Day/Night test match

Rubbish idea... esp vs Windies.. can u imagine Anderson with the ball in swininging conditions under lights.. 2 day test. Will be embarrassing

Test cricket needs revamp and it's a good idea. Windies may not be ideal team but it's a start. Imagine when Aus playing and so many folks would be able to watch it. I'm sure the viewership would increase dramatically and hope it works.

So here lies the issue. Test fans have been crying about the decline of the purest form of the game, with the rise of 20/202 test cricket has declined dramatically.

Having a day/night test., for me, introduces a variance which reduces this "purity". As A14 mentioned, batting under lights is a disadvantage, but then trying to do it in a test match, is a massive massive disadvantage.

Its difficult enough batting through the day in England, let alone starting to bat at, lets say 4pm, and going through the varying conditions and switching from natural daylight to floodlights.

Reducing this standard of cricket to this day/night rubbish, just to appease fans is a win for money, and a huge loss for the sport of cricket in my opinion.

Once again, money wins, cricket loses.

And I would say, ANY true cricket fan who thinks this is a good idea, is another brainwashed fan who has sold his love of cricket, for money

That's just my opinion lads, nothing personal

I understand ur opinion lefty but first give it a try. U never know that it may work and bring lot more viewers for this amazing game. Lot of folks said that T20 won't last when it was introduced but now you see how it has grown so big.

You must have heard before that don't judge a 📚 by it's cover pal..

Will try, but its a known fact that batting under lights is more difficult than Daylight. Worth a try I guess, but can't see it lasting

Thanks for understanding pal..

I'm all for tradition. test matches should be played during the day.. over 5 days.. they need to leave it alone.. mess around with the other formats but leave test cricket alone. if ppl chose not go and see the matches that's their problem..

comment by englandwhoelse (U16825)
posted 20 minutes ago
I'm all for tradition. test matches should be played during the day.. over 5 days.. they need to leave it alone.. mess around with the other formats but leave test cricket alone. if ppl chose not go and see the matches that's their problem..
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Catch 22 though. If people stop watching, the money dries up.

I can see the reasoning behind it, but I just don;t like it

this seems unnecessary in the English game.

Edgbaston sales do well anyway, and I don't see many people paying full price for a ticket to turn up after work and see the last three hours play. so how will this actually get more people to watch test cricket? maybe a few will go home and put it on sky for a couple of hours of an evening but I can't believe viewing figures will actually increase that much, and for those fans who can't watch live wouldn't it make more sense to have a decent three hour highlights show from 7-10 of an evening?

there's also the problem of timing for fans. play scheduled from 2-9, which means given the usual slow over rates, play will go on until 9.30 (or slightly later). then try getting 20,000 fans out of Edgbaston and down to new street to catch the last train home to wherever they live.

as someone who generally goes to two or three days for home tests, i'm not sure the idea of getting back at midnight having fought my way through the weekend drinking crowds, getting up the next day and going to the ground again is anywhere near as attractive as two days in 'normal' hours.