Index
- Intervals Home
- 11.1 An interval
- 11.2 Duration of intervals
- 11.3 Allowance for interval between innings
- 11.4 Changing agreed times for intervals
- 11.5 Changing agreed time for lunch interval
- 11.6 Changing agreed time for tea interval
- 11.7 Lunch or tea interval - 9 wickets down
- 11.8 Intervals for drinks
- 11.9 Agreement to forgo intervals
- 11.10 Scorers to be informed
Example 9
A drinks interval is scheduled
for 2.45
The 4th wicket falls at 2.41
The drinks interval is taken immediately
Play will resume as soon as possible but no later than 2.46
The drinks interval is taken immediately
Play will resume as soon as possible but no later than 2.46
11.8 INTERVALS FOR DRINKS
Drinks cannot be taken during the last hour of the match in a timed match. It will not apply in a limited-overs match.
The interval should be kept as short as possible and no longer than 5 minutes
If a wicket falls (Example 9)
or
a batter retires
Play should not be stopped to allow players to have an extra drink
The drink can be taken at the end of an over or at the fall of a wicket
Bottles of water can be kept on the boundary edge
Drinks cannot be taken during the last hour of the match in a timed match. It will not apply in a limited-overs match.
The interval should be kept as short as possible and no longer than 5 minutes
If a wicket falls (Example 9)
or
a batter retires
-
within 5 minutes of the agreed time for a
drinks interval,
drinks will be taken immediately
Play should not be stopped to allow players to have an extra drink
The drink can be taken at the end of an over or at the fall of a wicket
Bottles of water can be kept on the boundary edge