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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12750, 4 January 1936, Page 11

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.amended l.b.w. RULE EXPERIMENT EXTENDED TO NEXT SEASON DECIDING TEST MATCHES TO LAST FOUR- days

Tt was decided at . a meeting of the Advisory .County C-rickpt Gpmmitt.ee, London, on rjTovember 22,. to contjnue the 1 -h-w. experimental rule for, another year. ~ Tho general opinion was that- the experiment has been a great .success, The .South Africans agreed to its use in their mqtqhes loft summer,, and the Aifflndia. team, will pe asked; tp accept, the same conditions wljen they tour ljext season. . •,. But, although South Africa and New Zealand have have adopted the new -«,le in their home cricket,, Australia has decliflcd, save during the , brief stay in their country of the present Marylcbone Cricket Club- touring team. This means that when tlie England test tertm visff, Australia next summer they will be compelled tp revert to the old l.b.w- rule after two seasons under the experimental rule

It was decided that if the first two tests against Alblndia, and against New Zealand during the season after next, do not yield either side an advantage, four days will he devoted to the final match at the Oval. •When the bails have been removed or the stumps have been pulled up a Jint-man cannot be given out. This additional note to Law oO is the outcome of an incident which occurred in the Surrey v. Essex match last sca-