Sydney — Australia have been forced to scrap a day-night Test and will hold the game in normal hours instead after India refused to play, cricket officials said Tuesday. Cricket Australia had pencilled in the December 6-10 Test in Adelaide as a pink-ball match but India balked at playing under floodlights. "We can confirm that we have received advice from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) that it is not prepared to participate in a proposed day-night Test in Adelaide this summer," Cricket Australia chief James Sutherland said. "As a result, we can now confirm this Test match will be a day format." Cricket Australia believes day-night Test cricket is a more television-friendly format and perhaps the only way to save the five-day version of the game following the rise of the quick-fire Twenty20 format. But India, the world’s top-ranked team, said they did not want to play their first day-night Test during such a high-profile series. "Yes, it’s pretty clear that we are n...
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