Australia, New Zealand to play first day-night Test with pink ball

 

Australia and New Zealand will play the first-ever day-night Test match when the southern hemisphere rivals meet in the last match of a three-game series this year.

The start time is still under consideration, although CA says one possible scenario is having play from 2:30 pm to 9:30 pm local time.

In another break from tradition, the interval between the first and second session will be 20 minutes and be called tea instead of lunch. The second break in play would be 40 minutes and known as "dinner."

Cricket Australia says in a statement that the Test at The Adelaide Oval starting Nov. 27,2015 "will be the first to be played under lights and with a pink . ball."

James Sutherland, chief executive of CA, says the shift in playing times will make the test more accessible to people at work and children at school.