I’m not sure what kind of humbuggery whoever making the decisions is up to, but I’m against it.

It’s codswallop, and it won’t work.

By gum, Test cricket is supposed to be played in creams, with a red ball. 

It’s been that way forever, dagnabbit, why the change now?

Back in my day, there was no need for flimmy-flammy changes. 

The public appreciated cricket in its finest form, and that era produced the greatest cricketers of all time.

No, don’t try and prove me wrong with statistics, or logic, that’s the way it is. They were the best.

Honestly, what’s next?

Playing in fully coloured clothing, in shortened versions of the game with, what the hell, a white ball? 

That could never work.

Oh...wait.

Fortunately, I’m not a traditionalist in that sense of the word, and in case you couldn’t tell I was completely taking the mickey.

I’m all about the day-night Test match in Adelaide, the first of its kind, which kicks off Friday afternoon.

For me, those nay-saying the concept are short-sighted.

The decision was made to boost Test cricket, and continue making it appealing to the public.

Times have changed, and while this Test is absolutely a trial of the concept I can’t see anything stopping its progress in future years.

Ticket sales alone for the Adelaide Test are enough to prove there is a market for this form of Test cricket.

While there will never be a need to replace every single Test match with a day-night game, there is room for one, maybe two, each summer.

It’s exciting, it’s new, it’s the way forward.

Like any sport, cricket needs to continue developing to remain relevant.

There will be kinks in this Test and there will be creases to iron out, that’s the point of a trial.

But, right now it seems like the only issue is a bit more swing late in the day, and a ball which deteriorates a little quicker, and god forbid something which might actually help the bowlers is introduced.

There’s been nothing so far in this series to suggest that’s necessary. Nothing at all.

Although, the suggestion of four day Test matches I can’t get behind.

Test matches need to go for five days, consarnit’.