Australia captain Tim Paine has said that people need to stop comparing the pink ball and red ball. Pink ball is used for day/night Test matches. He asked everyone to accept the change instead. Under his captaincy, Australia maintained their unbeaten day/night Test record with an innings and 48-run win over Pakistan as well.

“What we want is people watching Test match cricket and I think the pink ball day night Test certainly makes that happen,” Tim Paine told reporters after the win over Pakistan. “It’s bringing new people to the game.

“I think what we need to stop doing is trying to compare the pink ball to the red ball. It’s not going to behave the same, it isn’t the same ball. It’s going to behave like a pink ball. And at the moment it’s relatively new and we’re getting used to it. It’s just something players will adapt to and get better at but in terms of the product I think it’s good to watch,” he added.

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The pink ball changes its nature a lot during the lights, and Australia will take on New Zealand in their next Test series against where they will have more experience of playing day/night Test cricket than New Zealand, who have played two matches so far compared to Australia who have played six games till now. The first Test between the two teams will begin on December 12th at Perth.