International Hours of Play

Standard Scheduled Hours of Play for International Cricket in 2010

npower Test Series
All Matches Start 11.00am
  Lunch 1.00pm - 1.40pm
  Tea 3.40pm - 4.00pm
  Close 6.00pm

There is provision for playing time to be extended by the amount of time lost in the day up to a maximum of one hour.

If any time is lost and cannot be made up as stated above, extra time shall be added to the scheduled playing hours for the next day, and subsequent day(s) as required (to make up as much lost time as possible).  A maximum of an extra 30 minutes may be played each day in respect of time carried forward from previous days. Time carried forward shall be added to the last session.

(A maximum of one hour of extra time may be played per day in respect of the aggregate of time lost from the day itself and time carried forward from previous days).

Please note timings for Pakistan v Australia Test Matches are 30 minutes earlier than those stated above.  A Title Sponsor for this Series will be confirmed in due course.

 
NatWest Series v Bangladesh and NatWest Series v Australia
  Daytime Floodlit
First Session 10.45am - 2.15pm 2.30pm - 6.00pm
Interval 2.15pm - 3.00pm 6.00pm - 6.45pm
Second Session 3.00pm - 6.30pm 6.45pm - 10.15pm

There will be a provision for an additional 60 minutes to make up for any time lost in daytime NatWest Series matches against Bangladesh and Australia, and 30 minutes in floodlit matches.

Please note that the start-time for the floodlit ODI v Australia at The Brit Oval is TBC

 
NatWest Series v Pakistan
  Daytime Floodlit
First Session 10.15am - 1.45pm 2.30pm - 6.00pm
Interval 1.45pm - 2.30pm 6.00pm - 6.45pm
Second Session 2.30pm - 6.00pm 6.45pm - 10.15pm

There will be a provision for an additional 30 minutes to make up for any time lost in both daytime and floodlit matches against Pakistan.

Please note that the floodlit ODI v Pakistan at The Brit Oval will commence at 1.00pm

 
NatWest International Twenty20
SWALEC – Sunday 5 September
First Session 2.30pm - 3.50pm  
Interval 3.50pm - 4.10pm  
Second Session 4.10pm - 5.30pm  
 
SWALEC – Tuesday 7 September
First Session 6.00pm - 7.20pm  
Interval 7.20pm - 7.40pm  
Second Session 7.40pm - 9.00pm  

60 minutes of extra time is allocated to each match

 
Edgbaston - Pakistan v Australia International Twenty20 matches
Mon 5 and Tue 6 July
First Session  5.00pm – 6.20pm  
Interval

6.20pm – 6.40pm

 
Second Session

6.40pm – 8.00pm

 

30 minutes of extra time is allocated to these matches