ICC approves trial use of pink ball in Tests hit by bad light

Key points

• The ICC has approved a trial in Test cricket that would allow a switch from the red ball to the pink ball when bad light threatens play, with floodlights used to maximise the chances of completing overs.
• The move, cleared at the Board's annual meeting in Ahmedabad, will apply only if both participating teams agree to it before the start of a series.
• The decision was part of a wider set of playing-condition changes passed during the two-day meeting.
• The ICC Board also approved allowing head coaches onto the field during drinks intervals, gave match officials access to Hawk-Eye data when considering illegal bowling actions, and confirmed the permanent adoption of the leg-side wides trial.
• The Board also suspended Cricket Canada for serious breaches of its membership obligations and delegated senior ICC officials to oversee the Bangladesh Cricket Board elections.