ICC has introduced a number of changes to its playing conditions which will be effective in all series starting 28 September or later.
Cricket will be change, albeit very slightly from 28 September. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has introduced a number of changes to its playing conditions which will be effective in all series starting this Thursday or later.
However, the ongoing India-Australia ODI series will be excluded from the changes. The New Zealand tour of India in mid-October will be played as per the new rules.
The Sri Lanka vs Pakistan and Bangladesh vs South Africa series which is scheduled to start on September 28, will be played as per the new rules.
The significant changes include a restriction on the dimensions of the bat, the introduction of player send-offs for misconduct and changes to the Decision Review System.
The ICC playing conditions will now incorporate the relevant clauses from the MCC Laws of Cricket (2017 Code), meaning that all the playing regulations will be captured in one document for each format.
Here are the new rules to be introduced:
- Umpires can now send players off for any serious breaches of behaviour. It will be similar to a red card in football. Threatening to assault an umpire, making inappropriate and deliberate physical contact with an umpire, physically assaulting a player or any other person and committing any other act of violence all constitute such offences.
- The new rules will effect restrictions on bat dimensions. The updated limits are 108mm in width, 67mm in depth with 40mm edge. Umpires will be issued with a new bat gauge, which they can use to check a bat’s legality.
- The run-out rule has also been changed. This will protect a batsman in case his bat reaches the crease but bat bounces up once inside of it. If the bat (held by the hand) or another part of the batsman's person is grounded beyond the popping crease and this contact with the ground is subsequently lost when the wicket is put down, the batsman will be protected from being run out if he/she is running or diving and has continued forward momentum towards the stumps and beyond.
- The same interpretation will also apply for a batsman trying to regain his/her ground to avoid being stumped.
- Teams opting for a review will no longer lose it under DRS if a leg-before wicket (LBW) referral returns back as 'Umpires' Call'
- There will be less of DRS reviews in Test matches. The current rule allowed the top-up of reviews after 80 overs. That top-up of reviews will now be removed. The DRS will now also be allowed to be used in T20Is.
- For boundary catches, airborne fielders making their first contact with the ball will need to have taken off from within the boundary, otherwise a boundary will be scored.
- A batsman can now be out caught, stumped or run out even if the ball bounces off the helmet worn by a fielder or wicket-keeper.
- The Mankad style run-out rule has also been changed. The onus will be now on the non-strike batsman to remain in the crease before a bowler release the ball.
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