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Indian Cricket's Pink Ball Experiment Marred By Floodlight Failures

India’s experiment with the pink ball in the Duleep Trophy domestic championship "met with major embarrassment after floodlight failure interrupted play for over an hour" in the day-night match on Monday, according to the AFP. The Duleep Trophy, a four-day triangular competition which traditionally heralds the start of the Indian cricket season, "is seen as a possible precursor to day-night Tests in cricket’s biggest market." But the first match on the outskirts of New Delhi "witnessed three of the six light towers go out twice in the post-dinner session, forcing the players to leave the field." The first interruption was when play was delayed by 17 minutes while the second break stretched to about 50 minutes. A ground official said, "There was some problem in the main electrical circuit of the floodlights, which was tripping" (AFP, 8/23).

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