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Diary Australia

Pink ball diary

30 January 2016

9:00 AM

30 January 2016

9:00 AM

As a lover of cricket and history, the chance to witness the first-ever day-night Test match was something I was bound to accept. The match was against New Zealand and the place the lovely Adelaide Oval. The opportunity came via a charity auction at my kids’ school and the prize was a day – and night – in the Channel Nine corporate box, watching Starc and Hazelwood taunt the Black Caps with a pink ball.

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