Windies will play SL in first ever pink ball Test on home soil

In a historic move, West Indies will play their first ever day-night Test on home soil which will also mark the first ever five-day game for Sri Lanka at the iconic Kensington Oval in June this year, announced the West Indies Cricket Board.

In a historic move, West Indies  will play their first ever day-night Test on home soil which will also mark the first ever five-day game for Sri Lanka at the iconic Kensington Oval in June this year, announced the West Indies Cricket Board.

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 depart 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 second Test gets under way June 14 at St. Lucia.

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.