Day-night Test cricket made its debut in Adelaide in November 2015 and Australia-New Zealand were the first two teams to play it and over the years Pakistan, West Indies, Sri Lanka, England, and South Africa too have made their debuts in this format.
And now the number one ranked Test side India is also set to make their debut in this format against Bangladesh in Kolkata this week. Australia has been the most successful team in day-night Test cricket and teams like New Zealand and England too have done well. Here are all the numbers and facts you need to know about day-night Tests.
All the numbers and facts you need to know about Day-Night Test cricket :
Results -
Test 1 - Australia beat New Zealand by 3 wickets at Adelaide, 2015
Test 2 - Pakistan beat West Indies by 56 runs at Dubai, 2016
Test 3 - Australia beat South Africa by 7 wickets at Adelaide, 2016
Test 4 - Australia beat Pakistan by 39 runs at Brisbane, 2016
Test 5 - England beat West Indies by innings and 209 runs at Birmingham, 2017
Test 6 - Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by 68 runs at Dubai, 2017
Test 7 - Australia beat England by 120 runs at Adelaide, 2017
Test 8 - South Africa beat by innings and 120 runs at Port Elizabeth, 2017
Test 9 - New Zealand beat England by innings and 49 runs at Auckland, 2018
Test 10 - Sri Lanka beat West Indies by 4 wickets at Bridgetown, 2018
Test 11 - Australia beat Sri Lanka by innings & 40 runs at Brisbane, 2019
Result summary -
Australia - 5 wins from 5 matches
Sri Lanka - 2 wins, 1 loss from 3 matches
New Zealand - 1 win, 1 loss from 2 matches
England - 1 win, 2 losses from 3 matches
South Africa - 1 win, 1 loss from 2 matches
West Indies - 3 losses from 3 matches
Zimbabwe - 1 loss from 1 match
Highest totals -
579/3d - PAK vs WI at Dubai, 2016
514/8d - ENG vs WI at Birmingham, 2017
482 - SL vs PAK at Dubai, 2017
450 - PAK vs AUS at Brisbane, 2016
442/8d - PAK vs ENG at Adelaide, 2017
Most runs -
456 - Azhar Ali
405 - Steve Smith
335 - Asad Shafiq
307 - Usman Khawaja
303 - Alastair Cook
Highest individual scores -
302* - Azhar Ali vs WI at Dubai, 2016
243 - Alastair Cook vs WI at Birmingham, 2017
196 - Dimuth Karunaratne vs PAK at Dubai, 2017
145* - Henry Nicholls vs ENG at Auckland, 2018
145 - Usman Khawaja vs SA at Adelaide, 2016
Highest batting averages (Min 150 runs) -
101.50 - Darren Bravo (203 runs)
91.20 - Azhar Ali (456 runs)
65.33 - Shaun Marsh (196 runs)
60.75 - Peter Handscomb (243 runs)
60.60 - Alastair Cook (303 runs)
Most hundreds -
2 - Asad Shafiq
1 - 14 other players
Most wickets -
26 - Mitchell Starc
21 - Josh Hazlewood
18 - Yasir Shah
17 - Nathan Lyon
16 - Trent Boult
Best bowling figures in an innings -
8/49 - Devendra Bishoo vs PAK at Dubai, 2016
6/23 - Pat Cummins vs SL at Brisbane, 2019
6/32 - Trent Boult vs ENG at Auckland, 2018
6/70 - Josh Hazlewood vs NZ at Adelaide, 2015
6/184 - Yasir Shah vs SL at Dubai, 2017
Best bowling averages (Min 10 wickets) -
11.38 - Pat Cummins (13 wickets)
12.50 - Trent Boult (16 wickets)
17.53 - Suranga Lakmal (13 wickets)
17.85 - James Anderson (14 wickets)
17.90 - Devendra Bishoo (10 wickets)
Most five wickets haul -
2 - Trent Boult
2 - Yasir Shah
1 - 10 other players
