Bangladesh agree to day-night Test in England

[Imteaz]

Best Solution. Bangladesh will Rock.

[Nocturnal]

Originally Posted by Imteaz
Why don’t they use colored jersey and white ball?

remember in ODI's now they change the white ball beginning of 35th over. It gets real bad shape after that. In test it is 80 over...so!!

[BANFAN]

Originally Posted by raf-stah
^^ lol u didnt have to take it so seriously

You think one can seriously make such a comment !!

[raf-stah]

^^ lol wat!?!? i dnt really get wat ur saying

[Imteaz]

Without color, what are the significant difference between those Red, White, Pink or Orange ball? If Red ball can sustain up to 80 overs, why others cannot?

[Shabhu]

I don't really mind the idea of day-night test matches. Surely it won't hurt to try it but have they been tried out in any domestic competitions yet?

[Eshen]

As expected -

Pink ball snookers Test plan

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/spo...cle6860195.ece

PLANS for England to stage the first floodlit Test match next year have been abandoned after two counties refused to try the pink ball in the final round of the championship.

The MCC had been keen to turn the Lord’s Test against Bangladesh in May into a day-nighter to boost appeal, but without a successful trial the International Cricket Council would refuse to sanction such a change.

Giles Clarke, chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board, said it was too late for the match to be made a day-nighter. “It needs a proper series of trials and that cannot now be done in time. Playing a Test in anything but white clothing is also an issue.”

John Stephenson, the MCC’s assistant secretary, said: “There’s always resistance to change. We have got to find a ball that’s durable and that really is the sticking point. Until we’ve trialled it in a three or four-day match, we won’t know for sure.”

Durham and Worcestershire were asked to test the pink ball — reckoned the most visible alternative to a red one under lights — in their four-day match at New Road, but both said no. “I was not keen,” said Durham’s coach, Geoff Cook. “It was a first-class match and I thought we should retain the game’s integrity.”

The pink ball was tested in the 20-overs national club final and was deemed a success, although catches were dropped, suggesting that fielders might have had problems seeing the ball.

The biggest question is whether any ball other than the red one can last 80 overs.

[Equinox]

I was looking forward to watching the first ever day and night Test match from the stadium

Bangladesh misses the chance to be part of history.

[One World]

CI http://www.cricinfo.com/england/cont...ry/428241.html