With Zimbabwe set to join the day/night Test club against SA at St George’s Park on December26‚ how long before pink balls outnumber red in proper cricket? A long time yet‚ Stephen Cook hopes. "It’s good that we’re playing [a day/night Test in SA] because we’re staying up with the curve and being proactive rather than falling behind‚" the opening batsman said on Wednesday. "But it should be an every-now-and-then Test match — one in the summer. Then it can keep being special and different. If you start playing too much of it I think it will lose its sparkle quickly," Cook said. That is not to say Cook is not a fan of the pink ball. He saw and hit it well enough to score 104 in the third Test against Australia in November 2016. "These days not many people can sit through a whole day of Test cricket‚" Cook said. "So if people can come after work and watch one or two sessions maybe we can grow the popularity," he said. Australia and New Zealand contested the first day/night Test in Adel...
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