FR - Making up lost time in Test Matches

[neilwilkes]

In real tests, when time is lost due to weather or light, the lost overs are generally made up in the following days.
Why is this not reflected?

Also - for Bad Light, this should no longer be offered, as the umpires decide in real tests.
Again, why is this not reflected?

[halleluigah]

in the game there are already more than 90 overs bowled in a day i think, so that covers some.

and about bad light umpires never do it at their own; first they have to ask batsmans and if they want to keep playing then the umpires have to continue the game

[Themer]

No they don't as the OP said the umpires now just take you off when they think its got too dark; they don't ask.

[neilwilkes]

in the game there are already more than 90 overs bowled in a day i think, so that covers some.

Not really.
If I lose 2 hours to rain, the game should allow the lost overs to be made up as they do in the real world. 90 overs/day is the minimum - it goes up when time is lost.

and about bad light umpires never do it at their own; first they have to ask batsmans and if they want to keep playing then the umpires have to continue the game

Again, no.
These days the batting or fielding side has no say in the matter - umpires use light meters. set a benchmark & stick to it - stupidly, IMHO.

[Chris Child]

I decided to keep the umpire's offer of the light because I think the rule will be changed soon. It's one of those ones that you can see causing a massive problem soon (players taken off needing one run for a victory because the light-meter says so). If the rule stays for a while I'll patch this. I took the same decision with the sub rule in ODIs because it was obviously poor.

I'll take a look at what we do for time taken out of the day.

[neilwilkes]

I decided to keep the umpire's offer of the light because I think the rule will be changed soon. It's one of those ones that you can see causing a massive problem soon (players taken off needing one run for a victory because the light-meter says so). If the rule stays for a while I'll patch this. I took the same decision with the sub rule in ODIs because it was obviously poor.

I'll take a look at what we do for time taken out of the day.

Thanks for the clarification, Chris. Really appreciated and also good to know you're keeping an eye on things here too.

FWIW, the light meter rule is silly.
Only seems to apply in Test Matches - I have seen situations in a test - only the other week in fact (England V Bangladesh) where the light was far better than it had been in a T20 match earlier in the week - yet the test match got stopped because a meter said so.
As Bob Willis says - the laws of the game say it should be dangerous.
Common sense should apply in reality here.

Having said that, I understand why they changed this as taking the light became a tactic in certain circumstances - and teams played to get the light offered (England batting in the dusk at Karachi, anyone?).

I have no idea what the rule should be though.....

[Sureshot]

Should be at the behest of the batsman and no one else, he's the one with a rock hard apple travelling towards him at high speeds!

The sub rule - Ah, that was terrible :D