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Red and Pink Ball Tests
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Molehill
International Coach
The only situation I can think of is if they're miles ahead in the game and wanting to score runs to set up a declaration knowing full well that the other team will refuse to bat in the same conditions.
Other than that, cannot imagine this ever being brought in to play.
Mind you, in that situation, I suspect the bowling team would refuse to it.
Don't see how its much different to the clouds rolling in and making batting harder.
Last session of the test possibly to win but have to face the pink ball to do it.
Sides will also come under lots of criticism from fans and media if they prefer to sit inside the pavilion instead of playing.
Kenneth Viljoen
International Captain
A side could deliberately have a slow over rate to get a lot of pink ball overs in , should be a run penalty if sides are short of overs at the point of bad light.
Molehill
International Coach
Because one is a natural phenomenon that has been a part of Test Cricket for 130 years......and the other is a recent addition to try and bring more Aussies to the game once they've finished shopping or going to the beach!!
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Why this whining? Its the same when they started using white ball for all ODI cricket, even day games. The afternoon IPL games or day T20 games dont use a red ball. I understand the pink ball needs to keep improving but its already far better than it was even 2 years ago. I am all for this.
Daemon
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it says agree in advance, which i assume to be before the match starts
mackembhoy
International Vice-Captain
Absolute stupidity
How about not sticking rigidly to game must start at X time every day and game has to finish by x time every day.
In England we could start at 10am most days and it wouldn't make any difference to starting at 11 to make up time.
Ditto they end play after the extra 30 mins I might add at 630pm when the light is still perfectly fine for cricket.
They used to be able to bowl 90 overs in a day when Tuffers used to smoke tabs on the outfield. So what's changed exactly apart from DRS.
I thought the modern cricketer was much fitter how about hurrying up between overs.
Might also help stop asking for 75 ball changes a day. Then having impromptu drink breaks every time someone needs a new helmet/glove etc.
How about not sticking rigidly to game must start at X time every day and game has to finish by x time every day.
In England we could start at 10am most days and it wouldn't make any difference to starting at 11 to make up time.
Ditto they end play after the extra 30 mins I might add at 630pm when the light is still perfectly fine for cricket.
They used to be able to bowl 90 overs in a day when Tuffers used to smoke tabs on the outfield. So what's changed exactly apart from DRS.
I thought the modern cricketer was much fitter how about hurrying up between overs.
Might also help stop asking for 75 ball changes a day. Then having impromptu drink breaks every time someone needs a new helmet/glove etc.
Hungry Llama
State Regular
Having different coloured balls depending on the conditions seems an experiment too far. We had the flood lights on a lot of the time last summer in the India tests without an obvious need to change the ball colour.
Natural or unnatural same effect. Aussies don't play at durban and we would have to start at 7:00 for bad light not to interfere. So I welcome it for certain venues.
shortpitched713
Cricketer Of The Year
The implementation of both solutions are not mutually exclusive.
Opportunistic time wasting is far, far too useful in Tests cricket, and both bowling and batting teams have too much access to it.
The paying viewers deserve better from the gold standard format of the game.
cricketfan55
U19 Vice-Captain
Yep, Indeed will be decided prior to the match commencing.
In an attempt to reduce the impact of bad light on Test matches, the ICC has approved a trial of switching from a red ball to a pink ball before the start of a Test that is likely to be affected by bad light, subject to the prior agreement of both participating teams
I don’t see why both teams would agree to this though, considering some teams have far more experience with the pink ball than others
ashley bach
International Coach
Put the ****ing pink ball in the bin and be done with it