subject: The Referees For The Sole judges Of The Bad Light [print this page] The judges will now be the sole judge of whether the light is likely to guarantee to play in one of eight changes to the rules of cricket, which comes into force on the first test between India and Australia.
Under the old rules, the two judges ask the batsmen if they wanted to continue when the light deteriorated.
The amendment seeks to reduce the amount of time lost as a drummer usually allowed the opportunity to leave the field.
"The next batter no longer have any influence on the decision, which was often made for tactical reasons," a statement from the Marylebone Cricket Club, which is responsible for those rules. The first test starts in Mohali this afternoon.
Umpires will now be the sole judges of whether the light is fit to allow play in one of eight amendments to the rules of cricket which will come into effect on Friday.
Under the previous regulations the two umpires would ask the batsmen if they wished to continue when the light deteriorated.
The amendment is aimed at reducing the amount of lost time as batsmen usually accepted the option to leave the field.
"The batting side will no longer have any say in the decision, which was often made for tactical reasons," a statement from the Marylebone Cricket Club, which is responsible for the rules, said on Thursday.
Under the previous regulation of the two arbitrators ask the batsman if they wanted to continue as the light deteriorated. The amendment seeks to reduce the amount of time lost by the batsmen generally accepted the option of leaving the field. "The next batter will no longer have a say in decision
