Quote:England will play their first day-night Test match at home next year, the ECB has confirmed. The first Test of West Indies' tour, at Edgbaston on August 17-21, will be contested under lights with a pink ball in a move designed to try and increase attendances and drive interest in the oldest form of the game.

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Playing hours for the Test have been provisionally scheduled from 2pm until 9pm, with the final session set to take place under floodlights as the sun goes down. Dukes will continue to supply the ball; those used in the 2nd XI match at Edgbaston, in contrast to the Kookaburra version, featured a dark seam.

England and West Indies players had been assured they will be given opportunities to prepare for playing under lights. West Indies' third three-day tour match, which takes place in Derby the week before the first Test, will be played as a day-night match.