New Zealand 6 Day Test Match: This month, the New Zealand cricket team is to tour India. In India, the New Zealand team will play a Test match with Afghanistan. The only Test match between Afghanistan and New Zealand will be played in Noida. From India, the Kiwi team will go to Sri Lanka. New Zealand has to play a two-match Test series in Sri Lanka. The first Test of this series is of 6 days.
Let us tell you that years ago, Test cricket matches were always of six days. Then there used to be a rest day for both the teams in between. However, for the last 35 years, the rest day has been abolished and five-day Test matches are being played. Still, sometimes a six-day Test match is seen in between.
The first test match between New Zealand and Sri Lanka will be played between 18 and 23 September. There will be one day of rest in this six-day test. Actually, there are presidential elections in Sri Lanka this month. Voting is to be held in Sri Lanka on the fourth day of this test. In such a situation, a rest day has been kept on that day. Let us tell you that this is the second time in the last three years that the Kiwi team will play a six-day test match.
Earlier, New Zealand played a six-day Test match against India in the final of the World Test Championship. Then one day was kept as a reserve day. That is, if the final Test is interrupted due to rain or any other weather problem, then the match can be played on the sixth day as well. The first day of the final was washed away by rain.
For your information, let us tell you that this is the second time in the 21st century that a six-day test match will be played. Before this, a six-day test match was played between Sri Lanka and West Indies in 1993, about 31 years ago. Australia last played a six-day test match in 1990. Then a test match was played between Australia and Pakistan.