Do you care about over rates enough to support penalties?

[Spikey]

but then England didn't get a chance to make that up because of their batting performances

 

[Daemon]

Would awarding runs based on the number of overs short x run rate work

Match ref to hand out demerits for obvious time wasting cases like going out to bat with two right hand gloves etc

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

I've accidentally gone out with my pants on backwards, honest mistake I reckon.

 

[Daemon]

I've accidentally gone out with my pants on backwards, honest mistake I reckon.

I’d like to see you bat with no pants

 

[Line and Length]

Fines should suffice. To an extent, batsmen can affect the over rate. For example, if they are scoring freely and fieldsmen are frequently recovering boundary shots or if there is a left/right handed combination requiring frequent field changes.
Australia's tactic of attacking Leach in the 1st Test meant fewer overs of spin were sent down, hence a slower over rate.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Too bad I already blocked you from my OnlyFans

 

[Midwinter]

In T20 match or a ODI teams dont have any problems bowling the required overs in the allotted time despite high scoring.

So why cant they bowl the required overs in a test ?

 

[Immenso]

Should be docked 1 penalty run every time a mid-off or mid-on fires the ball back at the keeper. So that the second slip can shine it....

 

[Immenso]

On more serious note. I voted yes yo docking WTC points. But the amount they can get docked is way out of whack for points available from a match.

 

[Victor Ian]

Would awarding runs based on the number of overs short x run rate work

Give the batting team the number of runs scored in their X best overs as extras.
I imagine short overs are a problem because it means less adds, which is where most money comes from.

I hoped to scour the commentary to see if I could see where the time was wasted, but couldn't find time stamps. They should include that so we can all point the finger.

 

[Starfighter]

In T20 match or a ODI teams dont have any problems bowling the required overs in the allotted time despite high scoring.

Yeah they do. ODIs here often finish a at least couple of overs overtime and T20s (BBL and internationals) seem to get more protracted each year.

 

[Bijed]

If a slow over-rate is deliberate in a cynical, time-wastey way then yes I care, but you'd need the punishment to affect the current match (plus fines/bans if you want to). Tbf I don't feel like this is something that happens much anyway.

Otherwise, it's not something that I actually massively care about, although the "spectators don't care if they see 90 overs or 86" is a bit glib. Obviously I don't care about the specific number of overs I see (I'm not about to go all "I paid for 90 overs and saw 89. I demand a refund!") but it does start to lessen the experience a little bit in the moment when you're watching someone like Shannon Gabriel trudge slowly back to their mark in about twice the time anyone else takes. It's only minor, but my point is it's easy to not care about that sort of thing at all if you're watching on TV/cricinfo, forgetting that the spectators in the ground might have a different view of things.

 

[Spikey]

In T20 match or a ODI teams dont have any problems bowling the required overs in the allotted time despite high scoring.

So why cant they bowl the required overs in a test ?

they do all the time. part of the reason for The Hundred is pretty clearly to get the game actually wrapped up in 3 hours. the original T20 rules had something there for run penalties if the over rate wasn't good enough but they got removed at some point

 

[tony p]

The umpires should be docked 50% of their pay for allowing it to happen.
So often they just stand there while watching the 12th man bring on drinks, towels, aftershave, newspapers.

They are mainly to blame for it, they don't give decisions anymore, but they could at least get both the batting & fielding teams into position much quicker.

 

[Starfighter]

To answer the OP, yes I do.

 

[TheJediBrah]

I’d like to see you bat with no pants

Try having a bat with pants on, not easy

 

[trundler]

Over-rate penalties are an essential deterrent against dreadful 60 over days and deliberate time-wasting. Don't think that's even up for debate.

 

[Spikey]

and yet almost none of the over-rate penalties they have in place combat that

 

[Athlai]

and yet almost none of the over-rate penalties they have in place combat that

When was the last 60 over day? (non rain affected)

 

[TheJediBrah]

yet when it's ball tampering he gets to take down the vice captain and a rookie too?

You've had some utterly horrendous takes lately