Newly installed Australian vice-captain David Warner believes the introduction of a pink ball for the first ever day-night Test in next month's clash with New Zealand won't have a crucial bearing on the series.
Australia's premier white-ball batsman, Warner will face a pink ball under lights for the first time in NSW's opening round Sheffield Shield clash with South Australia starting on Wednesday at Adelaide Oval.
There has been much conjecture over the use of the pink ball in the third Test against the Black Caps in Adelaide starting on November 27.
However Warner said on Tuesday he didn't understand all the chat about the pink ball.
"It is quite funny, in general, it doesn't matter what ball you play with," he said.
"I feel if you are preparing for a cricket game any game time you play whether it is 50 overs or whether it is a four-day form you are still in your own mind of trying to score runs, trying to build an innings and that is what you need to do, that is what cricket is about.
"It is irrelevant about what ball you use."
Warner urged fans, players and administrators to be patient as cricket entered a new frontier.
"I haven't played with a pink ball but I have played a lot of one-day cricket and you should be able to adapt to these conditions very well," he said.
"It is going to be challenging with the pink ball I understand that but we have played day-night cricket before and there is no excuse why we can't go out and play this game at night.
"We are always going to have a few issues with the colouring of the ball, look how long it took them to get a white ball we just have to be patient, simple as that."
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