There are supposed to be a minimum of 90 overs bowled each day unless:
a) An innings finishes, in which case 2 overs are taken out of the equation during the 10 minute changeover.
b) The playing conditions state that the day's play has to end at a particular time, even if the stipulated amount have not been bowled.
It's interesting you bring it up today because the playing conditions here stated that regardless of how many overs had been bowled, play was to end at 6:30pm latest. As it happened, England were on course to finish bowling the stipulated 90 by the original scheduled close of play of 6pm, but they got lethargic during the latter-half of the day and ended up bowling 89 overs by 6:29pm. The umpires had a choice to either stop play then, or go ahead, as they did, and finish the 90 overs. I don't think however, they would've done the same thing had only 88 or fewer overs had been bowled. (Of course, had there been rain, then the 6:30pm late finish would've gone out the window and they would've tried to fit in play as late as the light and conditions held up). Another of cricket's wonderful idiosyncrasies.
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Date: 2007-08-09 07:09 pm (UTC)a) An innings finishes, in which case 2 overs are taken out of the equation during the 10 minute changeover.
b) The playing conditions state that the day's play has to end at a particular time, even if the stipulated amount have not been bowled.
It's interesting you bring it up today because the playing conditions here stated that regardless of how many overs had been bowled, play was to end at 6:30pm latest. As it happened, England were on course to finish bowling the stipulated 90 by the original scheduled close of play of 6pm, but they got lethargic during the latter-half of the day and ended up bowling 89 overs by 6:29pm. The umpires had a choice to either stop play then, or go ahead, as they did, and finish the 90 overs. I don't think however, they would've done the same thing had only 88 or fewer overs had been bowled. (Of course, had there been rain, then the 6:30pm late finish would've gone out the window and they would've tried to fit in play as late as the light and conditions held up). Another of cricket's wonderful idiosyncrasies.