Dubai — Faf du Plessis said it. Then Russell Domingo said it. Now Haroon Lorgat has said it: the quality of the lights at South African grounds is not good enough to stage pink-ball, day-night Test cricket.The pink ball was used in the inaugural season of the Africa T20 Cup in 2015-16, Cricket SA CE Lorgat said. "One of the reasons for this was to test our conditions as we were already thinking about day-night Test cricket in future. Regrettably, we found that our lights will need significant upgrade."That echoes the views of SA’s captain and coach, Du Plessis and Domingo, after the third Test against Australia in Adelaide — the Proteas’ first day-nighter.Even so, the facts of that match suggest efforts will be made to play Test cricket under lights in SA in the coming years.The total attendance in Adelaide of 125,993 is a figure South African administrators can only dream of, and it was up from the 123,736 who saw Australia beat New Zealand in the inaugural day-night Test at the sa...
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