Australia's Sheffield Shield to trial new pink Kookaburra ball next week

A new pink Kookaburra ball will be in use when Australia continue their day-night experiment in the Sheffield Shield next week.

The seventh round of Australia's domestic four-day competition will see day-night games held in Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth as Cricket Australia look to repeat the success of the first day-night Test, played against New Zealand late last year.

There were visibility concerns raised by batsmen during that game, which took place at the Adelaide Oval, and Kookaburra have now unveiled a new pink ball with black stitching, rather than the green and white of the previous incarnation.

Rival manufacturer Dukes first trialled a pink ball with completely black stitching back in 2008 at Lord's when an MCC XI took on Scotland.

Cricket Australia's head of cricket operations Sean Cary said: "Feedback from the players following the first day-night shield round, as well as the historic day-night Test in Adelaide, is that while the ball had improved significantly, the seam was difficult to see at times.

"To address these concerns, we've worked with Kookaburra to introduce a fully black seam to make it easier to see. It is an important change and we will continue to get the players' feedback during the course of these matches.

"Given the success of the first day-night Test, we want to give our players more opportunities to play with the pink ball particularly as we begin to look ahead to the 2016-17 season."