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Australia set to host second Pink ball Test

April 07, 2016 10:10 IST
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IMAGE: Spectators arrive at the Adelaide Oval for the first ever day-night Test match on November 27, 2015. Photograph: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images .

Australia is set to play two day-night Tests against South Africa and Pakistan next southern summer in a revamp of home international scheduling, according to reports.

Brisbane will host a day-night Test against Pakistan in December, while Perth's WACA Ground will launch the international summer in December with the first Test against South Africa.

Following the success of the inaugural pink-ball Test against New Zealand in Adelaide last year, Cricket Australia will stage two more day-night Tests against touring nations South Africa and Pakistan, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.

Cricket Australia is expected to finalise its international and domestic schedules for the 2016-17 season later this month.

Under scheduling changes, the Herald said the Gabba would forfeit its customary hosting rights to the first Test of the season and instead host the opening match of the Australia-Pakistan series in December.

The newspaper said the season would kick off with a Test at Perth's WACA Ground between Australia and South Africa in November.

Cricket Australia is not yet willing to discuss the schedule, given the complicated nature of the planning involved.

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