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Dhaka: The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has agreed to the England and Wales' Cricket Board's request to appear in the first-ever day-night Test during the team's tour of England in May-June next year.
However, the ICC has not yet cleared the idea and its approval will be subject to suitable equipment being developed for the purpose, a cricket website reported on Wednesday.
The idea was first proposed by the MCC during its World Cricket Committee meeting at Lord's in July as a way of making the game's longest and oldest format more appealing. The other proposals included the use of pink balls and a World Test Championship.
The ICC has made it clear that though the concept of day-night Tests was discussed by its cricket committee, no decision has been taken yet. "The ICC cricket committee had last year agreed in principle that the notion of day-night Tests should be investigated," an ICC spokesperson said. "For now, we are happy for members to try this at the domestic level first and if it proves successful, the cricket committee would consider recommending this on a trial basis at the Test level."
Apparently, there are a number of key issues related to the concept that are still being discussed: the colour of players clothing, whether the suggested pink balls retains its colour or needs to be changed frequently due to discolouration or wear and tear, to what extent would batting, bowling and fielding conditions vary and so on.
An MCC spokesman said that the World Cricket Committee would meet with the ICC in November. The future of Tests is on the agenda, and within that floodlit Tests will be discussed.
