Citing a match played under lights with a pink ball between Durham and the MCC in Abu Dhabi earlier this year, the committee argued that the time for experimentation and delay was over.
“We should not delay in presenting day-night Test cricket as an option for those Test-playing countries that are struggling to attract an audience," said John Stephenson, the MCC assistant secretary.
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"We say this form of the game is viable now. We proved it in Abu Dhabi with the four-day game under lights.”
"It was the perfect experiment, and demonstrated this game should go ahead now.”
"We don't need another 18 months of research. The world of cricket is ready. It should not wait; the time is now."
One member of the committee composed largely of decorated former players is Steve Waugh, and he was heartily supportive of night test cricket's immediate introduction.
"I think it will be great," Waugh said.
"There is always going to be resistance to change, because it takes people out of their comfort zone.”
"But I think as a player I would love it, embrace it - a day/night Test match, and the chance to be part of history."
While crowds for the five-day game have held up well in England, in countries such as India attendances for Test matches have been in decline for several years.
One long-proposed solution is day/night Test cricket where spectators can attend once the working day is finished, with one-day internationals under lights having proved popular with crowds all round the world since they were pioneered in Australia some 30 years ago.
"Test cricket needs these things to get people back watching it," insisted Waugh.
An argument against day/night Tests has been that, with a standard red ball too difficult to see under the floodlights, the white ball now used in all one-day internationals would not stand up to the rigours of a five-day game.
But the MCC, historic custodian of the laws of the game, argued persuasively that cricket must make the leap with the pink ball trialled in Abu Dhabi and also in Australia last summer.
