whufc wrote:Realistically though does it change your viewing experience much whether its 90 overs or 86 overs. .
I reckon they should make 90 overs mandatory, and just extend the last session until it's complete.
Most days would only fall a handful of overs short of 90 at a guess, so you're talking like extra 20-30min?
Either that, or make every 1st and 3rd session 2.5hrs.
If you've got to bowl the overs, you'll do it.. just like T20 and their time constraints.
Not sure it's all on the cricketers with over rate though - tv rights, advertisements etc.. they need their air time. If cricketers were racing between overs in 30 seconds all day, wouldn't be time for commercial breaks and advertisement.