As the push for day-night Test cricket accumulates force the world over, West Indies have concurred on a basic level to play a pink-ball Test against Pakistan in the UAE in September, ESPNcricinfo has learned. The WICB were at first hesitant yet the PCB's offer of a practice match and instructional meetings under lights seems to have changed its psyche.
The PCB likewise proposed to reconsider the arrangement of the visit to three Tests, three ODIs and three T20Is, from the prior arrangement of two Tests, five ODIs and two T20Is, as per the FTP.
The Pakistan board has been quick to have a day-night Test and made an offer in 2013 to play one against Sri Lanka in UAE. The proposition, nonetheless, was declined with absence of practice with the pink ball refered to as the reason. Not long ago, Pakistan consented to a day-night Test against Australia in Brisbane in December.
The PCB is likewise set to present ten day-night matches in its approaching top of the line season, which begins in September. The arrangement will be actualized in Quaid-e-Azam Trophy matches, including the semi-last and last, to guarantee each top group is familiar with the requests of long-frame cricket under lights.
The PCB had additionally weighed up Sri Lanka as an option venue to host West Indies, to counter the developing costs in UAE, which has been host to Pakistan's home arrangement for 10 years now. The proposition of playing outside UAE had risen after the Pakistan Super Alliance was held in Dubai and Sharjah in February; it cost the PCB more than US$ 3 million (Pakistan rupees 31.4 crore approx) to organize the competition more than two weeks. The thought, in any case, was dropped subsequent to evaluating the disadvantage of playing in Sri Lanka amid the storm.
Pakistan has to a great extent remained a no-go zone for global groups since Walk 3, 2009, when shooters assaulted the Sri Lankan group transport amid the Lahore Test. From that point forward, the UAE has facilitated a lion's share of Pakistan's home arrangement, with just Afghanistan and Zimbabwe going by Pakistan for one arrangement each.
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