West Indies to host first day-night Test against Sri Lanka in June 2018

The final Test of the three-match series between West Indies and Sri Lanka will be a day-night encounter at the Kensington Oval in Barbados starting June 23.

West Indies will host their first ever day-night Test when Sri Lanka tour the Caribbean in June, cricket officials said on Tuesday.

West Indies will face Sri Lanka in their first-ever day-night Test in June 2018. (AFP)

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.

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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 on June 14 at St. Lucia.

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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.