ICC Announces New Playing Conditions For T20Is, fielding side to suffer for slow over-rate


New Playing Conditions For T20Is

New Playing Conditions for T20Is: The International Cricket Council (ICC) recently announced new playing conditions for T20I.

Key Points:

  • It will come into effect with the upcoming T20I match between West Indies and Ireland at Sabina Park.
  • The change was recommended by the ICC Cricket Committee.
  • The committee regularly discusses ways to improve the pace of play in all formats, after considering reports on the effectiveness of a similar regulation that was included in the playing conditions for the Hundred competition conducted by the ECB.

About the conditions for T20Is:

  • Under the new playing conditions, the fielding team will have to suffer the in-match penalty for slow over rates.
  • The penalty would be introduced in both men's and women's Twenty20 Internationals and it will come into effect this month itself.
  • The new playing conditions also include an optional drinks interval midway through the innings in bilateral T20 international cricket.

About the T20I New Playing Rules:

  • The slow over rate regulations are listed under clause 13.8 of the playing conditions.
  • The regulations stated that the fielding side must be in a position to bowl the first ball of the final over of the innings by the scheduled or rescheduled time for the end of the innings.
  • If the fielding side is not able to stick to the scheduled time, they will have to face an in-match penalty.
  • Optional drink breaks of 2 minutes and 30 seconds at the mid-point of each innings subject to agreement between Members at the start of each series.
  • The in-match penalty was recommended by the ICC Cricket Committee, after considering reports on the effectiveness of a similar regulation that was included in the playing conditions for the Hundred competition conducted by the England Cricket Board (ECB).
  • The in-match penalty is in addition to the sanctions for the slow over-rate outlined in Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel.
  • If the fielding team is not in a position to bowl the first ball of the final over by the scheduled time then one fewer fielder will be permitted outside of the 30-yard circle for the remaining overs of the innings.

About ICC:

  • It refers to the International Cricket Committee.
  • ICC is the world governing body of cricket.
  • It is headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  • It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 15 June 1909 by representatives from Australia, England and South Africa.
  • It was renamed as the International Cricket Conference in 1965, and took up its current name in 1989.
  • The ICC, currently, has 106 member nations including 94 associates.
  • It organizes world championship events such as Cricket World Cup, Women's Cricket World Cup, ICC T20 World Cup, ICC Women's T20 World Cup, ICC Champions Trophy and Under-19 Cricket World Cup.
  • The current Chairman of ICC is Greg Barclay and the Chief Executive is Geoff Allardice.

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