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ICC advisory panel recommends playing Tests under floodlights

Wed, May 20, '15

 

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NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- An advisory panel of the International Cricket Council (ICC) has recommended that Test-playing nations should look at holding five-day matches under floodlights to attract more spectators.

International One-Day and Twenty20 games are played at night with white balls, bringing in fans after office hours, but day-time Tests have seen dwindling crowds, especially in the influential Indian subcontinent.

Playing Test matches into the night has been mooted by the sport's governing body for the past two years, and balls of different colours have been tested to see if they can last the distance.

The ICC's cricket committee, which met in Mumbai over the weekend, said it had been encouraged by positive reports about the pink balls used in a four-day first-class match in Abu Dhabi in March and discussed day-night Tests at length.

 

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