Kiwi cricketers not keen on playing day-night Tests

New Zealand's top cricketers have opposed the plans of playing day-night test matches during their Australia tour in November, fearing that it will 'devalue' the game, the New Zealand Cricket Association said on Thursday.

The concept of day-night test matches played with pink ball has been excitedly promoted by Cricket Australia (CA).

CA trialled day-night first class cricket in the 2014-15 Sheffield Shield season with a view to stage the first ever Test under lights when New Zealand tours Australia.

But the players' association chief executive Heath Mills said that the New Zealand cricket team was skeptical about the idea, Sport24 reported.

He said that they surveyed the country's 20 nationally contracted players about the idea of playing day-night test cricket and the response they got was not 'overwhelming'.

Mills said that the cricketers viewed the Australia Test series as the 'pinnacle' and therefore wanted to play it under traditional rules.

He insisted that for some cricketers it would be the most important series of their careers and thus they didn't want anything to 'devalue' it.