"These days you can't do anything on a cricket field, " he said.
When India and Pakistan last met on the cricket field, during last year's World Cup, both nations all but ground to a halt.
Five boys aged between 16 and 18 were admitted to hospital on Tuesday after a lightning bolt hit a cricket field at their school.
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On a recent morning, a dozen teenage girls at the current cricket field were bowling and batting under a blazing sun ahead of a tournament in Uganda.
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"We're pleased to join with RadioShack to deliver high-quality, no-contract wireless services including our award-winning Muve Music service, " said Robert Young, executive vice president, field operations for Cricket.
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Edrich remained to secure his 13th Test fifty, and Compton hit the famous pull shot for the winning runs, signalling a sea of celebration rarely seen on a cricket field before or since.
Smith, enjoying a break from the cricket field after a hectic 2009, admits that the arrival of the fixtures is less of an 'event' than it is in other sports such as football or rugby.
"I know in my heart that the dangers to my health of committing myself to all that goes with international cricket off the field are just too great, " he said after turning down the chance to play in this year's ICC World Twenty20 tournament.
Cricket keeps an off-field umpire for boundary calls, and to ascertain whether batsmen are run out, and if catches are real.
On the field, the England women's cricket captain guided her side to glory at the World Cup for only the second time, the World Twenty20 trophy, the retention of the Ashes and a 4-0 defeat of Australia in the NatWest Series to complete an unprecedented year of success.
Whitehead tried every sport he could including archery, swimming, cricket, gymnastics, canoeing, track and field and sledge hockey.
"England have always played their best cricket when they've gone out onto the field and tried to stamp their authority on the opposition, " he said.
However, this season's Twenty20 champions can expect an invite to 2009's money-spinning tournament - unless they field any players with links to the "rebel" Indian Cricket League.
Cricket loves to preserve the primacy of its on-field umpires, but this is a case where they'd need superpowers to be able to make an accurate judgment.
No replacement has yet been summoned by the Pakistan Cricket Board, so the tourists may risk having to field a non-specialist wicketkeeper should injury or illness befall Kamran, who was axed after the first Test in which his glovework was widely criticised following several dropped catches.
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Meanwhile, International Cricket Council chief executive Malcolm Speed wants attention switched back to events on the field.
Ricky Ponting's Australian cricket team struggled in the popularity stakes because it was deemed to have taken on-field aggression and sledging too far, most notably during the controversial "Bollyline series" with India in 2008.
"Of course I'm disappointed that I won't be playing cricket again this season, but I hope to be back to coaching in October and on the field again next season if Warwickshire will have me, " said Piper.
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