Australia reluctant on playing 2 consecutive day-night Tests vs South Africa, Pakistan respectively

Johannesburg: A day after Australian skipper Steve Smith expressed his delight to play the day-night Test, the Player’s Association of the country has raised its concerns about playing back-to-back twilight matches. According to the initial schedule, the third Test of the three-match series between Australia and South Africa in Adelaide is intended to be the pink ball game in contrast to the series-opener against Pakistan in Brisbane in December. Full Cricket Scorecard: Rising Pune Supergiants vs Gujarat Lions, IPL 2016, MATCH 25

Reflecting on the same, Australian Cricketers’ Association chief executive Alistair Nicholson said that players still remain concerned about the pink ball match and, therefore, they would prefer to play only one match this season, Sport24 reported. Earlier, South African players had shown their reluctance to the idea, with the Proteas Players’ Association saying that their players might face disadvantage on account of having not played a day-night Test at any level. Mitchell Marsh: Australia will change the way future Day-Night Tests are played

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Meanwhile, Pakistan are committed to play their first Twilight match. With the advent Twenty20 (T20) cricket, Test cricket is not getting the kind of attention it requires. It is felt that Day-Night Test cricket will help the longest version of the game gain appeal among the masses and more people will come to watch games in the stadiums and also on their television sets. However, the concern of Australian players over playing two consecutive day-night day-night Test matches may or may not be correct if we look from all the angles. Only time will tell whether they will play these two back-to-back day-night Tests.