Published: Jul 01, 2015, 04:22 PM (IST)
Edited: Jul 01, 2015, 04:22 PM (IST)
London: Australian pace bowler Mitchell Starc has raised concerns over the decision to use pink balls in the first day-night Test match scheduled later this year, stating that it reacts ‘very differently’ to the usual red ball. The 25-year-old paceman, who played a round of Sheffield Shield day-night trial matches in Australia, insisted that the pink ball doesn’t react anything like the red ball in terms of swing and hardness, the Guardian reported. READ: Day-Night Tests: A boon or a bane?
Starc, who was adjudged the player of the World Cup, believes that the pink ball tends to go soft, adding that he was not able to see the ball at night on the boundary. Starc also expressed that although the pink ball has improved a lot since its first trials, time would tell the impact it would have with the crowds and viewership. READ: ICC congratulates Australia and New Zealand for the landmark decision of playing Day-Night Test
In a bid to revive dwindling interest in Test cricket, Australia and New Zealand have agreed to meet in the game’s first day-nighter later this year. Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland maintained that shifting the playing times would also result in more viewership as it would allow people to come in after work or school to watch the game.
