Players train under lights at the Adelaide Oval. Photo / Getty Images
Enter the spectacular, redeveloped Adelaide Oval and just inside the main entrance is the Bradman Room, paying homage to the most famous name in cricket.
The thought occurred on the eve of one of the most significant events in the game: what would Bradman the administrator, seen as a man
who ruled for decades with an iron hand, have made of pink balls and day-night test?
He was no Luddite, and the likelihood is that, given his progressive attitude towards laws and sundry changes down the years, he'd have given it a thumbs up.
The players may have their reservations, but the rush of ideas in recent days means the test game may look quite different in five years.
Day-night tests, pink balls, four-day tests, limiting the first innings to 100 overs, doing away with the toss, giving the visiting team first option - the ideas range from the reasonable to the too exotic, but they have in common energised thinking on the future direction of the game.
