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Cricket’s first ever day / night test match was played between Australia and New Zealand in November 2015 and a quick glance at the scorecard would indicate a mixed beginning for the pink ball.

The game was over inside three days and the match stats tend to confirm a difficult time for the batsmen as the bowlers got the unripe ‘cherry’ to hoop around the Adelaide Oval. 821 runs were scored with the loss of 37 wickets and that’s an average at just over 22 runs per dismissal.

At the same time, individual batting stats were nothing to get excited about. There were just three half centuries in four innings while Peter Nevill’s 66 was the lowest top score ever in an Adelaide test.