Cricket Australia is well on course of introducing a revolutionary and untouched idea of day and night Tests.White lights and coloured clothings have illuminated one-day cricket and the most recent Twenty20 format, but the traditional five-day game with a history of 130-years have been spared from modernisation.White lights and coloured clothings have illuminated one-day cricket and the most recent Twenty20 format, but the traditional five-day game with a history of 130-years have been spared from modernisation. "We are tossing it around and working out the fundamentals," Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland said."In a realistic sense, we don't see any reason why we can't be at least trialling some day-night Test cricket matches - not necessarily all of them - before the end of the decade. It could happen sooner, I don't know. We need to explore that and go through a consultative process." Sutherland was quoted in 'The Australian'.The move will horrify many of the game's conservative followers who will have their daggers drawn at such an idea, but administrators hope it will tap into the growing audiences attracted to the one-day and Twenty20 matches.Within three years, Australia is preparing to trial day-night five day games.Officials are examining the possibility of scheduling games from 2pm-9pm or 3pm-10pm, saying the move will allow more people to watch the cricket at the grounds and on television, according to the report.While ticket sales for Test matches have been steadily dwindling around the world, one-day and Twenty20 still enjoy enormous support. The maiden Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa have been a huge hit and surpassed expectations.
