By John Mehaffey
LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - Floodlit day-night test cricket receded further into the distance on Friday when the International Cricket Council (ICC) said at least 18 months' research needed to be done on different coloured balls.
"We are not as clear as we thought we were," ICC general manager of cricket Dave Richardson told Reuters after a two-day meeting of the ICC's cricket committee at Lord's.
"Some are saying the orange ball is better, others are saying the pink ball is better, there are some who are saying this shade of pink is better than that shade of pink".
"There's a lot of anecdotal evidence so we are at the stage where we say 'let's get the scientists to tell us'".
Richardson told a news conference earlier that he hoped the research would be concluded in 18 months' time to allow the ICC to trial the coloured ball in domestic cricket. Link
