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(Sports)Test cricket under light to begin in Australia

Xinhua, June 30, 2015 Adjust font size:

Cricket's first day-night Test match will be played in Adelaide in November between Australia and trans-Tasman foes New Zealand as the fledgling format reaches the highest level.

The November 27 to December 1 clash at the Adelaide Oval, the final of a three-match series, will be the first international five-day match.

Cricket Australia James Sutherland said on Tuesday that shifting the playing time a few hours later would drive bigger attendances and audiences.

"One of the global challenges with Test cricket is that most of the matches outside holiday periods are played on week days, in the middle of the day when people are at work and kids are at school," Sutherland said in a statement on Tuesday.

"By shifting the playing times each day's play can go into the evening and allow people to come in after work or after school to attend the last few hours of play, but also when they get home in other parts of the world or other parts of the country, they can watch the game on TV. Endi