Brisbane: The Australian team wants a review of the bad light rule after early stumps were called in apparently reasonable conditions on the first two days of their ongoing Test against New Zealand due on plea of bad light.
A similar incident happened in their Johannesburg Test against South Africa. Hours were lost and a day's play was abandoned when a reading was taken in shadow at one end of the pitch.
Under new playing conditions, it is up to the umpires to decide whether the light is unsafe. In the past, the players were offered a choice, but gamesmanship and time wasting resulted in the decision being taken from them.
The umpires must take a light reading when they abandon play for the first time in a game and then will do the same when the machine shows the same reading at any other stage in the match.
Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland met the match referee to find out why the first day's play was called off for bad light when there was blue sky overhead.
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