the use of substitutes<\/a> \u2013 and not just for concussions or specific instances as the rules currently dictate.<\/p>\n\u201cIn the first innings of the game, like-for-like, Rishabh Pant at Lord\u2019s is the perfect example,\u201d explained Vaughan. \u201cHe takes a knock to his left hand, so he can bat but he can\u2019t [wicket]-keep \u2013 Dhruv Jurel comes on and keeps for him.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can’t spend the whole game off the field, not fielding and then bat. Nathan Lyon at Lord\u2019s in the last Ashes popped his calf early \u2013 is the game worse off for losing a player early in the game?<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have concussion subs, so if somebody gets hit early on the swede, you can replace that person. So why don’t we have substitutes? All of the other sports have it \u2013 why are we allowing the game to be reduced in quality if someone gets a clip.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe key to it will be an independent doctor on-site, but the independence will be very difficult to manage. But I think Test cricket now should have subs.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s got to be a serious injury \u2013 it might have to be if you’ve got a bone break. Or you have to have a scan to prove. Nathan Lyon had clearly popped his calf badly and he’s not going to play any part in the game. Should Australia have had a sub that day? I think so.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was Matt Parkinson who played for England as a concussion replacement for Leachy (Jack Leach). That happened because Leachy got a blow on the head. If we’re having concussion subs, then why don’t we just have subs.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Jack Leach has previously had a concussion replacement fill in for him (PA)<\/p>\n
Former England coach and umpire Lloyd also suggested taking an idea from other sports, with red and yellow cards mooted by the 78-year-old, to be used at the umpires\u2019 discretion.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe governing body are telling the umpires to go \u2018softly softly\u2019, get on the same wavelength, don\u2019t upset the players,\u201d said Lloyd. \u201cRather than, \u2018you are the authority of the game\u2019. No, we’re not changing it \u2013 get on with it.<\/p>\n
\u201cI used to be on the elite umpire\u2019s selection committee, and I always went on about red cards and yellow cards. Give them a yellow card then give them a red card.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey said \u2018no, you\u2019ve got to try and get on the same wavelength over five days, or a four-day game whatever it is and try to work with them, the players\u2019. They don’t take a blind bit of notice now, the players.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":393567,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4101],"tags":[1406,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-393566","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-cricket","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115138297132121143","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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