Only six matches to be played under lights
Published:Monday | November 2, 2009 | 9:27 AM
Chief Executive Officer of the International Cricket Council (ICC), Haroon Lorgat, has blamed broadcast considerations for only six of the matches in next year’s Twenty/Twenty World Cup being played under lights.
Lorgat says it was a major bone of contention between the world governing body and the regional organising committee of the competition.
The semi-finals in St Lucia and the Final in Barbados, of the women’s competition, will be virtually day/night matches scheduled to start at 4.00pm in the afternoon and finish at 7.00pm in the evening.
The West Indies’ opening match of the competition against South Africa on April 30, 2010 at the Guyana National Stadium is set to start at 5.00pm in the afternoon and conclude at 8.00pm in the evening.
Two other matches, South Africa versus one of the ICC Associate qualifiers on May 5, 2010 in Barbados, and the last of the Super Eight matches on May 11, 2010 in St Lucia, will also follow the 5-8pm schedule.
Pakistan are the reigning Twenty/Twenty champions, following victory over Sri Lanka in the Final of this year’s competition in England.
West Indies reached the semi-finals of the competition, where Sri Lanka knocked them out.