Floodlit (day/night) 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 (day/night) 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. Beginnings of floodlit cricket Floodlit cricket began in Australia when Kerry Packer organised the World Series Cricket competition in the late 1970s for his television company Nine Network. On 28 November 1978 the very first day/night match was played at Adelaide between WSC Australia and the WSC West Indies, a match in which the WSC Australia won by five wickets batting under the floodlights. Very quickly day/night cricket went from strength to strength and even when the WSC ended in 1979 Australia started playing official ODI's under floodlights. The first official floodlit match took place less than one year after the WSC event with Australia again beating the West Indies by five wickets. By 1985 most ODI's in Australia were being played under lights at night. Day/night cricket in England and Wales 1997–1999 Day/night cricket has been played in England and Wales since July 1997. Since then it has become a major part in the English cricket season with day/night matches played in the NatWest Pro40 League (40 overs), the main competition in which day/night cricket was played alongside day matches but also floodlit matches are played in the Twenty20 Cup (20 overs) and in the Friends Provident Trophy (50 overs) although only grounds which have paramount floodlights and the final of the Twenty20 Cup are day/night matches staged in these competitions. Also England have hosted day/night ODI's (50 overs) at various grounds around England and Wales every season since 2000. Day/night cricket in England and Wales started in 1997 when three counties Surrey, Sussex and Warwickshire took the brave step of deciding to each stage one home fixture from the than known AXA Life Sunday League using temporary floodlights. The first official day/night match was due to take place at the Oval on 26 June 1997 between Surrey and Nottinghamshire; however, the match was abandoned due to heavy rain without a ball bowled and so the honour of staging the first day/night cricket match in England and Wales then fell to Edgbaston,