OverratedSanity
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It wasn't a serious suggestion, I dgaf about over rates but I'm also loving the salt from the teams being penalised.
Play spinners lol.
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*Official* Fifth Test (The Oval, London) 27-31 July
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Play spinners lol.
OverratedSanity
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Yeah so they should have a cumulative clock for the entire day and punish teams if they don't get their overs in by scheduled end of day.
Oh.
morgieb
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I'm pretty sure they do yes. So do DRS delays etc.
OverratedSanity
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No. If you don't want concussion delays, don't bowl bouncers. If you end up having to bowl them, tough titties.
weeman27bob
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At the point in time that you should have bowled 75 overs, you should be restricted for how many fielders you're allowed behind square.
1-2 overs behind: Max 4 fielders
3-4 overs behind: Max 3 fielders
5-6 overs behind: Max 2 fielders
6-7 overs behind: Keeper only
8+ overs behind: you better bowl at the stumps
1-2 overs behind: Max 4 fielders
3-4 overs behind: Max 3 fielders
5-6 overs behind: Max 2 fielders
6-7 overs behind: Keeper only
8+ overs behind: you better bowl at the stumps
centurymaker
Cricketer Of The Year
Oh yes, it's 240 out of 270.
Australia got bailed out by the last second rule change. If England had declared on day 4 with 9 wickets down, it wouldn't have constituted bowling out opposition twice in 160 overs, hence Aus too would have coped a huge penalty.
RossTaylorsBox
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That's actually the best way to do it, there'll be a new set of problems though.
centurymaker
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When match referee checks for slow over-rate, all delays like above are discounted obviously, including time taken for DRS reviews and time taken by new batsman to arrive etc. 30 minute overtime is there for such things
morgieb
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I don't really care about over-rates much but a lot of people do feel shortchanged about 90 overs not being bowled in 6 and a half hours so I get why the ICC are cracking down on it.
WTC penalties aren't bad in theory....but the problem is that WTC just isn't a significant enough series compared to say the Ashes or the Border-Gavaskar Trophy to really discourage sides from avoiding bad over-rates. Sometimes missing out of the final because of bad over-rates can burn (see 2021), but I just don't think sides will care too much about missing out on a bad over-rate if it gets them a key series win. And then the over-rate rule could make the WTC more of a joke.
I worry also that if Bazball wins and becomes the preferred style of playing Test cricket having to focus on over-rates will lead to it becoming too hard to bowl outside of spinning conditions. I guess the flipside is that you can bowl out a side quicker though.
WTC penalties aren't bad in theory....but the problem is that WTC just isn't a significant enough series compared to say the Ashes or the Border-Gavaskar Trophy to really discourage sides from avoiding bad over-rates. Sometimes missing out of the final because of bad over-rates can burn (see 2021), but I just don't think sides will care too much about missing out on a bad over-rate if it gets them a key series win. And then the over-rate rule could make the WTC more of a joke.
I worry also that if Bazball wins and becomes the preferred style of playing Test cricket having to focus on over-rates will lead to it becoming too hard to bowl outside of spinning conditions. I guess the flipside is that you can bowl out a side quicker though.
Molehill
International Captain
Which again outlines the ridiculous stuff going on here - because if it was the last match of the cycle and it could impact a team qualifying for the Final.....
I wonder if England will complain or if they really don't care? I suspect it's the latter which means the ICC have ****ed up their competition.
Shri
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bc joel wilson barely has eyes
Molehill
International Captain
But the one thing it doesn't take into account is the fact that bowling spin overs takes far less time than seam. So therefore, it's not a level playing field.
Or maybe we should be expecting 18 overs an hour in the sub continent now.....
trundler
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Fairest objection raised so far
centurymaker
Cricketer Of The Year
Should add 'another' 30 mins to get all the overs in. It's a simple solution. That way there won't be an incentive for any team to deliberately waste time because it won't achieve anything.
If we can have 6.5 hrs of playing time, why not just bump it up to 7 hrs. It won't hurt anyone.
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centurymaker
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England don't care about WTC tbh. I have barely heard them talk about WTC in the last few yrs.
tbf they are the host of all wtc finals so they are happy to allow 'neutral finals' to keep everyone pleased lol.
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Victor Ian
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This overs **** is a ****ing joke. This has to be one of the most enjoyable and riveting series in a long long time. ICC, go **** yourselves. They are determined to kill test cricket. As a fan of test cricket, I am not after wham bam thankyou mam. That is for fans of the white ball. I LOVE the slowness of test cricket. And I think everyone who makes the claim... I paid for a ticket and demand 90 overs is a ****wit. No, you paid for your ticket so should demand entertainment. Rushing through overs is so ****ing boring. It's like that middle phase of ODI's that everyone uses to go take a **** and file your toenails.
trundler
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4 minutes per over is plenty for most pacers and teams are going to have a spinner to make up the difference in the vast majority of cases. In places like Centurion where spinners serve no purpose at all, the penalties wouldn't apply because matches finish in 3-4 days, rarely making it to the 5th.
The part timer argument is nonsensical and ass backwards. It's an entirely self inflicted and avoidable problem ffs. I think seaming wickets should be banned when SL tour anywhere because they're forced to bowl more of their ****ty pacers instead of their excellent spinners. The world should bend over backwards to accommodate them. This just leads to worse quality cricket.
The part timer argument is nonsensical and ass backwards. It's an entirely self inflicted and avoidable problem ffs. I think seaming wickets should be banned when SL tour anywhere because they're forced to bowl more of their ****ty pacers instead of their excellent spinners. The world should bend over backwards to accommodate them. This just leads to worse quality cricket.
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honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Spoken like a true salty loser of Bazball.
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
This is not logical.