Trader wrote:Not sure where it came from but I would agree, Webb Oval is due for a new deck.
kookas wrote:Trader wrote:Despite no rain overnight, a few games starting to get called off already....very disappointing.
who do you play for Trader?
I play E-grade for one of them Eastern Suburbs clubs.
Shark_Hunter wrote:beeroclock wrote:If games started under light rain then they should not have started at all. Rules state that play does not start until the rain has completely stopped. Umpy payments are $105 for a start compared to a $30 call off if no play is possible due to possible wicket damage and bowler safety. Games started with light rain for sure. Laws are laws.
I think you'll find that rule is no longer in there. I may be wrong in relation to ATCA but it was certainly changed in international, domestic and I think even grade cricket. They realised it is ridiculous to rule out playing when it might only be a very light shower....
Interesting Shark, I thought it was as BeerO'Clock suggested, IE: You can play through light rain, but you can't start during it (either the start of the game or after a drinks break/session break). If it is raining (no matter how light) you had to wait before starting.
Our game got underway when it was dry, drizzle came in about the 2nd or 3rd over and stayed till about the 10th, then was fine after that.
Pitch got warn in the footmarks but the middle of the wicket was fine.
Nowhere ion the wording does it say that the umpires cannot restart play while it is raining. It is up to the umpires to decide whether the weather and light is "suitable" for play to recommence. Granted that most of the time if it is raining the decision will be not to start play, however both captain may object to the umpires ruling and choose to start play.
The following was taken from the Lords wesbite:
3-B Fitness of conditions for playIf there has been an interruption of play because of rain, can play be resumed while it is still
raining? Could a match be started in rain?The major consideration for the umpires will be the condition of the surface, especially for
the bowler’s run ups and the batsmen’s footholds, but also in the outfield. Whatever their
judgment of that, it is unlikely that they would regard playing in the rain as suitable conditions.
If, however, both umpires consider that the conditions of the ground, of the weather or of the
light are neither unreasonable nor dangerous, there is no reason in Law to forbid play, even in
light rain, if both captains agree that they wish play to resume or to commence.