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The first day-night Test used a pink ball
Australia and New Zealand played it at Adelaide Oval in November 2015 The pink ball was developed with a darker seam so it could be seen under floodlights, and the match drew a big crowd and strong television figures. Australia won by three wickets inside three days. Day-night Tests have since been played in several countries. It sits in Mondo's sports collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.
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The first day-night Test used a pink ball: the short answers
- Where does this come from, and can I check it?
- Australia and New Zealand played it at Adelaide Oval in November 2015. The figure is taken from International Cricket Council, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
- Is this really a sports fact?
- Yes. It sits on the Sports shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
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- The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.