The historic clash under floodlights between Australia and New Zealand begins on Friday in Adelaide, but officials are already working towards staging another next season, perhaps at another venue.

The Pakistan Cricket Board has confirmed an approach from CA about the possibility of participating in a day-night Test next season, and will have team manager Zakir Khan on hand in Adelaide to report how the match unfolds and whether a day-night concept could even work in the United Arab Emirates, where Pakistan now stages its home matches.

However, Tony Irish, the chief of the Federation of International Cricketers Association, says it's too early to start planning for future day-night Tests.

"The day-night Test and use of the pink ball is happening and I think the players should be given credit for being prepared to see the bigger picture and undergo the experiment despite their reservations expressed collectively through their players associations and, in some instances, individually," Irish said on Sunday.

"This match needs to be seen strictly as an experiment. If there's one thing that everyone agrees on, it's that the pink ball in Test cricket is a big unknown.

"The views of the players following the Test match have to be central to any future decisions. The players associations intend to be at the heart of representing those views back to CA and NZC, and FICA will also do that internationally where appropriate.

"Test cricket is seen as the pinnacle format by the majority of international players. The fact that players value it so highly is critical to its survival as a format around the world.

"One really shouldn't mess too much with that."

CA chief James Sutherland has said the day-night Test is about trying to lure more spectators and viewers at home, while CA says seven years of ball development and player and broadcasting input wouldn't have been completed for this Test to be considered a one-off.

ICC chairman Zaheer Abbas, one of Pakistan's greatest batsmen, said over the weekend it had been a "commonsense decision" to look to the new concept.

The Adelaide clash, with day-one ticket sales strong as if it was an Ashes summer, is likely to be the highlight of the summer. Attendances through the opening two Tests against the Black Caps have been poor, and the struggling West Indies are next up when this series is over.

The biggest issue still appears to be whether batsmen and fieldsmen can sight the pink ball clearly from dusk.

Player safety has been the focus of the Australian Cricketers Association, and Sutherland admitted on the weekend that players could have difficulty at times adjusting to the pink ball, as they do with the red and white balls. But he added: "I don't think we'd be going into the game if we didn't have a reasonably high level of comfort around these issues."

It also remains to be seen whether the pink leather favours fast bowlers or spinners. Off-spinner Nathan Lyon says the day-night concept is "perfect" because "batters can't see the seam".

During trials in the Sheffield Shield in recent seasons, including on the eve of the series against the Caps, players have provided a variety of feedback. Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc, Adam Voges, Peter Siddle and John Hastings were public in their criticism.

Sutherland said that "more work's gone into preparing this pink ball than any ball in the history of the game".

That shapes as a good thing, for the traditional red ball has emerged as a growing problem this summer, with it regularly being knocked out of shape.

There were at least seven ball changes through the second Test in Perth. Ball manufacturer Kookaburra and CA are investigating.