English County Championship gears up for day-night games

ByReuters

Published 26/06/2017 at 09:51 GMT

June 26 (Reuters) - Nine day-night English County Championship matches start on Monday in a bid to help England players adapt to the conditions ahead of their first floodlit test match against West Indies in August.

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The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) approved in November for a round of four-day Championship fixtures to be played on a day-night basis, using pink balls with black seams.

The ECB is hoping the new format becomes a regular feature of the English domestic calendar.

Australia have hosted three day-night tests and the other pink-ball test match was Pakistan v West Indies in Dubai.

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