Assume India were X number of runs for 9 wickets down at 87.5 overs at 6:17, and then got all-out on the last ball of the over. Though two minimum overs remain to be bowled during the day, given the fact that 2 overs are taken out of the stipulated 90 at the end of an innings, and the fact that it's already past 6pm, and less than 5 minutes to go after the innings break, chances are the umpires would call it a day and start afresh the next day. (You can use the rough calculation of 5 minutes equaling an over, therefore ideally, teams should bowl all 90 overs in exactly 6 hours. In practice, this happens very rarely. Even in India or Sri Lanka when the spinners are on and overs are bowled quickly, the shorter days force play to be abandoned due to bad light).
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On a separate note, you're aware that after every 80 overs in any single innings, assuming the innings has gone on for that long, the bowling captain has the choice of using another new ball. The old ball is no longer used for the remainder of innings (although I wonder if pappubahry can interject with what the rules are in Tests for replacing balls, particularly in terms of whether they are allowed and/or do use previously used balls in the same match/series).
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Date: 2007-08-09 07:20 pm (UTC)Assume India were X number of runs for 9 wickets down at 87.5 overs at 6:17, and then got all-out on the last ball of the over. Though two minimum overs remain to be bowled during the day, given the fact that 2 overs are taken out of the stipulated 90 at the end of an innings, and the fact that it's already past 6pm, and less than 5 minutes to go after the innings break, chances are the umpires would call it a day and start afresh the next day. (You can use the rough calculation of 5 minutes equaling an over, therefore ideally, teams should bowl all 90 overs in exactly 6 hours. In practice, this happens very rarely. Even in India or Sri Lanka when the spinners are on and overs are bowled quickly, the shorter days force play to be abandoned due to bad light).
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On a separate note, you're aware that after every 80 overs in any single innings, assuming the innings has gone on for that long, the bowling captain has the choice of using another new ball. The old ball is no longer used for the remainder of innings (although I wonder if