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They can do break talk for advertisers after the match .This doesn't make sense to me
Nobody will care after the match... People will get on with their lives...
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ICC continues to prove why it is and always will be a gutless and second rate organization. It honestly does sound like a ridiculous rule . I hope a match is rained out in these circumstances , so the pundits and fans can tear them from limb to limb.

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ICC continues to prove why it is and always will be a gutless and second rate organization. It honestly does sound like a ridiculous rule . I hope a match is rained out in these circumstances ' date=' so the pundits and fans can tear them from limb to limb.[/quote'] Opposite can also be true. If no lunch was taken and India score those 15 runs fast and then rain comes, people will say TECHNICALLY we were supposed to take break and if rain came and a tie happened, so be it. Rules and protocols are there for a reason. Sometimes (like in today's case) it may not make sense. But they are there to ensure fairness (technically speaking) for all teams. When rules are clear, any team can calculate how many overs can be roughly bowled before lunch and try to knock those runs within those overs if needed.
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Opposite can also be true. If no lunch was taken and India score those 15 runs fast and then rain comes, people will say TECHNICALLY we were supposed to take break and if rain came and a tie happened, so be it. Rules and protocols are there for a reason. Sometimes (like in today's case) it may not make sense. But they are there to ensure fairness (technically speaking) for all teams. When rules are clear, any team can calculate how many overs can be roughly bowled before lunch and try to knock those runs within those overs if needed.
Better to have the game decided without external factors as much as possible I m sure in your scenario, nobody will complain as better team won anyway. But if they get denied by rain due to this rule that's worse
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Better to have the game decided without external factors as much as possible I m sure in your scenario, nobody will complain as better team won anyway. But if they get denied by rain due to this rule that's worse
Yes I would be annoyed if the game had got tied. But I was talking about why the authorities followed the rules. When you let arbitrary decisions to take place, it may look logical in one situation (like this) but may be contentious in others. So its better to have set rules and then periodically review it and make changes in order to remove glitches like these. Like if a team is within certain runs for victory/wickets for victory, lunch can be stretched for certain overs.
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Opposite can also be true. If no lunch was taken and India score those 15 runs fast and then rain comes, people will say TECHNICALLY we were supposed to take break and if rain came and a tie happened, so be it. Rules and protocols are there for a reason. Sometimes (like in today's case) it may not make sense. But they are there to ensure fairness (technically speaking) for all teams. When rules are clear, any team can calculate how many overs can be roughly bowled before lunch and try to knock those runs within those overs if needed.
A lot of folks mistake fairness with desirable outcomes. There are times when both these do contradict and therefore, you go with the former rather than the latter.
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Yes I would be annoyed if the game had got tied. But I was talking about why the authorities followed the rules. When you let arbitrary decisions to take place, it may look logical in one situation (like this) but may be contentious in others. So its better to have set rules and then periodically review it and make changes in order to remove glitches like these. Like if a team is within certain runs for victory/wickets for victory, lunch can be stretched for certain overs.
Yeah I was criticising the rule, not the umpires for following it They should have a break between innings no matter when the 1st innings ends imo. That also allows team the time to plan better
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Yeah I was criticising the rule, not the umpires for following it They should have a break between innings no matter when the 1st innings ends imo. That also allows team the time to plan better
That's a simpler approach. Agreed.

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