Mister Wright
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
It always amazes me on rainy days that the lunch break is never shifted. It was ridiculous in today's shield game that they went off the field for an hour, there was 40 minutes of playable weather and then they returned for about 20 minutes and it started raining again.
I don't understand why the lunch break is so sacred. Fair enough after the first 2 hours of play on a day the players deserve a 40 minute rest, but it's a bit ridiculous in a rain affected game when the players have been off the field for a full day and have started an hour late that after 1 hours play they require a 40 minute break.
I also remember it happening at a test match at the 'Gabba against India when the first 4 days were heavily affected by rain. I think it was the 2nd day when they were on the field for barely half an hour before lunch, they then spent 40 minutes in the dressing rooms for lunch, while the spectators were watching lunch time entertainment on the field, then upon resumption there was about 2 overs before the rain started once again.
It's a bit of a joke and something that must be looked at imo.
I don't understand why the lunch break is so sacred. Fair enough after the first 2 hours of play on a day the players deserve a 40 minute rest, but it's a bit ridiculous in a rain affected game when the players have been off the field for a full day and have started an hour late that after 1 hours play they require a 40 minute break.
I also remember it happening at a test match at the 'Gabba against India when the first 4 days were heavily affected by rain. I think it was the 2nd day when they were on the field for barely half an hour before lunch, they then spent 40 minutes in the dressing rooms for lunch, while the spectators were watching lunch time entertainment on the field, then upon resumption there was about 2 overs before the rain started once again.
It's a bit of a joke and something that must be looked at imo.