gadj1976 wrote:FlyingHigh wrote:Australia's over rate was a disgrace.
82 over in 6.5 hours, no weather interruptions, not extreme heat, no significant injury interruptions and not being belted all over the park.
All countires do it, ICC are gutless
^ This, sh1ts me to the back teeth!
Cricket in general is struggling to keep people interested and then they go and do this. They should be made to either 1, keep playing till they bowl 90 or come back the next day, early and start bowling the extra 7 overs they missed the day before.
But this then brings it's own problems.
They tried making teams bowl all overs at one stage in the 80's and 90's - Alan Border reckoned the Windies used this as a tactic when they were bowling - they prepared themselves to play that long, but the batting side for all intents and purposes had batted for a day/6 hours and then had to bat for another 15 overs.
Coming back the next day becomes a problem if conditions change, the batting team might not get the chance to take advantage of a log, hot afternoon, or the next morning may be better bowling conditions.
Suspend the captain for two breaches, which they did for a while, but I believe have gone away from.
