Australia to play pink ball Tests against South Africa and Pakistan

Australia will face up to the might of the South Africans and Pakistan in a two-Test series following the revamping of the cricket schedule down under. However, what will be all the more interesting is the fact that both the series will be played with a ‘pink ball’.

Test match history changed forever when Australia played host to New Zealand in Adelaide in the fall of 2015. Playing at the massive Adelaide Cricket Ground, the trans-Tasman rivals played each other under the blanket of night and with the floodlights on. A pink ball was used as opposed to the conventional red cherry used in Test matches. The success of the inaugural event has led to the event organizers opting to play at least one of the two Test matches in each series under the darkness of the night.

Reports suggest that Cricket Australia will stage two more day-night Tests against touring nations South Africa and Pakistan. The Sydney Morning Herald, one of Australia’s more prominent newspapers reported that Australia will play South Africa in the first Test at the Gabba in Brisbane. Under scheduling changes, the Herald said the Gabba would forfeit its customary hosting rights to the first Test of the season and instead host the opening match of the Australia-Pakistan series in December.

The WACA in Perth will stage the first encounter between Australia and South Africa before moving south to Hobart or Canberra for the second Test. The third Test will be played under lights at the Adelaide Oval, a match that will prove to be the final Test of the series.

Australia will then meet Pakistan in the day-night Test in Brisbane and complete the series with matches in Melbourne and Sydney over Christmas-New Year.

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