Edgbaston will host the first day-night Test ever staged in the United Kingdom when England face West Indies in Birmingham in August next year.

England are now in line to become the third nation to stage a five-day Test under floodlights, following Australia’s day-night match against New Zealand in Adelaide last year and with Pakistan due to play West Indies in a day-night Test in the United Arab Emirates next week.

Test matches in England, unlike many countries, are generally well supported and there are concerns the English climate may not be conducive to spectators sitting out to watch for several hours late in the day. Given that the English cricket season also coincides with the UK’s longest daylight hours, questions have also been raised about whether there’s much to be gained from having a floodlit Test in the country.

But Tom Harrison, the ECB chief executive, in an England and Wales Cricket Board statement issued on Thursday (October 6), said: “We’re excited by the prospect of staging our first ever day-night Test match. It’s a great opportunity to attract more fans to the game and see how staging Test cricket in the afternoon and evening fits with working patterns and modern lifestyles, whilst maintaining the deep tradition of Test match cricket.

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In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com
All these day-night test involving west Indies is because the host countries realize the current windies team is too weak for anyone to pay their money to watch them play in regular day light, so trying them at night might be a better option to draw a crowd. But even that too will fail because no one will pay their money to see this present windies team play cricket.

I would not pay my money to see the west indies in the day so host nations are now forced to see if they can pull a crowd at night, seeing most people are bored at night and seeking some kind of event to part. That's how bad our cricket has fallen and I cannot see any way out any time soon. Everyone is lost, from the president, to the chief, to selectors, players and even fans.
Earlier I heard WICB Chief Executive Officer Michael Muirhead saying the sacking of Simmons doesn't affect the team and blamed their failure on technic. While I agree with him some, I blame chief selector Brown for the sudden sacking of Sammy, and then coach Simmons. I also blame selectors for a poor team. What is their justification for leaving players like Vishaul Singh and Cornwall? In my opinion they should be in the ODI, T20 and test team.