Pakistan and Sri Lankan cricket boards are planning to organizing a day/night Test series at the end of this year in UAE.
The series between the two countries to be held later this in UAE will be held in December.
The two of three Tests on the tour are scheduled in Dubai and Abu Dhabi and these could be potential venues to host the day-night Test.
It has been learnt from an official of PCB that the talks are underway with Sri Lankan board. However, no decision has been made yet. Dubai sports city has also been made aware about the plan.
In October last year, ICC approved the recommendation of its Cricket Committee for day/night Test matches. Teams now have liberty to decide on whether to play a day or a day/night Tests. Both teams are allowed; to decide the timings of the play, the playing hours should be minimum six hours; and to decide the color of the ball.
PCB was one of the first boards who welcomed this decision of ICC along Cricket Australia. Pakistan Test Captain Misbah ul Haq also hailed the decision.
Pakistan has been experimenting this in domestic first-class Quaid-e-Azam trophy. The finals of 2010-11 and 2011-12 editions were played under floodlights.
The ICC last year approved the idea of day-night Test matches but left it to member boards to decide on the hours of play and the colour of the ball to be used. No board so far has considered playing day-night Tests, but the PCB has shown interest in trying out the format.
The board has organised day-night first-class matches and a few MCC fixtures in Abu Dhabi have also been played under lights.
Pakistan will host Sri Lanka in the UAE between December 2013 and January 2014 for a bilateral series that includes three Tests, five ODIs and two Twenty20s. The series, the second bilateral contest between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in the UAE, will be played in Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi.
The first Test has been scheduled for December 31 in Dubai, while Abu Dhabi and Sharjah will host the second and third Tests, from January 8 and January 16.
