WORLD CUP : NEW RULES ANNOUNCED BY ICC
IT WAS DECIDED THAT THE PLAYING CONDITIONS FOR ALL THE MEN’S AND WOMEN’S ODI AND T20I MATCHES WILL BE AMENDED TO ALLOW HYBRID PITCHES TO BE USED ,IF AGREED BY BOTH TEAMS .
BATTERS RETURNING WHEN CAUGHT
WHEN A BATTER IS CAUGHT OUT ,THE NEW BATSMAN WILL COME AT THE END WHERE THE STRIKER WAS ,REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE BATSMAN CROSSED PRIOR TO THE CATCH BEING TAKEN
USE OF SALIVA TO POLISH THE BALL
THE USE OF SALIVA TO POLISH THE BALL IS BANNED OVER TWO YEARS DUE TO THE COVID RELATED SAFEGUARDS .THE BAN OF USING SALIVA IS APPROPRIATE TO MADE THIS BAN PERMANENT .
STRIKER’S RIGHT TO PLAY THE BALL
THIS IS RESTRICTED SO AS TO REQUIRE SOME PART OF THEIR BAT OR PERSON TO REMAIN WITHIN THE PITCH .SHOULD THEY VENTURE BEYOND THAT ,THE UMPIRE WILL CALL AND SIGNAL DEAD BALL .ANY BALL WHICH WOULD FORCE THE BATSMAN TO LEAVE THE PITCH WILL ALSO BE CALLED NO BALL .
INCOMING BATSMAN READY TO FACE THE BALL
AN INCOMING BATSMAN WILL NOW BE REQUIRED TO BE READY TO TAKE THE STRIKE WITHIN TWO MINUTES IN TESTS AND ODI’S WHILE THE CURRENT THRESHOLD OF NINETY SECONDS IN T 20’S REMAINS UNCHANGED.
UNFAIR MOVEMENT BY THE FIELDING SIDE
IF THERE IS ANY UNFAIR AND DELIBERATE MOVEMENT PROCEEDS WHILE THE BOWLER IS RUNNING INTO BOWL, COULD NOW RESULT IN THE UMPIRE SCORING FIVE PENALTY RUNS TO THE BATTING SIDE ,IN ADDITION TO A CALL OF DEAD BALL .
RUNNING OUT OF THE NON STRIKER
THE PLAYING CONDITION FOLLOW THE LAWS IN MOVING THIS METHOD OF EFFECTING A RUN OUT FROM THE ‘UNFAIR PLAY’ SECTION TO THE ‘RUN OUT’ SECTION.
BOWLER THROWING TOWARDS STRIKER’S END BEFORE DELIVERY:
PREVIOUSLY ,A BOWLER WHO SAW THE BATSMAN ADVANCING DOWN THE WICKET BEFORE ENTERING THEIR DELIVERY STRIDE, COULD THROW THE BALL TO ATTEMPT TO RUN OUT THE STRIKER . THE PRACTICE WILL NOW BE CALLED A DEAD BALL .
