Ready for a night under lights

The West Indies women are preparing to play their first day-night game in international cricket on Tuesday in the second one-dayer against Pakistan.

Ann Browne-John, coaching the West Indies, said that the team had discussed and prepared themselves for cricket under lights. "We have had a lot of discussion about it," Browne-John said. "I have tried to discuss with them all that they should expect and all that we will expect to happen in the day-night game, and hopefully once they put their heads to it, they will be successful."

West Indies beat Pakistan by seven wickets in the first one-day international, after the Pakistan women struggled to 142 for 8 in their allotted 50 overs. The coach was effusive in her praise.

"They did just as I expected, they played very efficiently. They bowled well and very, very economically," Browne-John said. "Pakistan never got a chance to dominate the bowling and once they had bowled out Pakistan for a low score, then I knew it was going to be a matter of time before we won the game, because they really batted sensibly."