Twitterati obsessive with pink ball as day night Test makes debut
An Australian coaching staff member holds a pink ball during training at the Adelaide Oval ahead of their cricket test against New Zealand in Adelaide. (Source: AP)
November 27th will be remembered as a historic day in the history of cricket. It will be remembered as the day when the day-night Tests were introduced. The match between Australia and New Zealand is already underway at Adelaide and the pink ball has already created a buzz in the social media.
#DayNightTest was already trending on top on Twitter as users welcomed the new experiment in the longer version of the game.
Here are some of the best reactions to the event.
The Day/Night Test has arrived! New Zealand to bat first LIVE: http://t.co/u1HBAlc9TC #AusvNZ pic.twitter.com/kaLt0BM4B0
— ICC (@ICC) November 27, 2015
Historic day for test match cricket today , hope pink ball and lights will bring back popularity and spectators to grounds #AUSvNZ
— Mohammad Kaif (@KaifSays) November 27, 2015
Slice of history: Mitch Starc bowls the first delivery with a pink ball in a Test match pic.twitter.com/vgMrRenF1Q
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) November 27, 2015
A touch of tragic irony that we have a bright pink ball along wt the black arm bands a year after the passing of #PhilHughes #DayNightTest
— Gautam Bhimani (@gbhimani) November 27, 2015
Here’s the ump with the ball just before the start of play #AUSvNZ #pinkball ^CE pic.twitter.com/7thyC8jMHg
— BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) November 27, 2015
A great day in Test match cricket history IMO..Realising times and circumstances need change….Let’s all embrace the Pink ball… #AUSvNZ
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) November 27, 2015
The official Pink Test balls for today! #austvnz #Adelaide pic.twitter.com/u8Y4QFgsGL
— Dean Jones (@ProfDeano) November 27, 2015
What a the breaks called in the day night test? Tea and dinner? #AUSvNZ #pinkball
— Josh Bruce (@joshuabruce) November 27, 2015
So the first Official D/N ODI happened on the the 27 Nov 1979 and the first D/N Test match starts on the 27 Nov 2015…….#coincidence?
— Shaun Pollock (@7polly7) November 27, 2015
Today in 1979: SCG hosted the first ever day-night ODI game (Aus-WI). Today in 2015: Adelaide hosts the first ever day-night Test (Aus-NZ).
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) November 27, 2015
