Problems anticipated and possible solutions with pink ball cricket in India

Visibility during dusk

Twenty of the 22 players who played in the inaugural day-night Test felt the pink ball needed more refinement

One of the things that the players cannot get used to even with practice is the visibility of the pink ball during sunset hour, when the floodlights and the slanting rays of the sun create a difficult light for the ball to be spotted.

Not only have batsmen complained of this phenomenon, outfield fielders have also said that it is impossible to spot the pink ball against the sky in fading light. In the Adelaide Test, it had been said that it was especially difficult to field at square leg, while the visibility was much better in front of the wicket during twilight.

One possible solution to this is to have a long break when the twilight hour is scheduled. This hour will of course vary according to the venue of the match. Another, more far-fetched solution, which will also be a solution to some other impediments as well, is to reintroduce the closed-roof stadium seen in Australia in 2000 for an ODI against South Africa.