Cricket West Indies officials are hopeful that Sabina Park in Jamaica will be able to host its first day-night Test when Australia visit for the third match of their series in July.
Tickets for the series went on sale earlier this week, and the third Test is listed as a day-night encounter, with a 1.30 pm local start time, following two red-ball matches in Barbados and Grenada. However, making it a pink-ball Test remains dependent on the completion of floodlight upgrade works to bring the venue up to international standards.
Sabina Park has never hosted any day-night international cricket due to the poor quality of the lights.
Cricket Australia is supportive of the Test being a day-nighter, and it’s understood that officials will visit Jamaica as part of a pre-tour inspection this month. Australia has never played a day-night Test overseas.
“The Australians have agreed for it to be a day-night Test match,” Chris Dehring said at a press conference on Monday. “It is, of course, subject to the new lighting system that’s being implemented at Sabina Park, that it is finished in time and, of course, to specification
“We have in place a very strong monitoring and support system to help the Jamaica Cricket Association and the Jamaican government achieve this. We are certainly looking forward to hosting the very first day-night match.”