The International Cricket Council (ICC) is ready to begin its implementation of the stop clock rule, which was launched to stop the waste of time by the fielding workforce. The rule that got here into being on November 21 after the ICC assembly, can be used as a part of a trial run by the ICC within the upcoming three-match T20 series between the West Indies and England that kicks off in Barbados on Tuesday, December 12.
The rule may have its trial run from December 2023 to April 2024 for males’s ODIs and T20Is with roughly 59 video games coming underneath its scope. The introduction of an digital clock has been added as a sub-clause to Clause 41.9 which adheres to enjoying circumstances and time-losing by the fielding facet. The clock with be proven on the massive display throughout the recreation and can permit solely 60 seconds for the fielding facet to begin the brand new over from the completion of the earlier one.
If there’s an harm, or a wicket has fallen on the finish of the over or there is a stipulated drinks break, this rule will not apply. However, besides in these issues, if the fielding facet fails to comply with the clock, it should undergo a 5-run penalty after two warnings. The duty of preserving the time can be with the third umpire from the beginning of the ultimate ball of an over to the primary ball bowled of the following.
ICC General Manager Wasim Khan mentioned that the end result of the rule can be assessed on the finish of the trial interval, which is April 2024.
The addition of the brand new rule has made the already attention-grabbing series much more thrilling given the T20 series goes to be much more thrilling after the West Indies sealed the ODI series. With Andre Russell returning for the Windies and the veterans coming again for England, the three video games promise to be cracker.
