“It would be a natural progression for there to be an Ashes day-night Test match in 2017/18”

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Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland has revealed that the next Ashes series in Australia in 2017/18 could feature a day-night Test.

Australia are also hoping to play day-night Tests against Pakistan and South Africa following the success of the inaugural day-night Test between the Baggy Greens and New Zealand in Adelaide in November.

“It is certainly on the radar. We haven’t had any formal conversations with the ECB (England and Wales Cricket Board),” Sutherland told ABC Radio. “With the success of the Adelaide Test match this year, the anticipation is that we will have at least one day-night Test (in 2016).

“It seems like it would be a natural progression for there to be an Ashes day-night Test match in 2017/18.”

In regards to Pakistan and South Africa, Sutherland confirmed that Australia will meet representatives from both parties later this month.

“We’ll have meetings in Dubai (in January) with a lot of the chief executives and certainly will be talking to counterparts at Pakistan and South Africa,” Sutherland said. “They definitely know it (day-night Tests) will be on the agenda. The right place, right time and right conditions – we’re going to see more Test cricket played in the evening.”