WI have a different problem, they need a better team that can compete to get the people interested.
Day nights tests might not be enjoyed in WI
http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/759671.html
Whether the experiment - for that is what it will be - is permanent or not, it won't involve Tests in the Caribbean. The regional cricket centres are far enough to the west of the other cricket-playing countries that live television would be delivered at inhospitable hours. A local 9pm close of play would be 1 or 2 in the morning in England, an hour later in South Africa. Indians would have to watch from 10.30pm to 5.30am the next morning. A 10am-5pm day in the West Indies equates to 2 or 3pm-9 or 10 pm in the UK - ideal scheduling.
It's the reason why West Indies have staged no more than a couple of ODIs under lights and none for a decade. Even matches in the 2007 World Cup and the 2012 World T20 were daylight encounters.
For the recent three Tests against New Zealand, the WICB attempted to boost attendances by appreciably lowering ticket prices. By the time the series got to Barbados for the decider, US$5 was the most expensive.
Here was a contest between evenly matched national teams jostling for positions in the ICC rankings. It featured fascinating fluctuations from one match to the next, one day to the next, one session to the next, before New Zealand secured their 2-1 triumph nearing the end of the final day of the series. Only matches over five days without artificial restrictions can offer such ebb and flow.
A local 9pm close of play would be 1 or 2 in the morning in England, an hour later in South Africa. Indians would have to watch from 10.30pm to 5.30am the next morning
One might think it might have been enough to give a bit of a boost to the public's waning interest. Instead, there were rarely more than a couple of thousand in the stands for the five days at Queen's Park (capacity 22,000), about as many as would once turn out for a club match.
Day nights tests might not be enjoyed in WI
http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/759671.html
Whether the experiment - for that is what it will be - is permanent or not, it won't involve Tests in the Caribbean. The regional cricket centres are far enough to the west of the other cricket-playing countries that live television would be delivered at inhospitable hours. A local 9pm close of play would be 1 or 2 in the morning in England, an hour later in South Africa. Indians would have to watch from 10.30pm to 5.30am the next morning. A 10am-5pm day in the West Indies equates to 2 or 3pm-9 or 10 pm in the UK - ideal scheduling.
It's the reason why West Indies have staged no more than a couple of ODIs under lights and none for a decade. Even matches in the 2007 World Cup and the 2012 World T20 were daylight encounters.
For the recent three Tests against New Zealand, the WICB attempted to boost attendances by appreciably lowering ticket prices. By the time the series got to Barbados for the decider, US$5 was the most expensive.
Here was a contest between evenly matched national teams jostling for positions in the ICC rankings. It featured fascinating fluctuations from one match to the next, one day to the next, one session to the next, before New Zealand secured their 2-1 triumph nearing the end of the final day of the series. Only matches over five days without artificial restrictions can offer such ebb and flow.
A local 9pm close of play would be 1 or 2 in the morning in England, an hour later in South Africa. Indians would have to watch from 10.30pm to 5.30am the next morning
One might think it might have been enough to give a bit of a boost to the public's waning interest. Instead, there were rarely more than a couple of thousand in the stands for the five days at Queen's Park (capacity 22,000), about as many as would once turn out for a club match.
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