6 Day Tests!

[Vrock]

Pakistan are to ask for permission to stage six day tests, this will eliminate the problems that have occured due to bad light and early morning dew. Ensuring more overs are bowled.

Also Pakistan are to experiment with an orange ball! to increase sight of it against the lights.

BBC story here http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/4662572.stm

[Collyisamackem]

I wonder how much "more" or "less" the ball will "do" if it is orange.

[Uham]

Why orange.. I mean out of all the colors why ORANGE. If they are that despreate try some other color Orange dosnt look like a cricket ball.

[Vrock]

I think they want to keep it as close to "red" as possible, I suppose they want something that's pretty close to red in the colour wheel.

What colour would you suggest Uham?

[Ernest]

Originally Posted by uham

Why orange.. I mean out of all the colors why ORANGE. If they are that despreate try some other color Orange dosnt look like a cricket ball.

I think a "green" ball when England are bowling.

[DomainK]

How about a glowing ball. I mean a bulb inside the ball.

[Ernest]

LOL ok but to last one innings only , and as England are guests??

[ahsan32]

well it doesnt matter if we have pitches like we had in faisalabad for the test against india, tha test would not have finished in six days and the one in lahore would not finished in 10 days. it would put an extra burdon on the players and the board should try to look after its players

[Vrock]

ahsan32, the PCB want 6 day tests rather than 5 days because sufficient overs are not being bowled. Even if all possible hours, minutes, seconds (permitting to light) were bowled for five days in Pakistan you would not get 450 overs. This was not brought in to create more chance of results, it was purely brought in to allow for a sufficient level of overs being bowled.

[ahsan32]

which team would want to bowl 90 overs on a flat deck? they just slow proceeding down to get the tme out.