They queued for more than three hours before the first day-night Test match as Australia and New Zealand prepared to make cricket history
• Follow day one of the test liveSuch was the anticipation for the first day-night Test in cricket history,more than three hours before the start of play, the queue external the South Gate of the Adelaide Oval already stretched all the way to the Torrens footbridge.
Australia v New Zealand isn’t usually a fixture to net the heart racing – at least when it comes to cricket – but anticipation was tall for this historical break with the 148-year-ancient tradition of preserving the five-day variety of the game as a daytime-only affair.
Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com