Frustrated Cricket Australia (CA) boss Todd Greenberg vowed on Monday to take up "archaic" bad light rules with the sport's governing body after a third of the opening day at the fifth Ashes Test was lost. Play was halted 15 minutes before the scheduled tea break on Sunday in front of nearly 50,000 fans in the Sydney Cricket Ground due to fading light, gentle rain and lightning protocols. There was no more action, with stumps called an hour before schedule at 5:00 pm, with the entire third session abandoned.&nbsp;"There's a lot of things that I get frustrated with in cricket, but bad light's one of them," Greenberg told SEN radio. "Yesterday, maybe more so than ever, with a full house and millions watching on TV.&nbsp;"We've got to find a better way in cricket ... where we try not to come off the field when it's bad light and show a greater willingness and intent to get back on."&nbsp;Also read | <a href="https://www.wionews.com/sports/ashes-michael-vaughan-harry-brook-jason-gillespie-think-about-bad-light-ending-day-one-play-at-scg-1767517509882">Ashes: Here’s what Vaughan, Brook and Gillespie think about bad light ending day one play at SCG</a>&nbsp;ICC rules dictate that play cannot resume if the on-field umpires agree the light conditions are "dangerous or unreasonable". They also state that it cannot start until at least 30 minutes after lightning strikes in the area, which perplexed fans in Sydney, with play still suspended despite the skies beginning to brighten. Greenberg said he had no immediate solution, but with light towers and cutting-edge technology, believes there has to be a better way.&nbsp;"What you can take from my comments is a desire to push at the global level of how we get better at these things because it felt like it wasn't good enough," he said. "I have talked about this a bit over the years, the nuance of cricket and some of the strange and archaic rules that sit within the sport.&nbsp;"I'm sure there's conversations that can be had about how we can be slightly more progressive.&nbsp;"I sound like a broken record, but we're in the entertainment business, and so I can't think of another business that continues to walk off in front of its fans."&nbsp;Former England captain Michael Vaughan also urged a change in "mindset" among match officials and administrators.&nbsp;"In T20 cricket, you play in this. Test cricket is the one format that we do everything we possibly can to get off the pitch," he told the BBC. “The other two formats, we do everything we possibly can to get on the pitch. I just don't understand why we don't have that same mindset in Test match cricket.”&nbsp;Disclaimer: This story has been published from a news agency feed with minimal edits to adhere to WION's style guide. The headline may have been changed to better reflect the content of the story or to make it more suitable for the WION audience.

Play was halted 15 minutes before the scheduled tea break on Sunday in front of nearly 50,000 fans in the Sydney Cricket Ground due to fading light, gentle rain and lightning protocols.

Frustrated Cricket Australia (CA) boss Todd Greenberg vowed on Monday to take up "archaic" bad light rules with the sport's governing body after a third of the opening day at the fifth Ashes Test was lost. Play was halted 15 minutes before the scheduled tea break on Sunday in front of nearly 50,000 fans in the Sydney Cricket Ground due to fading light, gentle rain and lightning protocols. There was no more action, with stumps called an hour before schedule at 5:00 pm, with the entire third session abandoned. "There's a lot of things that I get frustrated with in cricket, but bad light's one of them," Greenberg told SEN radio. "Yesterday, maybe more so than ever, with a full house and millions watching on TV. "We've got to find a better way in cricket ... where we try not to come off the field when it's bad light and show a greater willingness and intent to get back on." Also read | Ashes: Here’s what Vaughan, Brook and Gillespie think about bad light ending day one play at SCG ICC rules dictate that play cannot resume if the on-field umpires agree the light conditions are "dangerous or unreasonable". They also state that it cannot start until at least 30 minutes after lightning strikes in the area, which perplexed fans in Sydney, with play still suspended despite the skies beginning to brighten. Greenberg said he had no immediate solution, but with light towers and cutting-edge technology, believes there has to be a better way. "What you can take from my comments is a desire to push at the global level of how we get better at these things because it felt like it wasn't good enough," he said. "I have talked about this a bit over the years, the nuance of cricket and some of the strange and archaic rules that sit within the sport. "I'm sure there's conversations that can be had about how we can be slightly more progressive. "I sound like a broken record, but we're in the entertainment business, and so I can't think of another business that continues to walk off in front of its fans." Former England captain Michael Vaughan also urged a change in "mindset" among match officials and administrators. "In T20 cricket, you play in this. Test cricket is the one format that we do everything we possibly can to get off the pitch," he told the BBC. “The other two formats, we do everything we possibly can to get on the pitch. I just don't understand why we don't have that same mindset in Test match cricket.” Disclaimer: This story has been published from a news agency feed with minimal edits to adhere to WION's style guide. The headline may have been changed to better reflect the content of the story or to make it more suitable for the WION audience.

Play was halted 15 minutes before the scheduled tea break on Sunday in front of nearly 50,000 fans in the Sydney Cricket Ground due to fading light, gentle rain and lightning protocols.

Ashes: CA boss to take up ‘old-fashioned’ bad light rules with ICC after day 1 spoiler at SCG

Former England captain Michael Vaughan, current Test vice-captain Harry Brook and multi-time Ashes winner with Australia Jason Gillespie – all Test cricket lovers - shared their views on bad light causing interruptions during a day’s play. A similar sight was on display during the <a href="Ashes, SCG Test: Root, Brook put England ahead before bad light interrupts play on day 1">first day of the final Ashes Test at the SCG in Sydney</a>, when bad light and later rain abruptly ended proceedings. Although Brook admitted waiting for that decision to come at some point late on day one, Vaughan and Gillespie need a shift in mindset towards Test cricket.&nbsp;Earlier, Stokes won the toss and elected to bat first, with England losing their top three inside the first session. Joe Root and Brook, the top two-ranked Test batters, began doing the recovery work and did well, adding 154 and counting for the fourth wicket. Both struck respective fifties, with Brook ending the day as England’s highest scorer (78 off 92 balls).&nbsp; &nbsp;Meanwhile, just when both looked like taming the Aussie quicks with momentum on their side, bad light interrupted play just 15 minutes before the scheduled tea. &nbsp;The record attendance of 49,574 - the highest for a Test at the SCG since 1975-76, could only watch 45 overs being bowled, with England scoring 211 for three. Later, light showers took over the SCG before the play was finally abandoned just after 5 PM local time – half an hour before the scheduled close of play, with the crowd booing the officials out of the ground. &nbsp;"From what I've seen in terms of the rain, the light and the conditions in the last hour or so, I think we've probably sawn off the public, who have paid their money in the ground today by a couple of hours at least," Vaughan, the former England captain, said on BBC's Test Match Special.&nbsp; &nbsp;"Through our time watching Test match cricket, this is the one format that we keep talking about [how] we need to do something to make sure that we're protecting it. &nbsp;"In T20 cricket, you play in this. Test cricket is the one format that we do everything we possibly can to get off the pitch. The other two formats, we do everything we possibly can to get on the pitch. I just don't understand why we don't have that same mindset in Test match cricket,” he continued. &nbsp;Sharing similar sentiments, his former on-field foe Gillespie said (on ABC Radio), “Our game shoots itself in the foot time and time and time again.”<h3>Brook could predict this</h3>Speaking of rain interruptions and bad light and how it impacted proceedings on day one, Brook said, "We could hardly see the ball when I was batting at the end. Me and Rooty just said to [the umpires], 'It's so dark out here'. The Aussie boys were saying, 'Are we going off?' so everybody was pretty much in the same boat. It was dark, and then obviously we had that rain, so we were just sat around waiting for it to be called off, really. &nbsp;"We kind of knew that it was going to rain today, and obviously, we came off for bad light. At that point, we knew the rain was going to come,” he continued.

Frustrations piled up as rain interruption and bad light abruptly ended proceedings on day one at the SCG.

Former England captain Michael Vaughan, current Test vice-captain Harry Brook and multi-time Ashes winner with Australia Jason Gillespie – all Test cricket lovers - shared their views on bad light causing interruptions during a day’s play. A similar sight was on display during the first day of the final Ashes Test at the SCG in Sydney, when bad light and later rain abruptly ended proceedings. Although Brook admitted waiting for that decision to come at some point late on day one, Vaughan and Gillespie need a shift in mindset towards Test cricket. Earlier, Stokes won the toss and elected to bat first, with England losing their top three inside the first session. Joe Root and Brook, the top two-ranked Test batters, began doing the recovery work and did well, adding 154 and counting for the fourth wicket. Both struck respective fifties, with Brook ending the day as England’s highest scorer (78 off 92 balls). Meanwhile, just when both looked like taming the Aussie quicks with momentum on their side, bad light interrupted play just 15 minutes before the scheduled tea. The record attendance of 49,574 - the highest for a Test at the SCG since 1975-76, could only watch 45 overs being bowled, with England scoring 211 for three. Later, light showers took over the SCG before the play was finally abandoned just after 5 PM local time – half an hour before the scheduled close of play, with the crowd booing the officials out of the ground. "From what I've seen in terms of the rain, the light and the conditions in the last hour or so, I think we've probably sawn off the public, who have paid their money in the ground today by a couple of hours at least," Vaughan, the former England captain, said on BBC's Test Match Special. "Through our time watching Test match cricket, this is the one format that we keep talking about [how] we need to do something to make sure that we're protecting it. "In T20 cricket, you play in this. Test cricket is the one format that we do everything we possibly can to get off the pitch. The other two formats, we do everything we possibly can to get on the pitch. I just don't understand why we don't have that same mindset in Test match cricket,” he continued. Sharing similar sentiments, his former on-field foe Gillespie said (on ABC Radio), “Our game shoots itself in the foot time and time and time again.” Brook could predict this Speaking of rain interruptions and bad light and how it impacted proceedings on day one, Brook said, "We could hardly see the ball when I was batting at the end. Me and Rooty just said to [the umpires], 'It's so dark out here'. The Aussie boys were saying, 'Are we going off?' so everybody was pretty much in the same boat. It was dark, and then obviously we had that rain, so we were just sat around waiting for it to be called off, really. "We kind of knew that it was going to rain today, and obviously, we came off for bad light. At that point, we knew the rain was going to come,” he continued.

Frustrations piled up as rain interruption and bad light abruptly ended proceedings on day one at the SCG.

Ashes: Here’s what Vaughan, Brook and Gillespie think about bad light ending day one play at SCG

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Ashes: CA boss to take up ‘old-fashioned’ bad light rules with ICC after day 1 spoiler at SCG

Here’s what Vaughan, Gillespie think about bad light ending day one play at SCG