South Africa unhappy over playing in poor light

Brian Basson, the United Cricket Board's operations director, has said that South Africa are unhappy with the way Steve Bucknor and Billy Doctrove, the umpires, applied the bad-light laws on the fifth day of the second Test at Durban.

"I wasn't in Durban myself, but I watched the Test on TV and I wasn't happy with the state of affairs," Basoon told supercricket.co.za. "I don't think the umpires were consistent over the course of the five days." He has conveyed his disappointment to the ICC.

Basoon said that there was no definite rule regarding poor light when the stadium's artificial lights are in operation. "When the ICC and the umpires met to discuss the rules, they decided that as soon as the flood lights took over from natural light, it would be unfair to continue batting."

Shane Warne trapped last-man Makhaya Ntini leg before with 43 balls remaining in the day to give Australia an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the series with one Test to play.