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Australia v South Africa 3d Test Sydney Day 1 Close
Australia elected to bat
AUS 147-2 (47 overs) Labuschagne 79 Khawaja 54 no Nortje 2-26

(02-01-2023 14:40 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  Pakistan v New Zealand Lahore Day 3 Close
New Zealand elected to bat
NZ 449 (90 overs) Conway 122 Latham 71 Blundell 51 Henry 68 no Williamson 36 Ajaz 35 Naseem 4-149 Abrar 3-71 Salman 3-75
Pakistan 407-9 (132 overs) Shakeel 123 no ul-Haq 83 Rizwan 78 Salman 41 Ajaz 3-88 Sodhi 2-94

^^ A dreadful pitch, with zero pace in it. New Zealand took 4-12 late in the day, Pakistan still trail by 42 runs. Shakeel has so far faced 336 balls, after taking 42 to get off the mark yesterday. He has sat in against Henry & Southee, scoring mainly off the spinners.

Easy to see now just how impressive it was for England to get a clean sweep in their test series in Pakistan.

AUS v SA 3rd Test Sydney Day 2 Close
AUS 475-4 (131 overs) Khawaja 195 no Smith 104 Labuschagne 79 Nortje 2-55

PAK NZ 2nd Test Day 4 Close
NZ 449 Conway 122 Naseem 4-149
PAK 408 (133 overs) Shakeel 125 no Ajaz 3-88 Sodhi 3-95
NZ 277-5 dec (82 overs) Bracewell 74 no Blundell 74 Latham 62 Williamson 41
PAK 0-2 (2.5 overs) Target 319

(05-01-2023 14:12 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  PAK NZ 2nd Test Day 5
NZ 449 Conway 122 Naseem 4-149
PAK 408 (133 overs) Shakeel 125 no Ajaz 3-88 Sodhi 3-95
NZ 277-5 dec (82 overs) Bracewell 74 no Blundell 74 Latham 62 Williamson 41
PAK 304-9 (90 overs) Sarfaraz 118 Masood 35 Sakeel 32 Salman 30 Babar 27 Bracewell 4-75 Southee 2-43 Sodhi 2-59
Target 319
Match drawn

^^ All results were possible, as bad light ended the match with 3 overs still remaining.

Three overs. Maybe 10 or 15 minutes
I mean FFS .
Talk about denying a result due to having to go off a set light meter reading from previous days.
How about apply some common sense and let the jeopardy play out?

Get some extra torches out

(06-01-2023 19:55 )Snooks Wrote:  Three overs. Maybe 10 or 15 minutes
I mean FFS .
Talk about denying a result due to having to go off a set light meter reading from previous days.
How about apply some common sense and let the jeopardy play out?

Get some extra torches out

I agree 100% I get how we arrived at the situation where the issue of playing conditions in terms of light - good/bad was taken out of the players hands, but surely umpires need to show a lot more common sense and sensibly use their discretion (the ICC laws allow for that - I am almost certain of it) in a situation like this!

Ironic isn't it that the officials considered the conditions to be unplayable in this instance when it seemed (allowing for cameras being able to brighten the image) that they were a in a different world to when the then umps (Bucknor etc I think) allowed play to continue in Nasser Hussain day in virtual pitch black, due to Pakistan delaying tactics. If players are frustrated now with the regulations, they only have themselves (or their predecessors) to blame for abusing the right they had at the time to determine whether they wished to continue or not - yes Umps had to offer the light in those circumstances - but still, players played the system which led to todays regulations.