Cricket Australia boss rebuffs conspiracy theory as fans, legends fume over SCG weather chaos

Cricket Australia chief executive officer Todd Greenberg has rebuffed any theory the organisation played a role in an early end to day one at the SCG, stating "I felt like there was more cricket to be played".

Jonathan Agnew and Michael Vaughan both raised on BBC's Test Match Special that there is a need for the SCG Test to reach the final day after the two-day Tests at Perth and Melbourne.

"There's clearly a determination to make this game last as long as possible after what's happened with the two-day fixtures (in Perth and Melbourne)," Agnew said.

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"People here who paid their money [have] been denied probably up to an hour and a half of cricket by the time they can add on."

However, Greenberg offered a different perspective.

"We're in the entertainment business. And 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," he said on SEN.

"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 share the frustration [of fans], and I can only assert that I'll use the profile of Australian cricket and our voice to see if we can make more progressive change."

Cricket's decision makers were put under the pump after day one was called off early due to bad light and weather.

The umpires took players off at the SCG before 3pm due to bad light before rainfall came. The rain was never heavy and stopped well before play was abandoned at 5pm.

On Fox Sports, Vaughan suggested administrators should "have a look at" using a pink ball when there's bad light.

Vaughan also compared the way T20 cricket is played when rain is about compared to Tests when speaking on BBC's Test Match Special.

"Test cricket is the one format that we do everything we possibly can to get off the pitch," he said.

"The other two formats, we do everything we possibly can to get on the pitch. I just don't understand why we don't have that same mindset in Test match cricket."

On the ABC's coverage, Jason Gillespite said "our game shoots itself in the foot time and time again".

"This is no better example of that," he said.

Darren Lehmann added "it's just poor".

The lack of play continues a trend of fans being left shortchanged after the two-day Tests in Perth and Melbourne.

While spectators were given refunds, that in no way would of offset the travel costs for those from interstate.

In the post-match press conferences on Sunday, both Harry Brook and Daniel Vettori were asked directly if more needs to be done to give fans a full spectacle.

Brook had earlier said he could "hardly see the ball" before adding "it's up to the weather really".

Aussie bowling coach Vettori was equally as a careful.

"As a former player, I dreamed of rain, so I'm mindful that I don't change my tune too much," he said.

"I think when conditions are set fair and it feels like there's no competitive advantage for either team, it feels like you want to play as much cricket as you can. But we're also mindful of the rules and regulations, everything that goes into it, the planning, how hard it is to predict weather.

"So, look, it's a tough one. We just abide by the rules in those situations."