History will be made on Friday when the Adelaide Oval in Australia hosts the first ever day/night cricket Test against New Zealand. This innovation is gigantic and could well determine the future of Test cricket, which although attracts huge following on TV, needs more spectators.

Historically, the Australians have been pioneers in making the game more attractive for the paying public. They have perfected this art. Kerry Packer’s World Series Cricket changed cricket forever, but even before the Packer era, the Australians played a role in reviving Test cricket, albeit more in their own country. Sir Donald Bradman, retired but an integral part of Australian cricket administration in 1960, noticed how the public was not exactly captivated by the action in 1958-59 and 1959-60. So when the 1960-61 season came along, he wanted to make the Australia vs West Indies series an exciting one.