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Day-night Tests will lose sheen quickly

Iain Payten, writing in the Daily Telegraph , says day-night Tests with pink balls sounds like an exciting idea.

Peter English
Peter English
25-Feb-2013
Iain Payten, writing in the Daily Telegraph, says day-night Tests with pink balls sounds like an exciting idea.
But is it too simplistic for cricket's bosses to assume that by flicking on the lights, both the traditional and new-age fans will pour through the gates? Is it even logical? Just playing a game - or a good portion of it - under lights won't change its basic nature. Test cricket is a game of patience, endurance and tactics and sundown won't magically serve as a cue for batsmen to throw it all away and start slogging like madmen.

Peter English is former Australasia editor of ESPNcricinfo