Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ??

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This Perth Day / Night Test seems dead in the water already.

I don't know what it is about the timing and/or broadcast of this match, in my opinion a Perth Day/Night just doesn't work.

Firstly, it's not really Day/Night, they start so early over there that with the sun setting over the water it is like the last 5 mins of play after sunset and that is it done for the day! They have obviously done this so that stumps can be at a reasonable hour in Sydney.

But stumps isn't at a reasonable hour in the East, and pity the New Zealanders, most play is interrupted by news broadcasts and/or eventually bed! At Dinner for many there was no going back! Even the freebies they offered to Perth locals for the last session didn't help. Their out enjoying cafes, clubs and bars as the sun sets, and why wouldn't you?

It seems just wrong, a novelty more than an event, like the Singapore and other night GPs! Great spectacle, extraordinary decoration, but lacking that same substance and hard edge of a traditional contest.

The broadcast team are trying, very trying some may argue, but they can't beat any life out of this game, I think I'll teach myself to crochet!