Illogical regulations
In England's freakish victory over West Indies in the first ODI, where coach Dyson called his players back after miscalculating the D/L par score, regulation took precedence over common sense once again, writes Vic Marks in the Observer :
Nishi Narayanan
25-Feb-2013
In England's freakish victory over West Indies in the first ODI, where coach Dyson called his players back after miscalculating the D/L par score, regulation took precedence over common sense once again, writes Vic Marks in the Observer:
No doubt there is a logic to the ICC regulations with which the umpires work during these one-day matches, but they do not appear to take into consideration that it gets dark quite quickly in the Caribbean and that teams in the field in the second innings of a close contest take longer than they should to bowl their overs. After the interruption for rain, common sense required the interval between innings to be 10 minutes rather than 30. Common sense also required the match to be played to its conclusion even if it was murky, but the regulations said something else and the umpires regrettably followed them.
In the Sunday Times, Simon Wlide hopes the England board will not be interested in John Dyson coaching the national side.
His ingrained negativity is the last thing this England team need; they are naturally cautious enough. In his time as coach with Sri Lanka and West Indies, not to mention as a crabby opening bat for Australia, Dyson has shown himself oblivious to cricket as entertainment.
Nishi Narayanan is a staff writer at ESPNcricinfo