An attempt to play cricket’s first day-night Test match between Australia and New Zealand later this year may fail because many New Zealand players oppose the concept.
New Zealand Cricket Players Association chief executive Heath Mills says his organization surveyed the country’s 20 nationally contracted players on the issue and the response was “overwhelmingly not supportive of playing day-night test cricket.”
Mills told Fairfax newspapers that the union had been asked by New Zealand Cricket to gather feedback from players on a proposal to play a day-night test in Australia in November. The survey found that 17 of the 20 players opposed day-night tests which some described as “gimmicky” and designed purely to make money.
