Senegal station ". -night Test in Brisbane would be wrong), but I attended (night and day) Test in Adelaide and the atmosphere there is incredible and it was a once rare in test history that went three days of the match and there was no talk about finishing the test early on, it was all about the hype on the pink ball and how good it was in Adelaide. "so I can see why (Cricket Australia) are doing it, and the crowds in Brisbane did not not great in the past two years and the success of the test day and night in Adelaide was huge. "

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