GotSpin
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Yeah the umpires need to take charge. Not to mention the substitutes too
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*Official* Fifth Test (The Oval, London) 27-31 July
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Shri
Mr. Glass
bc won't this just make the over longer and lead to an infinite loop
Shri
Mr. Glass
spinners mother****er. use them
Molehill
International Captain
The problem is, it's not really the same limits for a match in Sri Lanka as it is in England.
England and Australia have just produced arguably the most entertaining Test Series for 20 years played in front of full houses. England have been rewarded with less than the W Indies managed from a rain affected draw in a 2 Test series that was watched by virtually no one.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
It really shouldn't be.
Deliberate time-wasting is one thing that does need to have a mechanism to punish and discourage.
Having to constantly think about the over-rate or even worse, having captains bowl part-time spinners to catch up if they fall behind, is IMO 1000% worse than losing five overs in a day, though.
GotSpin
Hall of Fame Member
No. I’d rather lose 100 overs a test than have captains pick spinners just to get through the overs quick enough
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Haha I'm not sure I've ever seen it outside CW. Maybe Uzzie is a secret member.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Led to the hilarity of 2008 BG series when Ponting bowled White and Clarke(??) to start a game breaking session though.
Molehill
International Captain
I think minus 2 as Aus finished their first innings at the end of the day. Aus effectively got less of a fine (despite their bowling rates being pretty much identical) because England scored faster.
RossTaylorsBox
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A time clock for every ball would be a bad idea because the rate doesn't need to be constant throughout the entire day to get through the minimum number of overs. The complaints are about the total overs bowled in a day, nobody really gets mad that a particular ball or over took too long to bowl, it's cumulative.
trundler
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90 overs a day is not at all an unapproachable standard. It's been done with 4 pacers even. I have no sympathy for any team failing to meet this minimum standard out of their own incompetence. You shouldn't be in a situation where you have to bowl a part timer to catch up to begin with. If you do end up there, tough titties.
GotSpin
Hall of Fame Member
The batting team slow down the overrates too though
Prince EWS
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Nah giving one team an absolutely massive incentive to slow the game down won't backfire at all, you're being silly.
trundler
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Umpires exist and have clocks. I agree that there should be some measure to prevent batsmen from wasting time too. It's not a perfect system but it is a step in the right direction.
GotSpin
Hall of Fame Member
Clocks are a bad idea too if you mean timing each over
again, it’s on the umpires to keep the game going. God knows they don’t really do much
Prince EWS
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trundler
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Nah I meant they should take note of batsmen ****ing around and account for that. Think they do so already but this should definitely be taken into consideration and penalised where appropriate.