Bad light ends day early....again
Sadly the England batsmen accepted the offer to go off for bad light in non-dangerous circumstances. I won't bang on about the craziness of the bad light law given the huge amount of protective gear now worn by batsmen. But I'm pleased I didn't go up to Old Trafford - a ground that I've never been to - despite not working today! I did give it some consideration but this sort of thing means that I, and people like me, will continue to stay at home....I'm not sure how that can be helpful in the attempts to boost Test cricket.
On another note, why is Nasser obsessed with calling Ian Botham "Sir Ian" - surely he can just call him Ian or Both?!?
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As I understand the present (idiotic) bad light rule, the batsmen have no say in whether or not to go off: it's entirely up to the umpires, who seem to have a very strange interpretation of what is "dangerous".
Oh yes, I think you're right. At least the players can't be blamed. I'd like to understand why the interpretation of dangerous differs between forms of cricket. They play in poor light and rain/wet conditions in twenty20 but it in a Test they go straight off...
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