Former English captain Nasser Hussain has expressed his disappointment with regards to International Cricket Council’s rule regarding bad lights, and urged the ICC to revisit the ‘bad light’ laws after the opening day of first England vs West Indies Test was forced to finish prematurely.
The bad light has been affecting the Test cricket matches over the years and the same happened during the first day of the opening Test of the three-match Test series between England and West Indies at the Ages Bowl – which marked the return of international cricket after Coronavirus-forced 3-month hiatus.
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The officials had to call off the Wednesday’s play due to bad light and rain which saw only 17.4 overs being bowled on the first day of the first Test in Southampton and the renowned commentator Hussain wasn’t happy with that saying the officials should use the artificial lights to get on the game.
ICC leaves it “solely for the umpires together to decide” whether bad light means that “it would be dangerous or unreasonable for play to take place” and the cricketer-turned-commentator wasn’t happy with it, calling for a change in the rule after another day of a Test match became a victim of the same, saying the players and umpires can make better use of the floodlights in such situation.
He believes that the umpires must make the most of the presence of floodlights to get on with the game in a situation where it’s not raining like in Southampton that happened on Wednesday.
Hussain said on Sky Sports Cricket: “It’s one thing you have to try and explain to somebody new to the game. You spend a lot of money on lights, turn the lights on and go off for light. On this occasion, they’ve gone off for rain. It is something eventually that I’d like the ICC to change really.”
He concluded, “They might say ‘You’re a retired player’ and (talk about) stats, but look at that, the lights are on. If it wasn’t raining now, maybe the players could buy into the fact that the game needs to keep selling itself and if you can stay on, do stay on.”
(With PTI Inputs)
