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- Updated: December 18, 2016
Australia’s assistant coach, David Saker, has questioned the wisdom of an extra half hour being taken on the fourth evening at the Gabba as Australia sought in vain to wrap up victory over Pakistan.
The final session was already extended to make up for earlier rain, and Australia had claimed only two wickets in the two-and-a-half-hour session when the extra half hour was granted. They still needed three wickets to win.
The extra time meant the session ballooned to three hours and nine minutes, and Australia managed only one more wicket during that period, while Pakistan added 51 runs and went to stumps only 108 runs short of their monumental target of 490.
The ICC’s playing conditions state that “the umpires may decide to play 30 minutes (a minimum of eight overs) extra time at the end of any day (other than the last day) if requested by either captain if, in the umpires’ opinion, it would bring about a definite result on that day. If the umpires do not believe a result can be achieved, no extra time shall be allowed.”
The wording of the rule suggests that Australia’s captain, Steven Smith, would have to have requested the extra half hour from the umpires, but Saker believed Australia might have been better off ending the day’s play on time and coming back fresh on the fifth afternoon.
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