Hooper
ICC Board Member
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Probably because it leads to some bizzare results. And it disadvantages one team sometimes.
Except that's going to tear up the pitches and make maintain a decent strip a hell of a lot harder than need be the case.its not a rule as such, but i got warned twice for it:
we were batting 2nd (out of 2) and i was in bat and after playing my shot, i happened to run down the middle of the pitch. i didnt realise i was doing it until the grumpy umpy told me i was. i got a warning, a little later i did near enough the same thing. warned again. to be fair i was out about 2 balls later but i thought, i'm batting @ 8 and there are only a few wickets left in the game. if we were batting first, i would have accepted that i may have been trying to gain an advantage when we bowl, but the fact that we were batting second really peeved me
basically, i think common sense should prevail there if the team is batting second
On one hand, whether or not its intention, it would lead to the same problem as batsmen being allowed to run on the pitch - extra deterioration of the conditions of the pitch, and extra difficulty in maintenance.Bowlers being cautioned for running on the pitch. THEY DON'T DO IT ON PURPOSE!
Oh, and I wish umpire's would be less strict on wides for spinners in ODIs that pitch in line and turn past leg stump.
Absolutely agree - this would be close to the rule that most annoys me.The current law on chucking. It's an absolute mess & can only ever be applied retrospectively.
Shabbir Ahmed was found to be exceeding the permitted degree of flexion when he helped to bowl England out in the first test of 2006/7 tour & duly banned for 12 months, but the result still stands!
The trouble is the technology to accurately judge the degree of a bowler's elbow flexion doesn't yet exist &, in the current climate, no umpire who has any long term ambitions to stay in the game is going to no-ball anyone for it.
Put simply, floodlights ≠ sunlight. That's why ODI balls are white.Bad light offered in test matches in ground where there is floodlights.
Did you watch the FPT Final? It turned into an absolute farce on the 2nd day. Durham and their fans had travelled a long way down to London and a lot of them had transport waiting for them on the Saturday night. There wasn't many of their fans at Lords on the Sunday, which was a shame considering it was their first trophy. The 2nd day is an anti climax and takes away the magic of the game.If the game is close, then they should play into the next day if that day is available. Especially in cup matches and International matches. Give everyone free admission for the next day, you will see a good attendance still.
Yep and it won't work because the on field umpire has to make a really terrible decision for the third umpire to even consider changing it.The rule I hate most is this silly umpire referral thing they tried in the Friends Provident trophythis season, I hope it never sees the light of day again. If the umpire sticks his finger up, you are out, no arguments.
The laws do allow for balls pitching outside off to be given lbw, regardless of shot played. What they protect against is the ball hitting the batsman outside the line of the stumps. I think this is fair. The kinds of things that bring that part of the law into the game are Shane Warne bowling on the fourth day into the rough around the wicket to the left handers. The batsman is expecting that trajectory and so he should be playing at that line as much as possible.LBWs for balls pitching out-side off, regardless of a shot attempt, should be out (provided of course the ball would hit the stumps) - for ODIs and Tests.
The laws do allow for balls pitching outside off to be given lbw, regardless of shot played. What they protect against is the ball hitting the batsman outside the line of the stumps. I think this is fair. The kinds of things that bring that part of the law into the game are Shane Warne bowling on the fourth day into the rough around the wicket to the left handers. The batsman is expecting that trajectory and so he should be playing at that line as much as possible.
You also want the laws to give added value to playing the ball, because that's cricket.
Did you watch the FPT Final? It turned into an absolute farce on the 2nd day. Durham and their fans had travelled a long way down to London and a lot of them had transport waiting for them on the Saturday night. There wasn't many of their fans at Lords on the Sunday, which was a shame considering it was their first trophy. The 2nd day is an anti climax and takes away the magic of the game.
Note that wolfy say's 'If it's close' that game was not close, Hampshire had 5 wickets left to get 150 off 20 overs, so i'd be in favour of a regulation that meant that if you are more than 80 runs off the D/L par when the rain comes, and you are 5 wickets down, that's it, game over.
And how exactly do you determine whether its a close match? If it has to be a captain's agreement, then I couldn't of seen Shane Warne surrendering the FPT Final at 177-5 overnight. 2nd day is a farce, as other people have said, it's a One Day match because it takes place on one day.Exactly. If the match is in the balance, go into a reserve day. If it is not, then finish it there with the D/L.