Simon Taufel, the former international umpire has supported India’s decision to play the Day-Night Tests, saying that this will help in future.

“High performance modern business is about pushing the envelope. It’s about going places where we haven’t been before and taking educated risks. We take that based on research and what the customers want,” Taufel told IANS. “We know if we don’t do anything about Test cricket, it’s under threat. It is facing some challenges. We could be doing a lot more to promote Test cricket. We need to explore pink ball in that aspect.”

“Sometimes you need to try things to know whether they work or they don’t. Pink ball cricket is something that needs to be explored before we take it off the table,” he said.

Taufel was there in Adelaide when the first pink-ball Test was played in 2015 between Australia and New Zealand.

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“It works in some countries and some environments. In Adelaide for example it’s been a tremendous success. Drawing people to Test cricket that may not have already come,” he said.

“I don’t expect it to be perfect like nothing is in cricket or life,” Taufel said. “But what is important with the Test Championship is that we have context and relevance. Every game means something. We have to be playing for something.”

“The quality of television coverage is fantastic these days. People don’t want to come to the stands. Possibly one of the ways (to revive Test cricket) is pink ball. People these days work a lot and don’t have time to watch sport. They need to be enticed in some way,” Simon Taufel added.

He even talked about cricket’s domestic structure as well.

“It is important to work on the nursery. We are seeing more leagues and the game broaden very quickly. That is putting a pressure on everyone concerned as it is growing so fast. We need to make sure we have strong domestic cricket in all of the home boards and all associates, then, we will have good quality,” Simon Taufel concluded.