ran ▁to ▁over turn ▁the ▁ban ▁on ▁W SC ▁and ▁allow ▁matches ▁to ▁be ▁played ▁at ▁the ▁traditional ▁home ▁of ▁the ▁game , ▁the ▁Sydney ▁Cr icket ▁Gr ound ▁( SC G ). ▁To ▁boot , ▁W ran ▁had ▁his ▁government ▁foot ▁the ▁bill ▁to ▁install ▁lights ▁good ▁enough ▁for ▁Pack er ▁to ▁use . ▁W SC ▁also ▁gained ▁access ▁to ▁Br is b ane ' s ▁Test ▁ground , ▁The ▁Gab ba , ▁and ▁were ▁offered ▁use ▁of ▁the ▁Ad ela ide ▁O val , ▁which ▁was ▁rejected . ▁Per th ▁and ▁Ad ela ide ▁were ▁dropped ▁from ▁the ▁it iner ary . ▁A ▁strategy ▁of ▁foc using ▁on ▁aud ien ces ▁in ▁Melbourne ▁and ▁Sydney ▁was ▁now ▁in ▁place . ▁ ▁Second ▁season : ▁ 1 9 7 8 – 7 9 ▁The ▁war ▁sw ung ▁dram atically ▁in ▁Pack er ' s ▁favour ▁on ▁ 2 8 ▁November ▁ 1 9 7 8 ▁when ▁the ▁first ▁day - night ▁match ▁on ▁a ▁traditional ▁cr icket ▁ground ▁was ▁played ▁at ▁the ▁S CG ▁between ▁the ▁W SC ▁Australian ▁and ▁West ▁Indian ▁teams . ▁A ▁near - cap acity ▁crowd ▁of ▁ 4 4 , 3 7 7 ▁turned ▁out ▁to ▁watch ▁the ▁limited ▁o vers ▁contest , ▁serving ▁a ▁warning ▁to ▁the ▁AC B . ▁A ▁few ▁days ▁later , ▁the ▁official ▁Australian ▁team ▁was ▁hum bled ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁Test ▁against ▁England ▁at ▁Br is b ane , ▁a ▁prec ursor ▁to ▁a ▁ 5 – 1 ▁thr ash ing