DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A temporary ban on using saliva to shine
cricket balls was on Tuesday made permanent by the
International Cricket Council (ICC).
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And the running
out of the non-striker will no longer be classed under “unfair play” after a
raft of rule changes from October 1 were endorsed by a meeting of the ICC chief
executives’ committee.
Next month’s T20
World Cup in Australia will be the first major tournament to be played under
the new playing conditions.
The ICC said the
ban on saliva to shine one side of the ball to help it swing through the air,
brought in May 2020 as a temporary measure to prevent coronavirus transmission,
would stay.
The
controversial running out of a non-striker encroaching out of his crease by the
bowler is now legitimized after being moved from the “Unfair Play” section of
the rules to the “Run Out” section.
“Running out a
non-striker for backing up too much will now be considered as a regular run
out,” the ICC said.
The dismissal
was famously dubbed a “Mankad” named after India bowler who ran out Australia
batsman Bill Brown in the 1948 Sydney Test.
But bowlers will
no longer be allowed to attempt to run out the striker by advancing down the
wicket before entering their delivery stride and throwing at the stumps. If
they make such an attempt, it will be called a dead ball.
Other rule
changes see the new batter having to face the next ball at the striker’s end.
The time taken by an incoming batter to take strike in Tests and one-day
internationals is now reduced from three minutes to two while in T20
internationals it remains at 90 seconds.
One of the other
new rules says if fielders make any unfair and deliberate movements while the
bowler is running in to bowl, the batting side can be awarded five penalty
runs.
Another change allows
the use of hybrid pitches at all men’s and women’s one-day and Twenty20
internationals. Hybrid pitches, a blend of natural grass with artificial turf,
have only been previously used in women’s T20 internationals.
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