A wicket falls at 5:58

[missingleg]

Just to clarify - in an old fashioned match (I know we barely do any of these types of games but it's helpful to know) does 'close of play' count as an 'interval'?

In this instance the match is 11am-6pm on day 1 and we've bowled more than the minimum required overs in the day (otherwise we'd have to carry on!) and at the start of the over a wicket falls at 5:58 - do we call time early or do we see out the over?

5. Completion of an over

Other than at the end of the match,

(a) if the agreed time for an interval is reached during an over, the over shall be completed before the interval is taken, except as provided for

in (b) below

(b) when less than 2 minutes remains before the time agreed for the next interval, the interval will be taken immediately if
either (i) a batsman is dismissed or retires

or (ii) the players have occasion to leave the field whether this occurs during an over or at the end of an over. Except at the end of an innings, if an over is thus interrupted it shall be completed on the resumption of play.

[tippex2]

Yes, "Overnight" is an interval.

[missingleg]

Thanks. But am I right in thinking that time is then lost to the match? For example if a wicket fell 2 mins before tea (say 15:38) you would come back out to start 2 mins earlier than the scheduled restart (at 15:58 rather than 16:00)...however if a wicket falls 2 mins before close of play then you wouldn't start the next day at 10:58 rather than 11:00?

I know this is all very pedantic and has very little effect on the game but it's good to know.

[tippex2]

Yes, the time is lost if you finish a minute or two early. However, a far more common scenario is that you gain a minute or two extra playing time when scheduled CoP is 6.00 but the over in progress doesn't finish until, say, 6.02. At lunch / tea, the interval is supposed to be of the agreed length, so you'd re-start 40 / 20 minutes after the call of time - for overnight, you just re-start at 11.00 the next morning, regardless of precisely what time you finished the previous night.

[nompere]

I guess "Is the time left two minutes or more ? That is any time up to and including 5.58 p.m.
The next batsman is to come in and play continue.

[missingleg]

Perfect. Thanks for the clarification

[DC]

What if the 2 day match was playing under regulations that require a minimum number of over to be bowled in each day. If a wicket fell in the last over of day 1, would you call time? or would you ask a new batsman to face the remainder of the last over for that first day?

[tippex2]

Depends on exactly what the wording of the regulation is, but in the case of ambiguity I would lean towards interpreting that you'd end play at the fall of the wicket and resume the over the next morning, with the interrupted part-over NOT counting towards Day 2s allocation of overs. This is what occurs in Tests, and multi-day matches where the ECB writes the regulations, which is what I'm personally familiar with.