The SCG,under lights.Credit:Tim Clayton
"[A] day-night Test in Perth is a great thing to be doing. Our weather is a testament to playing into the evening,"Matthews said.
"Over time,as we've seen with one-day cricket and footy,night sport is what people eventually want to go to. I think that will continue with Test cricket.
"It will be interesting to see what they do against England in terms of more than just Adelaide. As time goes by we will see more and more of them."
Cricket Australia has not held any more than two day-night Tests per season but the game's free-to-air broadcaster,Channel Seven,has said it would consider a third.
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"We would be open to that. Cricket Australia are working through things. Another day-night Test – it's important to make great sport available to when people are available to watch it,"Seven's head of sport Lewis Martin said last week.
"Cricket Australia have to work with all the international bodies,of course,and we respect that but they are certainly recognising the appetite audiences have for live sport into prime time."
An extra day-night Test could have fixturing consequences for the Big Bash League,as CA does not like to have games clash. That would further tighten an already cramped schedule.
Meanwhile,Matthewshosed down talk of Perth snatching the Boxing Day Test from Melbourne despite the latest pitch dramas at the MCG.
"They're[CA] not looking at moving anything from Melbourne on Boxing Day. We know how sensitive Melbourne people are about the Boxing Day Test,"Matthews said.
"We're quite happy with the schedule. We have a big BBL game that follows the day of cricket in Melbourne.
"What we need to do is make sure we support cricket in making sure the MCG pitch is as good as it can be for every year of Test cricket."
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