Colombo (February 06, 2018): The West Indian cricket official said on Tuesday that they will host their first ever day-night Test against Sri Lanka in June.The final Test of the three-match series will be a day-night encounter at the Kensington Oval in Barbados starting June 23, said Sri Lanka Cricket.
Sri Lanka departs for the West Indies in late May and will play a two-day warm-up match before the opening Test starting June 6 at the Queen´s Park Oval in Trinidad and Tobago.The West Indies have played two day-night Tests but never on home soil. Sri Lanka made their pink-ball Test debut against Pakistan last year in the United Arab Emirates.
Australia hosted New Zealand for the first-ever Test played under lights with a pink ball at the Adelaide Oval in November 2015.
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