Boult tickled pink at idea of Indian D/N Test

New Zealand fast bowler Trent Boult has welcomed the prospect of a day-night Test against India and said there needed to be more pink-ball Tests.

Boult has been on an extended stay in India where team selections have kept one of the Black Caps' finest exponents of swing bowling confined to the nets. Boult did not feature in New Zealand's World Twenty20 campaign that ended in the semi-finals, and is yet to feature in the current IPL season for the Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Itching to get back onto the field – the 26-year-old's last competitive match was February's Christchurch Test against Australia – Boult's interest has been piqued by talk India's plans to host a day-night Test against the touring Black Caps in October.

"The experience of playing the Test with the pink ball (in Adelaide last year) was great, the buzz was fantastic," Boult told Wisden Asia.

"It's definitely exciting for Test cricket, and we need to see more of it."

After Australia and New Zealand played the inaugural day-night Test in Adelaide last October, there has been a growing move towards more pink-ball cricket.

Pakistan and the West Indies are in discussions about a day-night Test in the United Arab Emirates this year, and are also locked in to face Australia under lights at the Gabba in December.

And Cricket Australia remains "optimistic" that South Africa will agree to bring day-night Test cricket back to the Adelaide Oval when the two nations meet there in November in the third of a three-Test series.

Boult took five second-innings wickets with the pink Kookaburra last November – the fifth five-wicket haul of his 39-Test career – and said the ball "swung around a lot there".

Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium has been touted as a possible venue for a day-night Test between India and New Zealand, although much is yet to be confirmed

"The ball swings nicely here in India most of the time as well," Boult added. "The spin bowlers also spin it a lot. It's going to be pretty exciting if it happens. "

The player's sentiments are echoed by New Zealand Cricket chief executive David White, who has backed the possibility of a Test under lights against India.

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"We will work closely with the players, but in saying that, if the trials look good and they (India) are comfortable with (the trials) it's very positive from our point of view," White told Radio Sport NZ.

"We believe day-night Test cricket has a big future in the game."

White said while he did not see day-night matches dominating Test cricket, he believed most future Test series would include a match played under lights.

"It provides an opportunity for the game to be more accessible to the fans and we've got to listen to them, they drive the revenue, they drive the game," White said.

"We've got to uphold the traditions of the game – I'm as traditional as anyone – but we've got to look to the future as well."