Sometimes while watching sport - live sport especially -  you've got to take stock, take a breath, thank the sporting gods for serving up a moment to remember. At 9:30pm on Friday night I felt one of these moments coming across me as I, like thousands if not millions of cricket fans tuned in to see what on Earth this pink ball would do under lights.

My excitement was justified as the pink ball darted around. The lights beamed down on the pitch which helped the pink ball move a bit more and the lights made all the colours more vivid, the experience that much better. There was a feeling in the air and at that very moment as batsmen struggled to play their strokes, I came to the conclusion that this was good. Very good.

It all makes sense. Test cricket needs to be made slightly more accessible for fans, who unlike professional cricketers have to work a 'normal' job. This makes going to a day's play rather difficult on a weekday and the smart move to boost crowds is to play Test cricket at a different time to when most people are working, like most other sports. Spending an evening at a Test is so much better than popping in for the last hour or less (which usually means paying more money than it's worthy) as it can either be a romantic date-night for a weird cricket-loving couple, a lads night or a family night; it caters to everyone.

Oh how Cricket Australia would have loved five nights of this.

Oh how Channel Nine would have loved five nights of this.

Unfortunately for them and/or fortunately for the viewer/consumer this Test was over in three days/nights. I love pitches that make life difficult for the batsmen, whether it's a grassy thing in Adelaide or a spin-pit in Nagpur, India I don't really mind. I just want to see the batsmen challenged and the cream will rise to the top but the joy of Test cricket is that not every pitch aids the bowler ... or the batsmen; it's a variable that changes with each city. 

The Adelaide pitch made this Test what it was as it crammed as much excitement as it could into three days/nights, without too many runs. This helped with the hype surrounding this Test as you always felt like you had to tune in to see what was happening, blink and you'd miss something which might lead some people to view this as the perfect outcome. 

Will every pitch need to be that grassy/less abrasive to help the pink ball stay in tact? 

If so, will the lights help spark a flatter pitch like the Gabba's or the WACA's, into life?

Day/night Test cricket could fit perfectly into the variable-spectrum of Test cricket. I see day/night Test cricket as being a one-off Test in each series, which will help maintain the excitement levels around the day/night product. When looking at a Test series, you would point out specifics about each pitch/city and know what to expect with the scheduled day/night Test playing the role of the joker/wildcard. 

One city (like Adelaide) could become the home of the day/night Test, or one Test for each series could be a day/night affair. As long as it's used sparingly and smartly, I'm not too fussed.

Could every country host a day/night Test? Tricky huh? For now I'm willing to let the Aussies keep experimenting. Aotearoa does seem like a lovely place for day/night Test cricket though.

There are a few finer points to iron out for the guys who get paid the big bucks, but the day/night Test experiment was a success in my eyes. I don't know when the next one will be and I'm willing to wait until the stars align again as the next day/night Test and each day/night Test after that needs to serve up the goods. Brendon McCullum said it best: "The thing about day-night Test cricket is it is meant to allow Test match cricket to be played at night time, it is not meant to change how Test cricket should be played."

As long as day/night Test cricket enhances Test cricket, I'm all for it.