Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
This rule has been tinkered with many times. I've never heard of it being anything other than 90, but as you can see by the fact I'm asking the question, I don't know the ins-and-outs. IIRR, it's featured:
What I want to know was - when was the rule first used? I'm presuming sometime in the 1980s. Though if anyone knows of any other permutations that it's covered (not inclusive of the provision for, say, 20 overs having been lost on the opening two days which can then be made-up on the third and fourth) that'd be welcome too.
- X overs per day must be bowled regardless of finish time and can only be reduced by play being stopped.
- X overs per day must be bowled (barring lost play) and there's the scheduled six plus one extra (if needed) hour in which to get these in - this hour can also be used to make-up, say, 37 minutes which were lost.
- X overs per day must be bowled (barring lost play) and there's the scheduled six hours plus an extra half-hour in which to get these in - but if play is delayed you can add an additional (up to) half-hour.
What I want to know was - when was the rule first used? I'm presuming sometime in the 1980s. Though if anyone knows of any other permutations that it's covered (not inclusive of the provision for, say, 20 overs having been lost on the opening two days which can then be made-up on the third and fourth) that'd be welcome too.