Test Match Playing Conditions

Except as modified for One Day Internationals these playing conditions shall apply to all tour matches.
1. Laws of Cricket
             Except as varied hereunder the Laws of Cricket (2000 Code) shall apply. 

2. Duration of Matches
            Test Matches shall be of five days scheduled duration. The two participating countries may:      

1. Provide for a rest day during the match, and/or a reserve day after the scheduled days of play.
2. Play on any scheduled rest day, conditions and circumstances permitting, should a full day's play be lost on any day prior to the rest day.
3. Play on any scheduled reserve day, conditions and circumstances permitting, should a full day's play be lost on any day. Play shall not take place on more than 5 days.
4. Make up time lost in excess of five minutes in each day's play due to circumstances outside the game other than acts of God.
3. Hours of Play, Intervals and Minimum Overs in the Day

          3.1   Start and C3.1   Start and Cessation Times: To be determined by the Home Board, subject to there being 6 hours scheduled for play per day (Pakistan a minimum of five and a half hours), and subject to:
Minimum Overs in the Day in Test Matches
1. Play shall continue on each day until the completion of a minimum number of overs or until the scheduled or re-scheduled cessation time, whichever is the later.
The minimum number of overs to be completed, unless an innings ends or an interruption occurs shall be:
1. on days other than the last day - a minimum of 90 overs (or a minimum of 15 overs per hour)
 2. on the last day - a minimum of 75 overs (or 15 overs per hour) for playing time other than the last hour when Clause 

(e) below shall apply.

3. Additional Hour: Subject to weather and light, except in the last hour of the match, in the event of play being suspended for any reason other than normal intervals, the playing time on that day shall be extended by the amount of time lost up to a maximum of one hour. In these circumstances, the minimum number of overs to be bowled shall be in accordance with the provisions of this clause i.e. a minimum of 15 overs per hour and the cessation time shall be rescheduled accordingly.
4. If play has been suspended for 30 minutes or more prior to the commencement of the scheduled tea interval, the tea interval shall be delayed for half an hour.
5. Experimental Condition - subject to both Boards agreement prior to the start of the Tour.

If any time is lost and cannot be made up under (iii) above, additional time of up to a maximum of one hour per day 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).Of this additional time the first 30 minutes (or less) shall be added prior to the scheduled start of the first session, and the remainder shall be added to the last session.

When additional time is added to subsequent day(s), no scheduled days play shall exceed 7 hours. The length of each session of play under this experimental condition is subject to the provisions of Law 15.
Under Law 15.5 timings can be altered at any time on any day if playing time is lost, not necessarily on that day. The captains, umpires and the referee can agree different timings under those circumstances before play starts on any day.

2. When an innings ends, a minimum number of overs shall be bowled from the start of the new innings. The number of overs to be bowled shall be calculated at the rate of one over for each full four minutes to enable a minimum of 90 overs to be bowled in a day, and the time for close of play shall be rescheduled accordingly. The last hour of the match shall be excluded from this calculation when Clause (e) shall apply.

Where a change of innings occurs during a day's play, in the event of the team bowling second being unable to complete its overs by the scheduled cessation time, play shall continue until the required number of overs have been completed.
Where there is a change of innings during a day's play (except at lunch or tea), 2 overs will be deducted from the minimum number of overs to be bowled.
3. Except in the last hour of the match, for which Clause (e) makes provision, if play is suspended due to adverse weather or light for more than one hour in aggregate on any day, the minimum number of overs shall be reduced by one over for each full 4 minutes of the aggregate playing time lost.
4. On the last day, if any of the minimum 75 overs, or as recalculated, have not been bowled when one hour of scheduled playing time remains, the last hour of the match for the purposes of Clause (e) shall be the hour immediately following the completion of these overs.
5. Law 16.6, 16.7 and 16.8 will apply except that a minimum of 15 (six ball) overs shall be bowled in the last hour and all calculations with regard to suspensions of play or the start of a new innings shall be based on one over for each full 4 minutes (refer (i) below). If, however, at any time after 30 minutes of the last hour have elapsed both Captains (the batsmen at the wicket may act for their Captain) accept that there is no prospect of a result to the match, they may agree to cease play at that time.