DRINKS BREAKS

STATUS

Something together now.

SUMMARY

Revise the drinks breaks regulation to make it useful and meaningful.

PROPOSAL (DRINKS BREAKS)

CURRENT REGULATION

DRINKS BREAKS
9.6 Nil
9.7 Nil
9.8 It will be the responsibility of the Captains and Umpires to ensure that drinks are taken.
9.9 Extra drinks breaks on hot weather days are encouraged.
9.10 Captains will agree about the timing and frequency of extra drinks breaks in extreme heat conditions prior to the start of play on any playing day.
9.10.1 Refer to Appendix H Hot Weather Guidelines.


PROPOSED REGULATION
DRINKS BREAKS
9.6 Drinks breaks will be taken off the field.
9.7 Each Drinks break will be limited to as short a time as possible. 
9.8 No time or minimum overs will be deducted from the day's play to make up for drinks breaks.
9.9 On playing days the time and frequency of drinks breaks will be agreed prior to the start of play between captains and umpires.
9.10 Captains will agree about the timing and frequency of extra drinks breaks in extreme heat conditions prior to the start of play on any playing day.
9.11 Extra drinks breaks on hot weather days are encouraged. 
9.11.1 Refer to Appendix H Hot Weather Guidelines.
9.11.2 If extra breaks are not required they will not be taken simply because they were granted on a previous playing day.

DISCUSSION

Basically current regulations seem not quite complete.

What's wrong with the current regulations?
9.6 and 9.7 were something archaic that was scratched last year.
9.8 is a remnant of something historical. The remaining message seems unnecessary. Why does anyone need to be responsible for taking a drink on any day, hot or otherwise?
9.9 is in support of the health message in Appendix H.
9.10 is the nearest to an actual playing regulation in that it requires someone (captains) to do something (discuss and agree about drinks on hot days)

What we might need instead of that piffling nonsense is a new regulation that sets out things like when and how drinks are taken, how long, how to change the breaks and for what reasons.

BACKGROUND

The old version of the regulation about drinks before 2016 was even more confusing, contradictory and unhelpful as the existing, current regulation.

10. (d) Drinks shall not be taken on the field in any session, unless prior approval has been obtained from both Captains. Should both Captains approve of drinks on the field they shall be taken at such time agreed to, except when a wicket falls within five (5) minutes of the agreed time. It will be the responsibility of the Captains and Umpires to ensure that drinks are taken on field of play only.

It seems as though the Drinks Break playing regulations have been disregarded for some time. As a result the current regulation is almost useless.

So  I have tried to describe the way in which drinks are taken (off the field), that time for drinks should be kept short and how the standard pattern can be varied if necessary (Captains pow wow prior to the start of play)

ABM 11-06-2017

(Revised 30-06-2017)

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