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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The International Cricket Cabal , aka the ICC is attempting to lock in every aspect of Cricket , even Night time Cricket with unusual alacrity .

Reports of a Rival Entity have them running scared . It wants to ensure that it & its
Member Boards are not in danger of becoming irrelevant in Cricket .

Competition is always good , it ensure that
that Everyone has to up their game to make money . I rumors of an Entity to rival the
ICC are true , that would mean that the
International Cricket Cabal & its Members
will have to change their Dictatorial behaviour to survive .

If there is going to be a Rival Entity to the International Cricket Cabal , the adage :

" EVERY DOG GAT HE DAY "

Will be I think very appropriate . BTW it
would be remiss of men if I did not mention
that well known Nursery Rhyme about :

" HUMPTY DUMPTY WHO SAT ON A WALL "

We all know what happened to Humpty Dumpty.
Interesting Times may be ahead for Cricket
Worldwide if there is another Global Entity
to rival the International Cricket Cabal .