Kookaburra has unveiled its new pink ball, earmarked for use in two day-night Tests in Australia next summer, which the manufacturer hopes will ease visibility concerns aired by batsmen after the historic Adelaide Test under lights.

The latest incarnation, with black stitching rather than white and green, was shipped to state teams on Monday before its use in a round of Sheffield Shield matches starting on Sunday.

While NSW players were due to have their first outing with the new model at training at the SCG on Tuesday night, most attention from this weekend will be on the Gabba, where Queensland will host Tasmania.

While Adelaide is a lock to host another day-night Test next summer, Brisbane is likely to be awarded one too, with Cricket Australia leaning towards scheduling two pink-ball internationals in the 2016-17 home season, when South Africa and Pakistan will tour for three-match series.

The inaugural day-night Test between Australia and New Zealand was a success commercially and as a spectacle, but there remained scepticism from players, with Australian vice-captain David Warner and fast bowling star Mitchell Starc among those publicly questioning the concept.

Warner said in December that more work was needed on the prototype Test match pink ball.

"The only disappointing thing from our point of view is that you've got to get the product right, and if the product's not right, it's hard to go out there and play the game," he said.

Now Kookaburra has rolled out a new version in a bid to win over more players.

"The black seam was born purely out of player feedback from the day-night Test match from both sides, with the players indicating that it was difficult to pick the seam up, especially with the spin bowling," CA's head of cricket operations Sean Cary said on Tuesday.

"What we did is work with Kookaburra to work out the best contrast between the seam and the pink ball, and we came up with an all-black seam."

Cary said the shield match at the Gabba was a trial for a day-night Test. Brisbane has traditionally hosted the first Test of the summer, but the city is not guaranteed to retain that status, particularly if it is staging a day-night affair.

"For us, Brisbane is really important because they've upgraded their lights, so we just want to see how the pink ball fares under the new lights," he said.

"It's an obvious venue to play a day-night Test match because if we play it in November it offers the best climate across the country. Depending on whether we play one or two next summer ... that will [determine] whether we can give the Gabba the green light [after] this match."

Further tinkering with the ball could be done based on the response from players in the state matches.

"I'm not saying this will be the last incarnation [of the ball]," Cary said. "If there are opportunities to improve it, we will look to do that."

Meanwhile, CA on Tuesday announced record attendance figures for the home season, posting a total crowd number of 1,727,270 across the summer for internationals and men's and women's Big Bash League matches.