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📻 IMPORTANT AUCKLAND UPDATE 📻
Greenberg left "frustrated" by bad light delays on Day 1
Sam Kosack • January 5th, 2026 1:00 pm
Cricket Australia CEO Todd Greenberg has “shared the frustration” of fans after play was called early on Day 1 due to bad light.
Play was halted at 2:55pm yesterday before being called off at about 5pm after rain showers and lightning arrived.
Speaking on SEN Cricket before play on Day 2, Greenberg revealed he wants to see a solution found so play isn’t lost to bad light in future Tests around the world.
"I share your frustration," Greenberg told SEN Cricket, "There's a lot of things that I get frustrated with in cricket but bad light's one of them.
"Yesterday, maybe more so than ever with a full house and millions watching on TV.
"I sort of caution against the remarks of players who said they couldn't pick the ball up and it was really dark and those sorts of things, but I get frustrated that we don't have a solution to this problem.
"I'm always sort of mindful of being critical on issues where I don't have the solution either, but we've got to find a better way in cricket... where we try not to come off the field when it's bad light and show a greater willingness and intent to get back on.
"I don't have the answer for you this morning, but what you can take from my comments is a desire to push at the global level of how we get better at these things, because it felt like it wasn't good enough.
"I have talked about this a bit over the years, the nuance of cricket and some of the strange and archaic rules that sit within the sport, and I'm sure there's conversations that can be had about how we can be slightly more progressive.
"I sound like a broken record, but we're in the entertainment business, and so I can't think of another business that continues to walk off in front of its fans.
"I preface that by saying that it has to be safe for the players, clearly, but we've got big light towers here and we've got technology, I'm sure there's a way we can make our way through it.
"I felt like there was more cricket to be played yesterday".
The pause in play may not have been desired by crowds but was beneficial for Australia, with Joe Root and Harry Brook ending the day’s play in the 70s.
Play begins 30 minutes early each day of the Test to make up for the time lost on Day 1.
