The Anonymous Widower

Ashes To Ashes

I was listening to the end of the Fifth Test on TMS  last night and the way it ended was disgraceful.  But then Jonathan Agnew felt the same here on the BBC, He wrote this in the article.

The way the fifth and final Ashes Test finished on Sunday evening leaves one both speechless and angry.

For the bad-light regulations to force the umpires to take the players off the field with England needing just 21 runs off 24 balls for the victory, in front of a full house at The Oval, with millions watching and listening at home on the edge of their seats, is an absolute disgrace.

There are many of us who have talked to people at the ICC about this. We have told them what was likely to transpire.

We obviously need rules for the umpires, but they must be ones that work and everybody respects.

As it stands now, we will see more players and fans cheated of exciting finishes.

I can’t help thinking that some of these running out of time problems with cricket would be helped by moving the clocks to get lighter evenings in the summer.

But then the Lighter Later legislation was talked out by the politicians.

August 26, 2013 - Posted by AnonW | Sport | Cricket, Daylight Saving Bill