page_title: Day/night cricket in England
section_title: ODI day/night cricket in England and Wales
hierarchical_section_title: Day/night cricket in England / ODI day/night cricket in England and Wales
caption_attribution_description: English: Media Centre at SWALEC Stadium
context_page_description: Floodlit Cricket is cricket played under floodlights at night. The use of floodlights in cricket matches has helped to bring much investment into the game both at a national and an international level since it began in 1977. Today floodlit cricket is played in most of the test playing nations although some nations only started hosting day/night matches in the last 10 to 14 years.
context_section_description: One Day International day/night cricket has been played in England since 2000 however its development in England and Wales has been very limited because until 2005 none of England’s One Day Grounds had paramount floodlights and so temporary lights had to be used. The very first One Day International to be played under floodlights in England was on 6 July 2000 between Zimababwe and the West Indies in front of 7,000 people at Gloucestershire’s County Ground at Bristol, a match which the Zimbabwe won by six wickets. England played their home match under lights a week later at Trent Bridge, a match in which they romped to victory against Zimababwe and the match was over at 7.30 pm and the lights were barely needed. In 2006 Glamorgan’s County Ground in Cardiff staged the first ODI Day/Night match to be played in Wales and also became the first ODI in England and Wales to be played under paramount floodlights. Since 2000 there has never been more than three ODI’s played under lights in England and Wales in the same year however in 2009 England will host four-day/night ODI's against Australia  which marks the first increase in the number of ODI's to be played in England under floodlights due to Trent Bridge installing paramount floodlights. As of May 2008 only two of England one day grounds have paramount floodlights, the Rose Bowl and Cardiff however Trent Bridge will become the third in August 2008 and when day/night matches are held away from these grounds temporary lights have to be used.
  In the 2008 Season England will play three One Day Internationals under lights at home against South Africa at Cardiff and Headingley and Trent Bridge.
  In the following is a list of the Grounds in England and Wales that have staged Day/Night ODI’s since 2000
caption: Floodlights in SWALEC Stadium
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