Teams to retain review for 'umpire's call' verdict
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From
October 1, teams will no longer have their reviews topped up at the 80-over
mark in Test matches
From October 1, teams will not lose
a review for "umpire's call" verdicts under the decision review
system (DRS). The ICC chief executives' committee on Friday approved this and
all other
recommendationsmade by the ICC cricket committee in May.
A number of the approved recommendations were related to the
DRS. Teams will no longer have their reviews topped up at the 80-over mark in
Test matches. DRS, meanwhile, will now be used in the T20I format as well.
The committee also agreed on minimum standards for the use
of DRS in international cricket, with mandatory use of ball-tracking and
edge-detection technology.
Other changes approved by the committee include:
Bat size restrictions
In order to restore the balance
between bat and ball, the ICC approved recommendations relating to bat sizes.
The MCC's cricket committee, which met in Mumbai last December, had set
the limits to 108mm in width, 67mm in depth and 40mm at the
edge.
Punishments for on-field
misconduct
As in football, umpires will now be vested with the power to
send players off the field for serious incidents of misconduct. "All
Members," the ICC said, "have agreed to implement this in full."
Run-out rule change
Batsmen will be ruled to have made their ground if their bat
bounces after being grounded behind the crease.