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5th test the oval


Fleagle said:
The umpires have the authority to get a grip.

41.9.2 If either umpire considers that the progress of an over is unnecessarily slow, or time is being wasted in any other way, by the captain of the fielding side or by any other fielder, at the first instance the umpire concerned shall
- if the ball is in play, call and signal Dead ball.
- inform the other umpire of what has occurred.

The bowler's end umpire shall then
- warn the captain of the fielding side, indicating that this is a first and final warning.
- inform the batters of what has occurred.

41.9.3 If either umpire considers that there is any further waste of time in that innings by any fielder, the umpire concerned shall
if the ball is in play, call and signal Dead ball. inform the other umpire of what has occurred.
The bowler's end umpire shall then
either if the waste of time is not during an over, award 5 Penalty runs to the batting side and inform the captain of the fielding side of the reason for this action
or if the waste of time is during the course of an over, direct the captain of the fielding side to suspend the bowler immediately from bowling.
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My solution.....
Take the difference between overs bowled and 90 overs and multiply it by the run rate .
If you're scoring at 4 an over and only 78 bowled then 4x12 = 48 'default' runs added.
It's bad enough when teams drag their backsides with slow play in football over a 90 minute game. Doing that for days at a time in a test match is both torture and bloody unfair on the paying fans.
 
LynchMob said:
I have already said that each session should be 30 overs, no set time for lunch and tea breaks until the overs have been bowled and the last session should be completed light permitting, hunger might wake a few players up! Tough if the players have a restaurant reservations booked! Something has to be done to make sure that the paying public get moneys worth, not every day is going to have nearly 400 runs and 9 wickets!
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That penalises the spectators too. We can’t all stay late and we don’t all want to. And also, as we know when we discuss this with football, at least some of the time, time wasting is not done inadvertently it’s an unfair tactic to slow the game down to the offending side’s benefit. Just playing on without penalty means they get to employ this unfair tactic with impunity.

To deter this, as to deter any in-game cheating, needs an in-game sporting penalty severe enough to offset the perceived benefit. If the umps had the guts to apply law 41 and suspend tardy bowlers for the rest of the innings it would stop in an instant. As they never will, I think it has to be run penalties. Any overs under in a session is runs to the batting side.
 
Fleagle said:
That penalises the spectators too. We can’t all stay late and we don’t all want to. And also, as we know when we discuss this with football, at least some of the time, time wasting is not done inadvertently it’s an unfair tactic to slow the game down to the offending side’s benefit. Just playing on without penalty means they get to employ this unfair tactic with impunity.

To deter this, as to deter any in-game cheating, needs an in-game sporting penalty severe enough to offset the perceived benefit. If the umps had the guts to apply law 41 and suspend tardy bowlers for the rest of the innings it would stop in an instant. As they never will, I think it has to be run penalties. Any overs under in a session is runs to the batting side.
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While not disagreeing with your point 10-12 runs a day is hardly a severe punishment mind. England wiped that deficit out in one over yesterday.
 
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