Umpires in focus as Sykes Cup final on agenda

Sunday’s Sykes Cup final is being staged from Noon and (inset) umpires Ray Bissett (left) and Roger Harrison are in charge of the match

Numbers had reached crisis point, he said.

The new Law 42, with the issuing of penalty runs, was causing more problems for umpires and not improving discipline at all, as had been the intention.

The executive decided with immediate effect the umpires would revert back to just reporting incidents, as before.

Waist high no balls and the final warning after one was discussed, but this remains the same for this season.

Yorkshire stalwart Tim Bresnan has handed the county a boost by signing a two-year contract extension.

The 33-year-old seam bowling allrounder had been exploring his options but has decided to commit to his home county until at least the end of the 2020 season.

Lord’s suffered a first washout in 17 years as rain prevented any play between England and India on day one of the second Specsavers Test.

Bad weather set in and never cleared, so no toss or teams picked.