Photo: Getty ImagesThe Eden Park Trust Board and New Zealand Cricket face their own test as the country's maiden pink ball day-night five-dayer starts this afternoon at the Auckland-based ground. The New Zealand Herald understands a general hit of about 10,000 ticket sales per day would justify the NZC expense of hiring Eden Park. Eden Park remains this country's best candidate to cater for big sporting crowds, such as the 35,000 fans who attended the Australia-New Zealand pool match during the recent Twenty20 tri-series. Eden Park has been used as a cricket test venue twice in the last decade for matches against England in 2013 and India in 2014. That could gift Eden Park a lifeline that must be seized this week.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 21, 2018 18:33 UTC