BCCI recomends Duckworth-Lewis system for domestic ties

NEW DELHI: The BCCI has recommended introduction of Duckworth-Lewis system in domestic cricket to decide the fate of interrupted limited overs games in place of the current VJD system.

The Technical Committee of the Board, which met at Bangalore on Saturday, also recommended a host of other proposals for the 2006-07 domestic season.

The Committee, headed by Sunil Gavaskar, suggested adoption of power play and withdrawal of super sub, as was done by the International Cricket Council recently.

It also recommended staging mostly day and night matches during Ranji Trophy and Deodhar Trophy tournaments, a BCCI press release said.

The panel favoured preparation of separate wicket under the supervision of umpires during matches while laying stress on monitoring of pitch and outfield as per ICC guidelines.

It also suggested that the match referee should be given more power in decision making.

BCCI Secretary Niranjan Shah, chief selector Kiran More and other BCCI officials including M P Pandove, Lalchand Rajput, S K Bansal and D P Azad attended the meeting.