But sometimes you do have one..

The binding qualities of a banana...

I don't know if there is any other game - other than test cricket- that:
(a) Gives the umpire enough time to eat a banana.
and (b) Allows the umpires enough time to contemplate whether he had the banana was a cure for Billy Bowden's troubles with his bowels.

Apparently, it does work.

Because sometimes, you have no choice