Pakistan, West Indies to play day & night Test in Dubai

TIL Desk Sports/ Pakistan and the West Indies will play a day and night Test in Dubai from October 13-17, making it the second ever five-day international match to be held under lights. The Pakistan Cricket Board on Thursday issued the itinerary for the home series against the West Indies in the United Arab Emirates which will include three Tests, three One-day Internationals and as many T20 Internationals.

Interestingly the PCB has opted for just three ODIs although their team is languishing at ninth position in the ICC rankings and requires to win more matches to climb up the ladder to avoid having to qualify for the World Cup 2019.

According to the itinerary the day and night Test will be organized with a Kookaburra pink ball after the West Indies cricket board agreed to the experiment. Test cricket’s only day and night Test was organized last year in Australia where the hosts played against New Zealand.