Quote Originally Posted by Notts78 View Post
The issue with ‘rain days’ is that the knock on effect it would cause. Do you do it just for test cricket? Or does it filter in to first class cricket? I haven’t looked at Lancashires fixtures, but will they need the pitch preparing over the next few days?
What the ICC needs to sort out is the inflexible nature of start and end times. If 90 overs need to be bowled a day and the day is glorious sunshine, bowl the 90 overs. If there is rain we can play until 7.30pm, yet if no rain we finish at 6.30pm regardless.
In the sub continent, it starts going dark earlier. Yet they start play at 11am. Again, why not start at 10am? It’s crazy. Fans in this country pay the best part of 70/80 quid for a ticket but don’t get the full days play.
Thanks for the explanation but still think more could be done even if rain if forecast couldn’t shorten the match accordingly?