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<blockquote data-quote="Prestwick" data-source="post: 165415"><p>I was listening to this on BBC Radio 4 <em>Today</em> and I think, for once, Australia have come up with a good idea. The problem is (something exacerbated in the UK) that five day tests are increasingly out of step with the modern world. People either can't get to the test match during weekdays because of work or they take time off work in order to get to the test match which in turn harms productivity and puts a bigger workload on colleagues.</p><p></p><p>Floodlit tests from 2pm onwards ending at 10pm would enable people to turn up at tea and watch the test. It would enable a bigger cross section of people to attend (schoolkids can go to School and then go to the test match in the evening with their parents for example as a school trip) and would benefit test playing nations like England & Australia as a whole far beyond the suspicious "are they trying to make a quick buck" allegations.</p><p></p><p>If the tests are successful and they get good feedback from fans and players alike, I think this is a brilliant idea...just don't try it in the West Indies with those sweltering midsummer nights!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Prestwick, post: 165415"] I was listening to this on BBC Radio 4 [i]Today[/i] and I think, for once, Australia have come up with a good idea. The problem is (something exacerbated in the UK) that five day tests are increasingly out of step with the modern world. People either can't get to the test match during weekdays because of work or they take time off work in order to get to the test match which in turn harms productivity and puts a bigger workload on colleagues. Floodlit tests from 2pm onwards ending at 10pm would enable people to turn up at tea and watch the test. It would enable a bigger cross section of people to attend (schoolkids can go to School and then go to the test match in the evening with their parents for example as a school trip) and would benefit test playing nations like England & Australia as a whole far beyond the suspicious "are they trying to make a quick buck" allegations. If the tests are successful and they get good feedback from fans and players alike, I think this is a brilliant idea...just don't try it in the West Indies with those sweltering midsummer nights! [/QUOTE]
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