Is pink ball Test a failed experiment?
day-night Test seemed like an exciting idea, the panacea for the problem.
Over the years, it seems to have lost its sheen. Except Australia, no country plays it regularly. In fact, they have hosted 13 out of 23 pink ball Tests that have been played so far. England and South Africa haven’t hosted a pink ball Test since 2017. Sri Lanka have never hosted one. India haven’t played a pink Test at home since March 2022 and there is nothing to suggest that it will change anytime soon.
For all practical purposes, it has been reduced to tokenism championed by Australia whenever a touring side travels down under.
Test cricket is supposed to be a level playing field. But with the pink ball, it isn’t. The scale is always tilted heavily towards Australia because no other country plays with the pink ball as often as they do. Take the case of Harshit Rana, who received a lot of flak for bowling poorly in Adelaide. But Rana rarely gets a chance to bowl with the pink ball. Not everyone is Jasprit Bumrah and it isn’t fair to expect the same from Rana.
India practiced with the pink ball for eight days and on the basis of that they were expected to be competitive in Adelaide. They will again not play with the pink ball for the next two years perhaps. In such a scenario the pink ball is actually giving the Australians an unfair advantage and it is essential cricket boards look into the relevance of it going forward.
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