India-Pakistan T1-Day6(-worma)

Yes, Bhajji and Kumble can be bowling in tandem to Inzy and Sami on a day 6 pitch. ICC is considering the option of increasing the length of test matches in Pakistan to 6 days, going by the amount of time lost in the tests of the ongoing English series. And this because both the morning and evening conditions have made it almost impossible to recover any lost time.

Playing in floodlights is still a valid option, but Jonathan Agnew highlights the problems with that provision.

Since there is always a team on the defensive in a Test match, this meant that as soon as the artificial light took over from the natural light, it was in one team's interests to go off the field.

Ofcourse the new 6 day rule is still being considered for matches in Pakistan, no hints yet of how soon they can come into force.

Update: Saurabh Wahi, one of our regulars, says that ICC is once again shying away from addressing the actual problem(slow over rates) and in the process creating meaningless changes into the game.

As a proof, here is a *small* list of test matches played in Pakistan(and some of them not very long ago) where more than 450 overs were bowled in the match (and presumably these were also played in the same winter time frame)

	Vs	season	Ground		Balls
450 overs or more
	NZ	1955/56	Lahore		3189
	Eng	1961/62	Lahore		2711
	Eng	1961/62	Dhaka		3142
	Eng	1961/62	Karachi		2975
	Aus	1964/65	Karachi		2855
	NZ	1964/65	Lahore		2718
	Eng	1972/73	Lahore		2753
	Eng	1972/73	Hyderabad (Sind)		2864
425 to 450 overs
	Ind	1954/55	Lahore		2595
	Aus	1998/99	Peshawar		2605
	Aus	1998/99	Karachi		2662
	SL	1999/00	Rawalpindi		2599
	Eng	2000/01	Karachi		2582
	SA	2003/04	Faisalabad		2646

He also umm..asks...'does the ICC not have computers'?