FIELD RESTRICTION-NO BALL

[SUHAS SAPRE]

HI,
Can somebody comment on this?

Why in ODI fielders are required to be inside the 30 yard circle at the instant of delivery and not when the ball comes into play? Is it possible for either umpire to confirm the position of fielders at the instant of delivery, when they have to fully concentrate on their decisions? Why should not there be change, "when ball cones into play' all min required number of fielders should be inside the 30 yard circle when ball comes into play? Players should not be allowed to take start from outside the 30 yard circle, if so either umpire is in a position to call No ball as soon as the ball is delivered, just like WK's encroachment, No ball is given, if he encroaches from the time the ball comes into play until it is receive by the striker or crosses the line of the striker's wicket?..-

SUHAS SAPRE (BARODA 22/08/2011)

[gooders]

As you are doubtlessly aware, this is not a law of the game, but a competition rule decided by the governing body. It's similar to the ball bouncing above head height being called wide, when the laws state that it should be a no ball.
As I recall being told when I first did an umpires course, don't imagine that these laws all apply to the first class game since they seem to decide which laws they will use and which ones they will choose to ignore.

[chiggers]

The problem with 'when the ball comes into play' is that, notwithstanding Law 41.7, a fielder just inside the fielding circle when the bowler starts his run-up could be some yards outside it by the time the ball is delivered, which goes against the principle of this type of competition rule.

[cavebubonem]

He couldn't subsequently be outside it at the point of delivery, unless he'd retreated from the striker which contravenes Law 41.8, demanding a call of "dead ball".