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MCC instructs ICC to curb time wasting, streamline the DRS process


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Gatekeeper of the cricketing laws, the MCC has called for ICC to speed up certain processes to tackle the increasing issues of slow over rate.

The MCC made certain recommendations following research into how much time was lost on each day's play during England's series against the Blackcaps in June. 

In their recommendations, they also called for umpires to be much more strict in enforcing the laws of the game relating to penalty runs for wasting time on a frequent basis. All the recommendations were made with a specific focus on Test cricket. Special emphasis was made on the below mentioned areas.

Speeding up the DRS process

To speed up DRS reviews, the MCC recommended:

"Standard protocol should be cut short as soon as the TV production team is aware that it will be not out. For example, time is often spent trying to discern an inside edge for lbws, only to see that the ball was missing the stumps. As soon as the ball tracking has been loaded, if it will result in a not-out decision, the TV umpire should be informed immediately."

Penalty runs for time wasting

 The MCC wants umpires to more actively enforce the laws of the game that are concerned with time wasting. Law 41.9 and 41.10, which deal with delays by the bowling and batting side respectively, allow the umpire to issue an official warning if they "consider that the progress of an over is unnecessarily slow, or time is being wasted in any other way", followed by five penalty runs for a repeat offence.

Regulating the bringing of drinks onto the field 

In their research, the MCC found out that during the Tests, drinks were "taken at scheduled times regardless of what happened in the previous hour e.g. even if wickets/reviews meant drinks had been taken recently. To cut down on time lost to this, it said drinks intervals should be adjusted to coincide with other naturally occurring breaks in play. 

"Drinks intervals should be taken immediately if a wicket falls or a DRS review is made within 15 minutes of their scheduled time, and not re-taken at the next scheduled break."


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