What the laws of cricket stateAfter a law change in 2010 that removed the role of the captains, umpires are sole arbiters of whether conditions are fit. Law 2.7 states: “Conditions shall not be regarded as either dangerous or unreasonable merely because they are not ideal. The fact that the grass and the ball are wet does not warrant the ground conditions being regarded as unreasonable or dangerous . [They are] dangerous if there is actual and foreseeable risk to the safety of any player or umpire.” On the first day of the first Test against Pakistan, the umpires decreed that the light was too poor for the batsmen to face fast bowling and England had to use their spinners. Light meters

Source: The Times August 17, 2020 16:07 UTC