STANDARD ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL MATCH PLAYING CONDITIONS
Part-1
These playing conditions are applicable to all
ODI matches from 22nd September 2016 and supersede the previous version dated
5th July 2015. Included in this version are amendments to clauses. 2.2,
24.2, 40, 41.3, Appendix 6 clauses 2.2, 3.3, 3.7, 3.10 and Appendix 8 clauses 3
and 6.
Except as
varied hereunder, the Laws of Cricket (2000 Code 6 th Edition - 2015) shall
apply.
1 LAW 1 THE PLAYERS
1.1 Law 1.1 - Number of Players
Law 1.1 shall be replaced by the following:
A match is played between two sides. Each side shall consist of 11
players, one of whom shall be captain.
1.2 Law 1.2 - Nomination of
Players
Law 1.2 shall be replaced by the following:
1.2.1 Each captain shall nominate 11 players plus a
maximum of 4 substitute fielders in writing to the ICC Match Referee before the
toss. No player (member of the playing eleven) may be changed after the
nomination without the consent of the opposing captain.
1.2.2 Only those nominated as substitute fielders
shall be entitled to act as substitute fielders during the match, unless the
ICC Match Referee, in exceptional circumstances, allows subsequent additions.
1.2.3 A player or player support personnel who has
been suspended from participating in a match shall not, from the toss of the
coin and for the remainder of the match thereafter:
a)
Be nominated as, or carry out any of the duties
or responsibilities of a substitute fielder, or
b) Enter any part of the playing area (which shall
include the field of play and the area between the boundary and the perimeter
boards) at any time, including any scheduled or unscheduled breaks in play.
A player who has been suspended from
participating in a match shall be permitted from the toss of the coin and for
the remainder of the match thereafter be permitted to enter the players’
dressing room provided that the players’ dressing room (or any part thereof)
for the match is not within the playing area described in b) above (for
example, the player is not permitted to enter the on-field ‘dug-out’).
1.2.4 All those nominated including those nominated as
substitute fielders, must be eligible to play for that particular team and by
such nomination the nominees shall warrant that they are so eligible.
1.2.5 In addition, by their nomination, the nominees
shall be deemed to have agreed to abide by all the applicable ICC Regulations
pertaining to international cricket and in particular, the Clothing and
Equipment Regulations, the Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support
Personnel (hereafter referred to as the ICC Code of Conduct), the Anti-Racism
Code for Players and Player Support Personnel, the Anti-Doping Code and the
Anti-Corruption Code.
1.3 Law 1.3 – Captain
The following shall apply in addition to Law 1.3 (a):
The deputy must be one of the nominated members of the playing eleven.
Each Member Board must nominate its ‘ODI Team Captain’ to the ICC when
appointed.
If the ‘ODI Team Captain’ is not participating in a series, the relevant
Home Board must nominate a replacement ‘ODI Team Captain’ for the series. The
Home
Board shall advise the series Match Referee.
If the ‘ODI Team Captain’ plays in a match
without being the nominated captain for that match, he will be deemed to be the
captain should any penalties be applied for over rate breaches under the Code
of Conduct.
2 LAW 2 - SUBSTITUTES AND
RUNNERS, BATSMAN OR FIELDER LEAVING
THE FIELD,
BATSMAN RETIRING, BATSMAN COMMENCING INNINGS
Law 2 shall apply subject to the following:
2.1 Law 2.1 Substitutes and
Runners
Law 2.1 (a) (ii), 2.7 and 2.8 shall not apply. A
runner for a batsman when batting is not permitted. Law 2.1 (b) shall be
amended as follows:
The umpires shall have discretion to allow, for
other wholly acceptable reasons, a substitute fielder to act for a nominated
player, at the start of the match, or at any subsequent time.
2.2 Law 2.5 - Fielder absent or
leaving the field
Law 2.5 shall be replaced by the following:
If a fielder fails to take the field with his
side at the start of the match or at any later time, or leaves the field during
a session of play, the umpire shall be informed of the reason for his absence,
and he shall not thereafter come on to the field during a session of play
without the consent of the umpire. (See Law 2.6 as modified). The umpire shall
give such consent as soon as practicable.
If the player is absent from the field for longer than 8 minutes, the
following restrictions shall apply to their future participation in the match:
2.2.1 The player shall not be permitted to bowl in the
match until he has either been able to field, or his team has subsequently been
batting, for the total length of playing time for which he was absent
(hereafter referred to as penalty time), subject to a maximum cumulative
penalty time of 120 minutes. If any
unexpired penalty time remains at the end of the
first innings, it is carried forward to the second innings of the match.
2.2.2
The player
shall not be permitted to bat in the match until his team’s batting innings has
been in progress for the length of playing time that is equal to the unexpired
penalty time carried forward from the previous innings, subject to a maximum
cumulative penalty time of 120 minutes. However, once his side has lost five
wickets in its batting innings, he may bat immediately.
For the purposes of 2.2.1 and 2.2.2, playing
time shall comprise the time play is in progress excluding lunch and tea
intervals, intervals between innings and official drinks intervals.
However, in the event of a batsman or a
fieldsman already being off the field at the commencement of an interruption in
play through ground, weather or light conditions or for other exceptional
circumstances, he shall be allowed to count any such stoppage time as playing
time, provided that he personally informs the umpires when he is fit enough to
take the field had play been in progress.
Similarly, if at the commencement of an
interruption in play through ground, weather or light conditions or for other
exceptional circumstances, a player is on the field but still has some
unexpired penalty time remaining from a previous absence, he shall
automatically be allowed to count any such stoppage time as playing time,
provided he returns to the field of play immediately after the interruption.
The restriction in clauses 2.2.1 and 2.2.2 above
shall not apply if the player has suffered an external blow (as opposed to an
internal injury such as a pulled muscle) whilst participating earlier in the
match and consequently been forced to leave the field. Nor shall it apply if
the player has been absent for very exceptional and wholly acceptable reasons
(other than injury or illness).
2.2.3
Substitute
fielders shall only be permitted in cases of injury, illness or other wholly
acceptable reasons. ‘Wholly acceptable reasons’ should be limited to extreme
circumstances and should not include what is commonly referred to as a ‘comfort
break’.
3 LAW 3 - THE UMPIRES
3.1 Law 3.1 - Appointment and
attendance
Law 3.1 shall be replaced by the following:
The following rules for the selection and appointment of ODI umpires
shall be followed as far as it is practicable to do so:
3.1.1
The umpires shall control the game as required
by the Laws
(as read with these playing conditions), with absolute impartiality and
shall be present at the ground at least two hours before the scheduled start of
play.
3.1.2
ICC shall establish an ‘Elite Panel’ of umpires
who shall be contracted to the ICC.
3.1.3
Each Full
Member shall nominate from its panel of first class umpires two umpires to an
‘International Panel’ and one umpire to a ‘TV Panel’. (A third umpire may be
nominated to the ‘International Panel’ with the written consent of the ICC).
3.1.4
ICC will
appoint one umpire to stand in each ODI. Such umpires shall not be from the
same country as the participating teams and shall be selected from the ‘Elite
Panel’ or the ‘International Panel’.
3.1.5
The Home Board shall appoint one umpire to stand
in each ODI. Such umpire shall be selected from its umpires on the
‘International Panel’.
3.1.6
In ODI matches
where the DRS is used (see clause 3.2 below), ICC will appoint a third umpire
who shall act as the emergency umpire and officiate in regard to the DRS. Such
third umpire shall not be from the same country as the participating teams and
shall be appointed from the ‘Elite Panel’ or the ‘International Panel’.
3.1.7
In all other
ODI matches, the third umpire will be appointed by the Home Board and he shall
act as the emergency umpire and officiate in regard to TV replays. Such
appointment must be made from the ‘International Panel’ or the ‘TV Panel’.
3.1.8
The Home Board
shall also appoint a fourth umpire for each ODI from its panel of first class
umpires. The fourth umpire shall act as the emergency third umpire. In ‘DRS’
ODI matches the fourth umpire shall be appointed from the ‘International Panel’
or the ‘TV Panel’.
3.1.9
In ODI matches involving Associate Members
umpires from the ICC Associate and Affiliate Umpires Panel may be appointed.
3.1.10 As long as possible before each ODI Match, ICC
will advise the Home Board of the name of its appointee(s) and the Home Board
will advise the Manager of the visiting team of all umpires’ names.
3.1.11
ICC shall appoint the match referee for all
matches (ICC Match Referee).
3.1.12
The ICC Match Referee shall not be from the same
country as the participating teams.
3.1.13
Neither team will have a right of objection to
an umpire’s or match referee’s appointment.
3.2 Third Umpire / TV Replay
System (DRS)
In matches where the DRS is used, the playing conditions set out in
Appendix 6 shall apply.
In matches where the DRS is not used, including ODIs not between Full
Member countries, the playing conditions set out in Appendix 8 shall apply.
3.3 Law 3.2 - Change of umpire
Law 3.2 shall be replaced by the following:
An umpire shall not be changed during the match, other than in exceptional
circumstances, unless he is injured or ill.
3.4 Law 3.4 - To inform
captains and scorers
The following shall apply in addition to Law 3.4 (i):
The Home Board may provide for the ringing of a
bell, which shall be rung 5 minutes before the termination of an interval, when
the umpires shall go to the wickets. The Home Board shall inform the ICC Match
Referee and the Manager of the visiting team at the start of the tour that this
practice is to be adopted.
3.5
Law 3.8 - Fitness for play and Law 3.9 - Suspension of play in dangerous
or unreasonable conditions
3.5.1
The safety of
all persons within the ground is of paramount importance to the ICC. In the
event that any threatening circumstance, whether actual or perceived, comes to
the attention of any umpire (including for example weather, pitch invasions,
act of God, etc. See also clauses 3.5.4 and 3.5.5 below), then the players and
officials should immediately be asked to leave the field of play in a safe and
orderly manner and to relocate to a secure and safe area (depending on each
particular threat) pending the satisfactory passing or resolution of such
threat or risk to the reasonable satisfaction of the umpires, ICC Match
Referee, the head of the relevant ground authority, the head of ground security
and/or the police as the circumstances may require.
Laws 3.8 & 3.9 shall be replaced by:
3.5.2
The umpires
shall be the final judges of the fitness of the ground, weather and light for
play. See clause 3.5.3 below and Law 7.2 (Fitness of the pitch for play).
3.5.3
Suspension of play for adverse conditions of
ground, weather or light
a) All references to ground include the pitch. See
Law 7.1 (Area of pitch).
b) If at any time the umpires together agree that
the conditions of ground, weather or light are so bad that there is obvious and
foreseeable risk to the safety of any player or umpire, so that it would be
unreasonable or dangerous for play to take place, then they shall immediately
suspend play, or not allow play to commence or to restart. The decision as to
whether conditions are so bad as to warrant such action is one for the umpires
alone to make, following consultation with the ICC Match Referee.
The fact that the grass and the ball are wet and
slippery does not warrant the ground conditions being regarded as unreasonable
or dangerous. If the umpires consider the ground is so wet or slippery as to
deprive the bowler of a reasonable foothold, the fielders of the power of free
movement, or the batsmen of the ability to play their strokes or to run between
the wickets, then these conditions shall be regarded as so bad that it would be
unreasonable for play to take place.
If circumstances are warranted, the umpires
shall stop play and instruct the ground staff to take whatever action they can
and use whatever equipment is necessary to remove as much dew as possible from
the outfield when conditions become unreasonable or dangerous. The umpires may
also instruct the ground staff to take such action during scheduled and
unscheduled breaks in play.
The umpires shall disregard any shadow on the pitch from the stadium or
from any permanent object on the ground.
c) When there is a suspension of play it is the
responsibility of the umpires to monitor the conditions. They shall make
inspections as often as appropriate. Immediately the umpires together agree
that conditions are suitable for play they shall call upon the players to
resume the game.
d) If play is in progress up to the start of an
agreed interval then it will resume after the interval unless the umpires
together agree that the conditions of ground, weather or light are so bad that
there is obvious and foreseeable risk to the safety of any player or umpire, so
that it would be unreasonable or dangerous for play to take place.
3.5.4
Play may be
suspended due to safety and security concerns by the umpires on the advice of
the ICC Match Referee, the head of the relevant ground authority, the head of
ground security or the police.
3.5.5
Where play is
suspended under Clause 3.5.4 above the decision to abandon or resume play shall
be the responsibility of the ICC Match Referee who shall act only after
consultation with the head of ground security and the police.
3.6 Light Meters
3.6.1
It is the responsibility of the ICC to supply
light meters to the match officials to be used in accordance with these playing
conditions.
3.6.2
All light meters shall be uniformly calibrated.
3.6.3
The umpires
shall be entitled to use light meter readings as a guideline for determining
whether the light is fit for play in accordance with the criteria set out in
clause 3.5.3 (b) above.
3.6.4
Light meter readings may accordingly be used by
the umpires:
a)
To determine whether there has been at any stage
a deterioration or improvement in the light.
b)
As benchmarks for the remainder of a stoppage,
match and/or series/event.
3.7 Use of artificial lights
If in the opinion of the umpires, natural light
is deteriorating to an unfit level, they shall authorize the ground authorities
to use the available artificial lighting so that the match can continue in
acceptable conditions.
In the event of power failure or lights malfunction, the provisions
relating to the delay or interruption of play due to bad weather or light shall
apply.
3.8 Day Night matches
3.8.1
Pads and players’ and umpires’ clothing shall be
coloured.
3.8.2
Sight screens will be black.
3.9 Advertising on grounds,
perimeter boards and sightscreens
3.9.1
Advertising on grounds
The logos on outfields are to be positioned as follows:
a)
Behind the stumps – a minimum of 25.15 yards (23
meters) from the stumps.
b)
Midwicket/cover area – no advertising to be
positioned within the 30 yard (27.50 meters) circle.
a) Advertising on perimeter boards placed in front
of the sightscreens is permitted save that the predominant colour of such
advertising shall be of a contrasting colour to that of the ball.
b) Advertising on perimeter boards behind the
stumps at both ends shall not contain moving, flashing or flickering images and
operators should ensure that the images are only changed or moved at a time
that will not be distracting to the players or the umpires.
c)
In addition, the brightness of any electronic
images shall be set at a level so that it is not a distraction to the players
or umpires.
3.9.3
Sightscreens
a)
Sightscreens shall be provided at both ends of
all grounds.
b)
Advertising shall be permitted on the
sightscreen behind the striker, providing it is removed for the subsequent over
from that end.
c) Such advertising shall not contain flashing or
flickering images and particular care should be taken by the operators that the
advertising is not changed at a time which is distracting to the umpire.
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