Derbys to end 'sun-stopped-play'
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someblokecalleddave
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Re: Derbys to end 'sun-stopped-play'
Blimey - only in England would that happen! Surely this isn't a common reason for games to be stopped is it? Was it late in the afternoon/Evening - as that kind of makes sense if the light is low in the sky - but then surely someone should have thought about that when they designed the wicket? I mean on our practice wickets I considered this when designating the direction the wickets run!
Blimey - only in England would that happen! Surely this isn't a common reason for games to be stopped is it? Was it late in the afternoon/Evening - as that kind of makes sense if the light is low in the sky - but then surely someone should have thought about that when they designed the wicket? I mean on our practice wickets I considered this when designating the direction the wickets run!
Norm the whale
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Re: Derbys to end 'sun-stopped-play'
It only started happening a few years ok, so my guess would be that someone on the landscape changed or got pulled down.
What I want to know is, will they be cutting out the existing square and rotating or simply laying a new one on a different angle?
It only started happening a few years ok, so my guess would be that someone on the landscape changed or got pulled down.
What I want to know is, will they be cutting out the existing square and rotating or simply laying a new one on a different angle?
Norm the whale
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Re: Derbys to end 'sun-stopped-play'
Found a photo of the problem:
Found a photo of the problem:
someblokecalleddave
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Re: Derbys to end 'sun-stopped-play'
Dude 119 - there's a massive variation in where the sun comes up and goes down here in the UK - probably due to the fact that we're miles away from the equator - you might not have such a problem in India. On Dec 21st (Winter) the sun rises ESE and sets WSW so the days are really short and the further North you go the shorter the days and the more southerly the sun. Then in the summer we have far longer days with almost 18 hours of light and the sun rises more ENE and sets WNW. So if you're not aware of this and go and stick a wickets somewhere without this taken into consideration you'll end up with the situation described. I'd imagine that as John Ad says something was removed - trees or a building?
Dude 119 - there's a massive variation in where the sun comes up and goes down here in the UK - probably due to the fact that we're miles away from the equator - you might not have such a problem in India. On Dec 21st (Winter) the sun rises ESE and sets WSW so the days are really short and the further North you go the shorter the days and the more southerly the sun. Then in the summer we have far longer days with almost 18 hours of light and the sun rises more ENE and sets WNW. So if you're not aware of this and go and stick a wickets somewhere without this taken into consideration you'll end up with the situation described. I'd imagine that as John Ad says something was removed - trees or a building?
mas cambios
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Re: Derbys to end 'sun-stopped-play'
It makes sense that something was removed but it may also be because they started to play cricket later into the evening?
It makes sense that something was removed but it may also be because they started to play cricket later into the evening?
Suave
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Re: Derbys to end 'sun-stopped-play'
It's only been an issue, since they started extending day's play.
The ground and surrounding environment haven't changed, day/night cricket, and later finishing times have caused the problem.
When it was built, games never went beyond 5.30, and the sun doesn't set that early during the summer.
It's only been an issue, since they started extending day's play.
The ground and surrounding environment haven't changed, day/night cricket, and later finishing times have caused the problem.
When it was built, games never went beyond 5.30, and the sun doesn't set that early during the summer.
swghayward79
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Re: Derbys to end 'sun-stopped-play'
there you go then lol, should not have messed with the times
there you go then lol, should not have messed with the times