ICC made several changes to playing conditions
In an effort to meet the new challenges, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has made new changes to the playing conditions, including a permanent ban on the use of saliva to make the ball shine. The new changes will take effect on October 1st and the next T20 World Cup to be held in Australia will be held under the new laws.
The main changes are as below:
Avoiding use of saliva
The ban on the use of saliva, imposed temporarily for a period of two years to prevent the transmission of COVID-19, has now become permanent.
During the saliva ban, players resorted to using sweat to make the ball shine, which proved effective.
New hitter arriving at the attacker’s end
According to the news laws, when a batter is caught, the new batter will enter at the batter’s end regardless of whether the batters crossed before the flyout was cancelled. Previously, if the batters crossed before a flyout was made, the non-attacker would catch the next ball as the new batter enters the non-attacker’s side.
Two minutes for the incoming kidnapping
Instead of three minutes, an oncoming hitter must now be ready to hit in Test and ODI within two minutes, while the current 90-second threshold in T20I remains unchanged, the ICC said.
Five series of penalties
Under the new laws, any unfair and intentional movement while the pitcher is running towards the ball can now result in the referee awarding five penalty points to the batting team, as well as a dead ball exclamation.
Dead ball
The game conditions follow the laws of moving this method of exhaustion from the “unfair play” section to the “exhaustion” section.
Previously considered an unfair game, running away from a non-attacker for too many backups is now considered a normal burnout, dead ball. Previously, a pitcher who saw the batsman advancing down the wicket before entering his bowling pass could throw the ball to try to get the batsman out. Under the new laws, this practice is now called dead ball.
