ICC ratifies interim changes to playing regulations, including ban on use of saliva
New Delhi: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday (June 9, 2020) has confirmed interim adjustments to its enjoying rules, which additionally contains the ban on the decades-old strategy of utilizing saliva to shine the cricket ball.
The ICC Chief Executives’ Committee (CEC) ratified suggestions from the Anil Kumble-led Cricket Committee, geared toward mitigating the dangers posed by the COVID-19 virus and shield the security of gamers and match officers when cricket resumes.
Ban on making use of saliva to the ball: Players is not going to be permitted to make use of saliva to shine the ball. If a participant does apply saliva to the ball, the umpires will handle the scenario with some leniency throughout an preliminary interval of adjustment for the gamers, however subsequent situations will end result within the group receiving a warning.
A group will be issued as much as two warnings per innings however repeated use of saliva on the ball will lead to a 5-run penalty to the batting facet. Whenever saliva is utilized to the ball, the umpires shall be instructed to scrub the ball earlier than play recommences.
COVID-19 Replacements: Teams shall be allowed to interchange gamers displaying signs of COVID-19 throughout a Test match. In line with concussion replacements, the Match Referee will approve the closest like-for-like substitute.
However, the regulation for COVID-19 replacements is not going to be relevant in ODIs and T20Is.
Non-neutral umpires: The requirement to nominate impartial match officers shall be quickly faraway from the enjoying circumstances for all worldwide codecs owing to the present logistical challenges with worldwide journey. The ICC will have the ability to appoint regionally primarily based match officers from the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Officials and the Emirates ICC International Panel of Match Officials.
Additional DRS critiques: The CEC has additionally confirmed a further unsuccessful DRS evaluation for every group in every innings of a match, conserving in thoughts that there could also be much less skilled umpires on obligation at instances. This will improve the variety of unsuccessful appeals per innings for every group to 3 for Tests and two for the white-ball codecs.
The ICC Cricket Operations group will help Match Referees when processing the Code of Conduct breaches and a impartial Elite Panel match referee will conduct any listening to remotely by way of video hyperlink.
An earlier media launch on the suggestions of the Cricket Committee and particulars on the appointment of match officers is offered right here.
Additional brand allowed: Meanwhile, the CEC has additionally accepted a leisure of guidelines on attire logos for the subsequent 12 months.
A brand, not exceeding 32 sq. inches in dimension, could also be positioned on the chest of the Test match shirt and sweater along with the three different logos allowed as per rules. As of now, logos on chests are solely allowed in ODIs and T20Is.
The International cricket is about to renew subsequent month after nearly a three-month-long COVID-19 halt.
A 3-match test sequence will mark the resumption of International Cricket within the post-COVID-19 world when West Indies will go to England.
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