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	It appeared that the cricketing world concurred with ''The Times'' that playing cricket under floodlights was not a viable concept, and for over twenty years Jack Young's benefit remained a one-off. However, in 1977, when [[Kerry Packer]] bought over 50 of the world's leading cricketers to play in his [[World Series Cricket]], the concept came to the fore.<ref name="brief">{{cite web\|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/worldseries/content/story/72632.html \|title=World Series Cricket \|publisher=ESPNcricinfo \|last=Williamson \|first=Martin \|access-date=20 February 2011}}</ref> After initial attendances at the matches were low, Packer moved from so called "[[World Series Cricket#"Supertests", the West Indies and drop-in pitches\|Supertests]]" to one-day cricket, generally played under floodlights. Attendances of roughly 2,000 had attended the "Supertests" between [[WSC Australia XI\|Australia]] and the [[WSC West Indies\|West Indies]] at the [[Australian rules football]] stadium, [[Waverley Park\|VFL Park]] in [[Melbourne]] in November 1977. A year later – almost to the day, 44,377 people were inside the [[Sydney Cricket Ground]] to watch a floodlit one-day match between the same sides. Opposition to World Series Cricket was large, and the matches did not have [[Test cricket]] nor [[first-class cricket]] status. In 1979 an agreement between the [[Cricket Australia\|Australian Cricket Board]] and Kerry Packer brought World Series Cricket to an end.<ref name="brief"/> The marketing potential of floodlit cricket had been noticed though, and the first floodlit [[One Day International]] was contested in November 1979 between the official cricket teams of [[Australia national cricket team\|Australia]] and the [[West Indies cricket team\|West Indies]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65287.html \|title=1st match: Australia v West Indies at Sydney, Nov 27, 1979 \|publisher=ESPNcricinfo \|access-date=20 February 2011}}</ref>		It appeared that the cricketing world concurred with ''The Times'' that playing cricket under floodlights was not a viable concept, and for over twenty years Jack Young's benefit remained a one-off. However, in 1977, when [[Kerry Packer]] bought over 50 of the world's leading cricketers to play in his [[World Series Cricket]], the concept came to the fore.<ref name="brief">{{cite web\|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/worldseries/content/story/72632.html \|title=World Series Cricket \|publisher=ESPNcricinfo \|last=Williamson \|first=Martin \|access-date=20 February 2011}}</ref> After initial attendances at the matches were low, Packer moved from so called "[[World Series Cricket#"Supertests", the West Indies and drop-in pitches\|Supertests]]" to one-day cricket, generally played under floodlights. Attendances of roughly 2,000 had attended the "Supertests" between [[WSC Australia XI\|Australia]] and the [[WSC West Indies\|West Indies]] at the [[Australian rules football]] stadium, [[Waverley Park\|VFL Park]] in [[Melbourne]] in November 1977. A year later – almost to the day, 44,377 people were inside the [[Sydney Cricket Ground]] to watch a floodlit one-day match between the same sides. Opposition to World Series Cricket was large, and the matches did not have [[Test cricket]] nor [[first-class cricket]] status. In 1979 an agreement between the [[Cricket Australia\|Australian Cricket Board]] and Kerry Packer brought World Series Cricket to an end.<ref name="brief"/> The marketing potential of floodlit cricket had been noticed though, and the first floodlit [[One Day International]] was contested in November 1979 between the official cricket teams of [[Australia national cricket team\|Australia]] and the [[West Indies cricket team\|West Indies]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65287.html \|title=1st match: Australia v West Indies at Sydney, Nov 27, 1979 \|publisher=ESPNcricinfo \|access-date=20 February 2011}}</ref>

	Floodlit cricket was soon taking place not only in Australia, but also in South Africa, the [[West Indies]] and the [[Subcontinent#Southern Eurasia\|subcontinent]]. In England, opposition remained firm; not only was there lingering hostility towards Packer's World Series Cricket, but the differences in climate made the application difficult. In contrast to Australia and South Africa, where twilight is minimal, and the light fades quickly, the long English evenings meant that the floodlights would only be required for the last hour or so of a match. The increased chance of rain also meant that the [[England and Wales Cricket Board]] (ECB) was loath to spend money on permanent lights, when rain would stop play anyway.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Henry Blofeld: Future still looks dim for floodlit cricket in England \|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/henry-blofeld-future-still-looks-dim-for-floodlit-cricket-in-england-185222.html \|access-date=7 January 2014 \|work=The Independent \|agency=independent \|publisher=independent \|date=7 January 2014 \|language=en}}</ref>		Floodlit cricket was soon taking place not only in Australia, but also in South Africa, the [[West Indies]] and the [[Subcontinent#Southern Eurasia\|subcontinent]]. In England, opposition remained firm; not only was there lingering hostility towards Packer's World Series Cricket, but the differences in climate made the application difficult. In contrast to Australia and South Africa, where twilight is minimal, and the light fades quickly, the long English evenings meant that the floodlights would only be required for the last hour or so of a match. The increased chance of rain also meant that the [[England and Wales Cricket Board]] (ECB) was loath to spend money on permanent lights, when rain would stop play anyway.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Henry Blofeld: Future still looks dim for floodlit cricket in England \|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/henry-blofeld-future-still-looks-dim-for-floodlit-cricket-in-england-185222.html \|access-date=7 January 2014 \|work=The Independent \|agency=independent \|publisher=independent


			\|date=7 January 2014 \|language=en}}</ref>

	===Day/night first-class matches===		===Day/night first-class matches===
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	During the late 2000s, discussions regarding the possibility of playing day/night Test matches occurred. In the West Indies, the first floodlit [[first-class cricket]] match in which the teams used a pink ball, was played between [[Guyana national cricket team\|Guyana]] and [[Trinidad and Tobago national cricket team\|Trinidad and Tobago]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/444371.html \|title=Simmons century inaugurates first floodlit game \|publisher=ESPNcricinfo \|author=Cricinfo staff \|date=16 January 2010 \|access-date=20 February 2011}}</ref> The viability of using a pink ball was also tried out by [[Cricket Australia]] and some [[Indian Premier League]] and [[Bangladesh Cricket League]] franchises.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/cricket/article7079590.ece \|title=MCC hopes pink ball can pass desert trial in season opener \|last=Hobson \|first=Richard \|work=[[The Times]] \|date=29 March 2010 \|access-date=20 February 2011 \|location=London}}</ref> The annual curtain-raiser to the English cricket season in 2010 was played under floodlights in [[Abu Dhabi]], with a mixed but generally positive reception.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/8589866.stm \|title=Durham dominate MCC in Abu Dhabi \|publisher=[[BBC Sport]] \|date=29 March 2010 \|access-date=20 February 2011}}</ref> A year later, in 2011, the first [[County Championship]] game to be played under lights was played, between [[Kent County Cricket Club\|Kent]] and [[Glamorgan County Cricket Club\|Glamorgan]] at [[St Lawrence Ground]], [[Canterbury]].<ref>{{cite news\| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/kent/9584871.stm \| work=BBC News \| title=Kent get mixed floodlit reaction \| date=9 September 2011}}</ref>		During the late 2000s, discussions regarding the possibility of playing day/night Test matches occurred. In the West Indies, the first floodlit [[first-class cricket]] match in which the teams used a pink ball, was played between [[Guyana national cricket team\|Guyana]] and [[Trinidad and Tobago national cricket team\|Trinidad and Tobago]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/444371.html \|title=Simmons century inaugurates first floodlit game \|publisher=ESPNcricinfo \|author=Cricinfo staff \|date=16 January 2010 \|access-date=20 February 2011}}</ref> The viability of using a pink ball was also tried out by [[Cricket Australia]] and some [[Indian Premier League]] and [[Bangladesh Cricket League]] franchises.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/cricket/article7079590.ece \|title=MCC hopes pink ball can pass desert trial in season opener \|last=Hobson \|first=Richard \|work=[[The Times]] \|date=29 March 2010 \|access-date=20 February 2011 \|location=London}}</ref> The annual curtain-raiser to the English cricket season in 2010 was played under floodlights in [[Abu Dhabi]], with a mixed but generally positive reception.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/8589866.stm \|title=Durham dominate MCC in Abu Dhabi \|publisher=[[BBC Sport]] \|date=29 March 2010 \|access-date=20 February 2011}}</ref> A year later, in 2011, the first [[County Championship]] game to be played under lights was played, between [[Kent County Cricket Club\|Kent]] and [[Glamorgan County Cricket Club\|Glamorgan]] at [[St Lawrence Ground]], [[Canterbury]].<ref>{{cite news\| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/kent/9584871.stm \| work=BBC News \| title=Kent get mixed floodlit reaction \| date=9 September 2011}}</ref>

	The [[2013–14 Sheffield Shield season]] included three-day/night first-class matches with pink balls.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.cricket.com.au/news-list/2013/9/7/new-look-domestic-schedule-announced \|title=New look domestic schedule announced \|date=7 September 2013 \|publisher=Cricket Australia \|access-date=7 September 2013 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130909050310/http://www.cricket.com.au/news-list/2013/9/7/new-look-domestic-schedule-announced \|archive-date=9 September 2013 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> The trials continued in [[2014–15 Sheffield Shield season\|2014–15]] as Cricket Australia looked to host the first day-night Test in [[New Zealand cricket team in Australia in 2015–16\|2015 against New Zealand]].<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/story/754685.html \|title=Australia's summer schedule released \|first=Brydon \|last=Coverdale \| author-link = Brydon Coverdale\|date=23 June 2014 \|publisher=ESPN \|work=Cricinfo \|access-date=13 November 2014 }}</ref> This match took place at the [[Adelaide Oval]], [[Adelaide]] on 27 November 2015.<ref name="Adelaide">{{cite web\|title=First day-night Test for Adelaide Oval\|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/story/892403.html\|access-date=29 June 2015\|work=ESPNCricinfo}}</ref>
			The [[2013–14 Sheffield Shield season]] included three-day/night first-class matches with pink balls.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.cricket.com.au/news-list/2013/9/7/new-look-domestic-schedule-announced \|title=New look domestic schedule announced \|date=7 September 2013 \|publisher=Cricket Australia \|access-date=7 September 2013 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130909050310/http://www.cricket.com.au/news-list/2013/9/7/new-look-domestic-schedule-announced \|archive-date=9 September 2013 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> The trials continued in [[2014–15 Sheffield Shield season\|2014–15]] as Cricket Australia looked to host the first day-night Test in [[New Zealand cricket team in Australia in 2015–16\|2015 against New Zealand]].<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/story/754685.html \|title=Australia's summer schedule released \|first=Brydon \|last=Coverdale \| author-link = Brydon Coverdale\|date=23 June 2014 \|publisher=ESPN \|work=Cricinfo \|access-date=13 November 2014 }}</ref> This match took place at the [[Adelaide Oval]], [[Adelaide]] on 27 November 2015.<ref name="Adelaide">{{cite web\|title=First day-night Test for Adelaide Oval\|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/story/892403.html\|access-date=29 June 2015\|work=ESPNCricinfo}}</ref> The final of the 1983 Cricket World Cup was played between India and the West Indies at Lord's on 25 June 1983. This was the third consecutive World Cup final appearance for the West Indies, having won the last two Cricket World Cups. India, playing in their first final, defeated the West Indies to claim their first World Cup title.

	India's first pink ball match took place in Kolkata on 18 July 2016. It was CAB Super League Final between Bhowanipore Club and Mohan Bagan.{{citation needed\|date=July 2016\|reason=It is related to a nation progress\|cricket=}} Mohan Bagan won the match by 296 runs. The [[2016–17 Duleep Trophy\|2016 Duleep Trophy]] matches were played under the lights in [[Shahid Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex\|Greater Noida]]. Feedback about the ball was that due to the brightness of the ball, the team handling the camera was able to track the pink ball better than the red. However, catching the ball in the deep during day-light was relatively difficult compared to the red ball.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/82400/pink-is-camera-friendly-but-a-day-night-test-far-away-are-the-findings-after-duleep-trophy \|title=Pink is camera friendly, but a day-night Test far away \|publisher=Cricbuzz \|access-date=31 August 2016 }}</ref> In September 2016, the BCCI confirmed that there would be no day/night Tests in India during the 2016–17 season.<ref name="no">{{cite web \|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/1059318.html \|title=No home day-night Test this season - Thakur \|access-date=27 September 2016 \|work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> Incidentally, the first day-night first-class match in India was held much earlier: in April 1997, the Ranji trophy final between Delhi and Mumbai was played at Gwalior under lights. A pink ball was not used, with play carried for five days using a white ball.		India's first pink ball match took place in Kolkata on 18 July 2016. It was CAB Super League Final between Bhowanipore Club and Mohan Bagan.{{citation needed\|date=July 2016\|reason=It is related to a nation progress\|cricket=}} Mohan Bagan won the match by 296 runs. The [[2016–17 Duleep Trophy\|2016 Duleep Trophy]] matches were played under the lights in [[Shahid Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex\|Greater Noida]]. Feedback about the ball was that due to the brightness of the ball, the team handling the camera was able to track the pink ball better than the red. However, catching the ball in the deep during day-light was relatively difficult compared to the red ball.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/82400/pink-is-camera-friendly-but-a-day-night-test-far-away-are-the-findings-after-duleep-trophy \|title=Pink is camera friendly, but a day-night Test far away \|publisher=Cricbuzz \|access-date=31 August 2016 }}</ref> In September 2016, the BCCI confirmed that there would be no day/night Tests in India during the 2016–17 season.<ref name="no">{{cite web \|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/1059318.html \|title=No home day-night Test this season - Thakur \|access-date=27 September 2016 \|work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> Incidentally, the first day-night first-class match in India was held much earlier: in April 1997, the Ranji trophy final between Delhi and Mumbai was played at Gwalior under lights. A pink ball was not used, with play carried for five days using a white ball.

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{{short description|Cricket that is played totally or partially in the evening}}
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[[File:Trent Bridge at Night.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Day/night match at [[Trent Bridge]]]]
'''Day/night cricket''', also known as '''floodlit cricket''', is a [[cricket]] match that is played either totally or partially under [[floodlights (sport)|floodlights]] in the evening. The first regular cricket to be played under floodlights occurred during [[World Series Cricket]], unsanctioned by the [[International Cricket Council|International Cricket Council (ICC)]], attracting large crowds to see some of the world's best players compete in Australia and the West Indies. In 1979, when the ICC and World Series Cricket came to an understanding, the first floodlit [[One Day International]] was played, also in Australia. Floodlit cricket has since been played around the world, although England was slow to take it up due to their climate.
Floodlit [[first-class cricket]] was first played in 1994, when the concept was tried during the Sheffield Shield.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/325764.html |title=Bulb breaks on nights in whites |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=20 February 2011}}</ref> Day/night cricket is now commonplace in [[one-day cricket]] and [[Twenty20 cricket]]. For instance, all 27 matches in the [[2014 ICC World Twenty20]] were day/night matches,{{citation needed|date=March 2014}} as were most matches in the [[2011 Cricket World Cup]].

In October 2012, the International Cricket Council recast the playing conditions for [[Test cricket|Test matches]], permitting day/night Test matches.<ref name="ICC paves way for Day-Night Tests">{{cite news| url=http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-news/icc-paves-day-night-tests/32709| title=ICC paves way for Day-Night Tests| publisher=Wisden India| date=29 October 2012| access-date=22 November 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630231143/http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-news/icc-paves-day-night-tests/32709| archive-date=30 June 2015| url-status=dead}}</ref> The first day/night Test Match took place between [[New Zealand cricket team in Australia in 2015–16#3rd Test|Australia and New Zealand]] at the [[Adelaide Oval]], [[Adelaide]] on 27 November 2015, 36 years to the day from the first ICC-sanctioned day/night match.

==History==
[[File:Day night test at Eden gardens.jpeg|thumb|250px|The crowd at [[Eden Gardens]] on the first day of the first day/night Test match in India.]]

Although the idea was birthed in the western Adelaide suburb of [[Cowandilla, South Australia|Cowandilla]] in the 1930s,<ref>{{Cite news|title=Electric Light Cricket|work=The ABC|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-25/electric-light-cricket-invented-by-adelaide-digger/6972582|access-date=23 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=9 April 1949|title=The Mail|work=7000 Play It Now|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/55928448}}</ref> which led to an 11 team Electric Light Cricket competition there in the 1930s,<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 November 1934 |title=Electric Light Cricket; Returned Soldiers Invent New Game |pages=13 |work=The Adelaide Advertiser |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/74119770 |access-date=9 July 2022}}</ref> it is believed that the first match played under floodlights in England was on 11 August 1952, between [[Middlesex County Cricket Club]] and [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal Football Club]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}} The match was a benefit for [[Jack Young (cricketer)|Jack Young]], and was not the first benefit match held between the two sides. Floodlights at [[Arsenal Stadium]] had been installed in the summer of 1951, and were first used for football in October 1951. The cricket match took place at 19:30, the lights were turned on towards the end of the first innings, in which Arsenal were batting. A public announcement was made, advising spectators (of which there were just over 7,000) to "Keep your eye on the ball, when you see it coming keep low. The batsmen will try to keep it down, but they can't promise." The match was televised on the [[BBC]], with over a million viewers tuning in to watch the spectacle. ''[[The Times]]'' was not convinced of the success of floodlights in cricket, mischievously asking: "What is to prevent non-stop Test matches where the last wicket falls as the milkman arrives?"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/columns/content/story/240292.html |title=Let there be light |last=Williamson |first=Martin |publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]] |date=11 March 2006 |access-date=20 February 2011}}</ref>

It appeared that the cricketing world concurred with ''The Times'' that playing cricket under floodlights was not a viable concept, and for over twenty years Jack Young's benefit remained a one-off. However, in 1977, when [[Kerry Packer]] bought over 50 of the world's leading cricketers to play in his [[World Series Cricket]], the concept came to the fore.<ref name="brief">{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/worldseries/content/story/72632.html |title=World Series Cricket |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |last=Williamson |first=Martin |access-date=20 February 2011}}</ref> After initial attendances at the matches were low, Packer moved from so called "[[World Series Cricket#"Supertests", the West Indies and drop-in pitches|Supertests]]" to one-day cricket, generally played under floodlights. Attendances of roughly 2,000 had attended the "Supertests" between [[WSC Australia XI|Australia]] and the [[WSC West Indies|West Indies]] at the [[Australian rules football]] stadium, [[Waverley Park|VFL Park]] in [[Melbourne]] in November 1977. A year later – almost to the day, 44,377 people were inside the [[Sydney Cricket Ground]] to watch a floodlit one-day match between the same sides. Opposition to World Series Cricket was large, and the matches did not have [[Test cricket]] nor [[first-class cricket]] status. In 1979 an agreement between the [[Cricket Australia|Australian Cricket Board]] and Kerry Packer brought World Series Cricket to an end.<ref name="brief"/> The marketing potential of floodlit cricket had been noticed though, and the first floodlit [[One Day International]] was contested in November 1979 between the official cricket teams of [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] and the [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65287.html |title=1st match: Australia v West Indies at Sydney, Nov 27, 1979 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=20 February 2011}}</ref>

Floodlit cricket was soon taking place not only in Australia, but also in South Africa, the [[West Indies]] and the [[Subcontinent#Southern Eurasia|subcontinent]]. In England, opposition remained firm; not only was there lingering hostility towards Packer's World Series Cricket, but the differences in climate made the application difficult. In contrast to Australia and South Africa, where twilight is minimal, and the light fades quickly, the long English evenings meant that the floodlights would only be required for the last hour or so of a match. The increased chance of rain also meant that the [[England and Wales Cricket Board]] (ECB) was loath to spend money on permanent lights, when rain would stop play anyway.<ref>{{cite news |title=Henry Blofeld: Future still looks dim for floodlit cricket in England |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/henry-blofeld-future-still-looks-dim-for-floodlit-cricket-in-england-185222.html |access-date=7 January 2014 |work=The Independent |agency=independent |publisher=independent |date=7 January 2014 |language=en}}</ref>

===Day/night first-class matches===
[[File:A used pink ball at the 2014 English county season launch in UAE.JPG|thumb|left|100px|A used pink ball]]
[[File:A day-night first class match between Marylebone Cricket Club and Durham at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE.JPG|thumb|A day/night first-class game]]
During the late 2000s, discussions regarding the possibility of playing day/night Test matches occurred. In the West Indies, the first floodlit [[first-class cricket]] match in which the teams used a pink ball, was played between [[Guyana national cricket team|Guyana]] and [[Trinidad and Tobago national cricket team|Trinidad and Tobago]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/444371.html |title=Simmons century inaugurates first floodlit game |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |author=Cricinfo staff |date=16 January 2010 |access-date=20 February 2011}}</ref> The viability of using a pink ball was also tried out by [[Cricket Australia]] and some [[Indian Premier League]] and [[Bangladesh Cricket League]] franchises.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/cricket/article7079590.ece |title=MCC hopes pink ball can pass desert trial in season opener |last=Hobson |first=Richard |work=[[The Times]] |date=29 March 2010 |access-date=20 February 2011 |location=London}}</ref> The annual curtain-raiser to the English cricket season in 2010 was played under floodlights in [[Abu Dhabi]], with a mixed but generally positive reception.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/8589866.stm |title=Durham dominate MCC in Abu Dhabi |publisher=[[BBC Sport]] |date=29 March 2010 |access-date=20 February 2011}}</ref> A year later, in 2011, the first [[County Championship]] game to be played under lights was played, between [[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]] and [[Glamorgan County Cricket Club|Glamorgan]] at [[St Lawrence Ground]], [[Canterbury]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/kent/9584871.stm | work=BBC News | title=Kent get mixed floodlit reaction | date=9 September 2011}}</ref>

The [[2013–14 Sheffield Shield season]] included three-day/night first-class matches with pink balls.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cricket.com.au/news-list/2013/9/7/new-look-domestic-schedule-announced |title=New look domestic schedule announced |date=7 September 2013 |publisher=Cricket Australia |access-date=7 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130909050310/http://www.cricket.com.au/news-list/2013/9/7/new-look-domestic-schedule-announced |archive-date=9 September 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The trials continued in [[2014–15 Sheffield Shield season|2014–15]] as Cricket Australia looked to host the first day-night Test in [[New Zealand cricket team in Australia in 2015–16|2015 against New Zealand]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/story/754685.html |title=Australia's summer schedule released |first=Brydon |last=Coverdale | author-link = Brydon Coverdale|date=23 June 2014 |publisher=ESPN |work=Cricinfo |access-date=13 November 2014 }}</ref> This match took place at the [[Adelaide Oval]], [[Adelaide]] on 27 November 2015.<ref name="Adelaide">{{cite web|title=First day-night Test for Adelaide Oval|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/story/892403.html|access-date=29 June 2015|work=ESPNCricinfo}}</ref>

India's first pink ball match took place in Kolkata on 18 July 2016. It was CAB Super League Final between Bhowanipore Club and Mohan Bagan.{{citation needed|date=July 2016|reason=It is related to a nation progress|cricket=}} Mohan Bagan won the match by 296 runs. The [[2016–17 Duleep Trophy|2016 Duleep Trophy]] matches were played under the lights in [[Shahid Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex|Greater Noida]]. Feedback about the ball was that due to the brightness of the ball, the team handling the camera was able to track the pink ball better than the red. However, catching the ball in the deep during day-light was relatively difficult compared to the red ball.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/82400/pink-is-camera-friendly-but-a-day-night-test-far-away-are-the-findings-after-duleep-trophy |title=Pink is camera friendly, but a day-night Test far away |publisher=Cricbuzz |access-date=31 August 2016 }}</ref> In September 2016, the BCCI confirmed that there would be no day/night Tests in India during the 2016–17 season.<ref name="no">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/1059318.html |title=No home day-night Test this season - Thakur |access-date=27 September 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> Incidentally, the first day-night first-class match in India was held much earlier: in April 1997, the Ranji trophy final between Delhi and Mumbai was played at Gwalior under lights. A pink ball was not used, with play carried for five days using a white ball.

The second day/night Test took place between [[West Indian cricket team against Pakistan in the UAE in 2016–17|Pakistan and the West Indies]] on 13–17 October 2016.<ref name="PakWIN">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/37188256 |title=Pakistan and West Indies to play day-night Test in Dubai |access-date=7 October 2016 |work=BBC Sport}}</ref> In October 2016 the [[England and Wales Cricket Board]] (ECB) confirmed that the first Test between [[West Indian cricket team in England in 2017|England and the West Indies]] in August 2017 would be played as a day/night game.<ref name="EngWIN">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/story/1060666.html |title=Edgbaston to host England-West Indies day-night Test |access-date=7 October 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

[[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] played two day/night Tests in their home summer of 2016/17: one against [[South African cricket team in Australia in 2016-17|South Africa at Adelaide]] and one against [[Pakistani cricket team in Australia in 2016-17|Pakistan]] at [[The Gabba|Brisbane]].

On 7 March 2017, Cricket Australia confirmed that the first day/night [[women's Test match|women's Test]] would be played between [[Australia women's national cricket team|Australia]] and [[England women's cricket team|England]]. This was the sole Test of the [[English women's cricket team in Australia in 2017–18|2017–18 Women's Ashes series]] and was played at the [[North Sydney Oval]].<ref name="CA">{{cite web |url=http://www.cricket.com.au/news/womens-ashes-australia-england-schedule-announcement-day-night-test-brisbane-allan-border-field/2017-03-07 |title=Southern Stars set for historic day-night Test |access-date=7 March 2017 |work=Cricket Australia}}</ref>

==First international day/night matches by host country==
===Men's===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#bdb76b;"
! No. !! Date !! Host !! Away team(s) !! Venue !! Result
|-
|1 ||[[1979-80 Australia Tri-Nation Series|27 November 1979]] ||{{cr|AUS}} ||{{cr|WIN}} ||[[Sydney Cricket Ground]], [[Sydney]] ||{{cr|AUS}} won by 5 wickets
|-
|2 ||[[Australian cricket team in India in 1984-85|28 September 1984]] ||{{cr|IND}} ||{{cr|AUS}} ||[[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Delhi)]], [[Delhi]] ||{{cr|AUS}} won by 48 runs
|-
|3 ||[[Australian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1992|4 September 1992]] ||{{cr|SL}} ||{{cr|AUS}} ||[[R Premadasa Stadium]], [[Colombo]] || {{cr|SL}} won by 5 wickets
|-
|4 ||[[Indian cricket team in South Africa in 1992-93|7 December 1992]] ||{{cr|SA}} ||{{cr|IND}} ||[[Newlands Cricket Ground|Newlands]], [[Cape Town]] || {{cr|SA}} won by 6 wickets
|-
|5 ||[[Zimbabwean cricket team in New Zealand in 1995-96|3 February 1996]] ||{{cr|NZ}} ||{{cr|ZIM}} ||[[McLean Park]], [[Napier, New Zealand|Napier]] || {{cr|ZIM}} won by 21 runs
|-
|6 ||[[1996 Cricket World Cup|17 March 1996]] ||{{cr|PAK}} ||{{cr|SL}}, {{cr|AUS}} ||[[Gaddafi Stadium]], [[Lahore]] || {{cr|SL}} won by 7 wickets
|-
|7 ||[[1997-98 Singer Akai Champions Trophy|11 December 1997]] ||{{cr|UAE}} ||{{cr|ENG}}, {{cr|IND}} ||[[Sharjah Cricket Stadium]], [[Sharjah]] || {{cr|ENG}} won by 7 runs
|-
|8 ||[[1998 ICC KnockOut Trophy|24 October 1998]] ||{{cr|BAN}} ||{{cr|NZ}}, {{cr|ZIM}} ||[[Bangabandhu National Stadium]], [[Dhaka]] || {{cr|NZ}} won by 5 wickets
|-
|9 ||[[2000 NatWest Triangular Series|6 July 2000]] ||{{cr|ENG}} ||{{cr|WIN}}, {{cr|ZIM}} ||[[Bristol County Ground]], [[Bristol]] || {{cr|ENG}} won by 6 wickets
|-
|10 ||[[Zimbabwean cricket team in West Indies in 2006|10 May 2006]] ||{{cr|WIN}} ||{{cr|ZIM}} ||[[Darren Sammy Cricket Ground|Beausejour Cricket Ground]], [[Gros Islet]] || {{cr|WIN}} won by 10 wickets
|-
|11 ||[[2006-07 DLF Cup|12 September 2006]] ||{{cr|MAS}} ||{{cr|AUS}}, {{cr|WIN}} ||[[Kinrara Academy Oval]], [[Kuala Lumpur]] || {{cr|AUS}} won by 78 runs
|-
|12 ||[[Papua New Guinean cricket team in Oman in 2021-22|9 September 2021]] ||{{cr|OMA}} ||{{cr|PNG}}, {{cr|USA}} ||[[Al Amerat]], [[Muscat]] || {{cr|USA}} won by 134 runs
|}

==List of day/night Tests==
===Men's===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#bdb76b;"
! No. !! Date !! Home team !! Away team !! Venue !! Result
|-
|1 ||[[New Zealand cricket team in Australia in 2015-16#3rd Test|27 November–1 December 2015]] ||{{cr|AUS}} ||{{cr|NZ}} ||[[Adelaide Oval]], [[Adelaide]] ||{{cr|AUS}} won by 3 wickets

|-
|2 ||[[West Indian cricket team against Pakistan in the UAE in 2016–17#1st Test|13–17 October 2016]] ||{{cr|PAK}} ||{{cr|WIN}} ||[[Dubai International Cricket Stadium]], [[Dubai]] ||{{cr|PAK}} won by 56 runs
|-
|3 ||[[South African cricket team in Australia in 2016-17#3rd Test|24–28 November 2016]] ||{{cr|AUS}} ||{{cr|SA}} ||[[Adelaide Oval]], [[Adelaide]] || {{cr|AUS}} won by 7 wickets
|-
|4 ||[[Pakistani cricket team in Australia in 2016-17#1st Test|15–19 December 2016]] ||{{cr|AUS}} ||{{cr|PAK}} ||[[The Gabba]], [[Brisbane]] ||{{cr|AUS}} won by 39 runs
|-
|5 ||[[West Indian cricket team in England in 2017#1st Test|17–21 August 2017]] ||{{cr|ENG}} ||{{cr|WIN}} ||[[Edgbaston Cricket Ground]], [[Birmingham]] || {{cr|ENG}} won by an innings and 209 runs
|-
|6 ||[[Sri Lankan cricket team against Pakistan in the UAE in 2017–18#2nd Test|6–10 October 2017]] ||{{cr|PAK}} ||{{cr|SL}} ||[[Dubai International Cricket Stadium]], [[Dubai]] || {{cr|SL}} won by 68 runs
|-
|7 ||[[2017-18 Ashes series#Second Test|2–6 December 2017]] ||{{cr|AUS}} ||{{cr|ENG}} ||[[Adelaide Oval]], [[Adelaide]] || {{cr|AUS}} won by 120 runs
|-
|8 ||[[Zimbabwean cricket team in South Africa in 2017–18#Only Test|26–29 December 2017]] ||{{cr|SA}} ||{{cr|ZIM}} || [[St George's Park Cricket Ground|St George's Park]], [[Port Elizabeth]] ||{{cr|SA}} won by an innings and 120 runs
|-
|9 ||[[English cricket team in New Zealand in 2017-18#1st Test|22–26 March 2018]] ||{{cr|NZ}} ||{{cr|ENG}} ||[[Eden Park]], [[Auckland]] ||{{cr|NZ}} won by an innings and 49 runs
|-
|10 ||[[Sri Lankan cricket team in the West Indies in 2018#3rd Test|23–27 June 2018]] ||{{cr|WIN}} ||{{cr|SL}} || [[Kensington Oval]], [[Bridgetown]] || {{cr|SL}} won by 4 wickets
|-
|11 ||[[Sri Lankan cricket team in Australia in 2018–19#1st Test|24–28 January 2019]] ||{{cr|AUS}} ||{{cr|SL}} || [[The Gabba]], [[Brisbane]] || {{cr|AUS}} won by an innings and 40 runs
|-
|12 ||[[Bangladeshi cricket team in India in 2019–20#2nd Test|22–26 November 2019]] ||{{cr|IND}} ||{{cr|BAN}} || [[Eden Gardens]], [[Kolkata]] || {{cr|IND}} won by an innings and 46 runs
|-
|13 ||[[Pakistani cricket team in Australia in 2019–20#2nd Test|29 November–3 December 2019]] ||{{cr|AUS}} ||{{cr|PAK}} || [[Adelaide Oval]], [[Adelaide]] || {{cr|AUS}} won by an innings and 48 runs
|-
|14 ||[[New Zealand cricket team in Australia in 2019–20#1st Test|12–16 December 2019]] ||{{cr|AUS}} ||{{cr|NZ}} || [[Perth Stadium]], [[Perth]] || {{cr|AUS}} won by 296 runs
|-
|15 ||[[Indian cricket team in Australia in 2020–21#1st Test|17–21 December 2020]] ||{{cr|AUS}} ||{{cr|IND}} || [[Adelaide Oval]], [[Adelaide]] || {{cr|AUS}} won by 8 wickets
|-
|16 ||[[English cricket team in India in 2020–21#3rd Test|24–28 February 2021]] ||{{cr|IND}} ||{{cr|ENG}} || [[Narendra Modi Stadium]], [[Ahmedabad]] || {{cr|IND}} won by 10 wickets
|-
|17 ||[[2021–22 Ashes series#Second Test|16–20 December 2021]] ||{{cr|AUS}} ||{{cr|ENG}} || [[Adelaide Oval]], [[Adelaide]] || {{cr|AUS}} won by 275 runs
|-
|18 ||[[2021–22 Ashes series#Fifth Test|14–18 January 2022]] ||{{cr|AUS}} ||{{cr|ENG}} || [[Bellerive Oval]], [[Hobart]] || {{cr|AUS}} won by 146 runs
|-
|19 ||[[Sri Lankan cricket team in India in 2021–22#2nd Test|12–16 March 2022]] ||{{cr|IND}} ||{{cr|SL}} || [[M. Chinnaswamy Stadium]], [[Bangalore]] || {{cr|IND}} won by 238 runs
|-
|20 ||[[West Indian cricket team in Australia in 2022–23#2nd Test|8–12 December 2022]] ||{{cr|AUS}} ||{{cr|WIN}} || [[Adelaide Oval]], [[Adelaide]] || {{cr|AUS}} won by 419 runs
|-
|21 ||[[English cricket team in New Zealand in 2022–23#1st Test|16–20 February 2023]] ||{{cr|NZ}} ||{{cr|ENG}} || [[Bay Oval]], [[Mount Maunganui]] || {{cr|ENG}} won by 267 runs
|}

===Women's===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#bdb76b;"
! No. !! Date !! Home team !! Away team !! Venue !! Result
|-
|1 ||[[English women's cricket team in Australia in 2017–18#Only Test|9–12 November 2017]] ||{{crw|AUS}} ||{{crw|ENG}} ||[[North Sydney Oval]], [[Sydney]] ||Match drawn
|-
|2 ||[[India women's cricket team in Australia in 2021–22#Only WTest|30 September–3 October 2021]] ||{{crw|AUS}} ||{{crw|IND}} || [[Carrara Stadium]], [[Gold Coast, Queensland]] ||Match drawn
|}

==References==
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