Players against day/night test

SYDNEY. — South Africa are reluctant to play a day-night Test cricket during their tour of Australia as they have no experience with the pink ball, the Proteas’ players association chief has said.

South Africa will tour Australia in a three-Test series in the home summer and Cricket Australia announced last year that they wanted one of the fixtures to be a day-night match. Australia hosted New Zealand in the first day-night Test in November and while the match drew huge crowds and big television audiences players on both sides complained that the ball was hard to see at times. The pink ball has been developed for day-night test cricket, replacing the traditional red ball which becomes too difficult for batsmen to see after dark. — Reuters.