ADELAIDE, Australia (AP):

Australia and New Zealand will play the first day-night Test cricket match when the southern hemisphere rivals meet in the last match of a three-game series in November.

Cricket Australia (CA) said in a statement that the Test at the Adelaide Oval, starting November 27, will be the first to be played under lights and with a pink ball that "will be used to ensure greater visibility for players and spectators."

James Sutherland, chief executive of CA, said the shift in playing times would make the test more accessible to people at work and children at school, and that it was in response "to a time poor society that can't always attend or watch test cricket during working hours."

Consideration

The start time is still under consideration, although CA says one possible scenario is having play from 2:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. local time.

In another break from tradition, the interval between the first and second session will be 20 minutes and be called tea instead of lunch. The second break in play would be 40 minutes and known as "dinner."

The Adelaide Test is one of six at home for the Australians - three each against New Zealand and West Indies - from November 5 until January 7.