Night Test Will Spoil The Traditional Nature Of The Game: Miandad
Former Pakistan skipper Javed Miandad jeered at Cricket Australia's plans to host a day-night Test against Pakistan in Adelaide in November next year.
Speaking on this, Miandad said, “No we will not go with this idea as we don't support attempts to spoil the traditional nature of Test matches, which are still the heart and soul of cricket.”
Earlier, it was reported by The Sunday Telegraph that CA would soon seek International Cricket Council's approval for holding the match that will have a 1400 hrs (local time) start.
"Test cricket is our premium form of the game so why (not) play it at a time when most people can watch it? There's no doubt it will happen -- people can go after work and it's a cooler time of the day for spectators," CA chief executive James Sutherland was quoted as saying by the newspaper.
However, the former Pakistan skipper feels that teams would face problems while playing under artificial and natural light.
He said that it would be very difficult to keep on adjusting to natural and artificial light over a period of five days. He want the Aussies to relook the whole matter again.
"Plans to have Test cricket under lights would not work. Neither will we support any such move," added Miandad.