Being the first Kent captain to have faced a pink ball under the floodlights at Canterbury, Geraint Jones is uncertain as to whether the trial will work out.

Kent have been used to host the first ever Championship game to be played under the floodlights with the pink ball.

The ECB and MCC have been for some time to trial the conditions with a view to playing Test match cricket in the future with the later start time, but Jones feels there needs to be more work done with the ball before it can be considered a certainty:

“I think the game has been affected by the slowness of the wicket with the ball having a bit of an effect on the game as it doesn’t really seam or swing.”

“It also lost a bit of conditon and ended up scuffing and almost ended up being white. That’s probably to do with the time frame they have had to make the ball and my suggestion would be to make the ball a brighter pink.”

“You have to realise that you can’t blaze the ball around like you can with the red ball, so you have to adjust your game accordingly.”

Some fans have been critical of starting at 2pm each day with a scheduled close time of 9pm and Jones admitted it did seem to have had an effect on how many people that had been attending:

“Under lights there hasn’t been much atmosphere and talking to some of the Glamorgan guys it has all the feel of a benefit game.”

Starting at 2pm has seen a revision in most players schedules, but Jones feels it has its benefits:

“It has given me time to chase the sheep ready for the ram and I’m sure some of the younger guys have enjoyed the later start time as it probably fits in with their lifestyle a bit more.”

“One suggestion I’d make would be to move the 40 minute break at 6:20pm as it seems odd that we have lunch, play for two hours and then have 40 minutes.”

Finishing at 9pm every evening means it is getting quite chilly for fans and Jones told KSN how he has seen a first at a cricket ground:

“It has been quite strange looking around the ground under the lights and I can’t say too often that I’ve seen spectators sitting in sleeping bags!”