Time to get a clock

What cricket needs in order to better itself is a clock. Read more on Smoke Signals.

When the clock winds down to 00:00, if the bowling team has not completed its quota, then it will be punished (in any number of reasonable ways - which will be discussed separately). There is a simple way to do this : if there is a delay caused by the bowling team, the clock continues to run. If the delay is caused by the batting team, the clock will be stopped. Similarly, for actions of umpires, fall of wickets, ball going out of the ground etc… the clock will be stopped. Seems simple enough, but there are a couple of twists here : once the clock is running, the bowling team is free to deliver the ball, the batsman’s readiness or otherwise be damned.