 The MCC has introduced new laws in the game of cricket which will allow the umpires
more power to decide whether or not the light is bad in the cricket match.
this will also mean that the batsmen will have no say in the matter and the going
off the park for bad light will be solely at the discretion of the umpire.
Earlier, what would happen is that once the light would begin to fade away,
the batsmen would look at the umpire and the umpire would get together, look
at the light meter and then ask the batsmen whether they wanted to go off. This
would mean that for a particular level of light, the batsmen may or may not
accept the light and walk off, depending on the kind of situation that the side
was in.
Now, all of that has been consigned to the backburner. What will happen is
that the side will have no say, and once the light deteriorates, the umpires
will get together and decide whether they want the teams to continue.
According to the new laws the play could only be called off if the light was
dangerous to the batsmen. It was also said that the players could not leave
the field when the lights were being switched on.
There were some other laws that were changed as well. For one, the MCC has
decided that a fielder will be allowed to take the catch in the manner that
he flicks the ball over the boundary, and then goes over the boundary himself
before returning back and holding on to the ball. However, the fielders will
not be allowed to start from outside the boundary in the first place.
Earlier, the batsmen running on the track or the fielders doing so would get
two warnings. On the third such transgression the opposition would be awarded
five runs. According to the new law, the batsmen and the fielders will be allowed
only one warning before the team would be penalised five runs.
Another rather surprising change to the law is the bowlers will now not be
allowed to practice with the match ball before the start of the spell. So, that
means that the bowlers will not be allowed to bowl to the fielder as a part
of shadow-bowling give that is said to damage the ball and waste the time.
|
