Night Tests possible only with appropriate balls: Lorgat

Updated on: 03 January,2009 07:21 AM IST |
PTI |

Faced with declining fan interest in the longer format of the game, the International Cricket Council yesterday gave a thumbs up to the concept of day-night Tests provided a suitable ball is developed.

RIGHT: ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat

ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat said a proposal for holding a day-night Test has been received from Cricket Australia and the governing body was giving it a serious thought.

"The lack of crowd attendance at many grounds around the globe is a cause for concern.
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"And in that is the possibility of exploring day-night cricket because there is no doubt James Sutherland has put that on the table," Lorgat said at a press conference here to mark the centenary year of the ICC.

Lorgat said if some teething problems like a suitable ball are sorted out, then day-night Tests would be a concept worth trying to bring back the fans to Test cricket.

"We all know the technical difficulties on that. If that's an answer to ensuring the status it has because it's a better time proposition, then I would be in favour of it," he said.

CA has been toying with the idea of day-night Tests and has even trialled fluorescent balls in domestic competitions to push through the concept.

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