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Penalise bowlers for slow over rates

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Persistent: Rain blighted some Trophy matches

PAUL Nixon writes “No Result in 66 Overs? That’s an own goal”. I agree that something needs to be done in the event of bad weather intervening.
He also says “umpires need to clamp down on over rates”. I suggest they do what they do in domestic one-day cricket, give a cut-off time when the side bowling is required to be bowling their last over and penalise them six runs for every over they haven’t bowled by that time.
BRIAN SPRINGALL, Essex

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