For the Proteas, pink is the new white come Thursday in Australia
Adelaide — A new version of the pink ball and less grass on the pitch will only add to the uncertainty for SA going into their inaugural day-night Test against Australia in Adelaide on Thursday. Last season’s pink ball‚ which was used during the inaugural day-night match in the oldest format‚ between Australia and New Zealand‚ had a green seam and swung prodigiously. The latest model sports a black seam — all the better for batsmen to be able to see it — and an extra coat of lacquer. The grass on the pitch‚ meanwhile‚ is down to 6mm. Last year it was 8mm long. Those measures‚ organisers hope‚ will make Thursday’s match last longer than the not-quite three days it took the Aussies to win a year ago. Not that the home side look like winning much these days‚ having slumped to their fifth consecutive Test defeat against SA in Hobart — which earned the visitors the series 2-0. This took the wind out of the sails of the Adelaide test‚ which remained of interest only because of the pink ba...
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