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The International Cricket Council (ICC) has approved new rules including the Boundary rule, no ball change in ODI after 35th over. Some of the ICC rules have already been inducted into the Men’s International formats, likely the World Test Championship Cycle 2025-27, the rest of the rules for white ball cricket will be in practice from July 2, 2025.
The new changes were recommended by the ICC Men’s Cricket Committee headed by Sourav Ganguly, with new playing conditions like changes to concussion replacement process, the DRS wicket zone and more.
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Playing Condition Changes
Stop Clock in Tests
After the stop clock rule in the white ball cricket, the ICC has now inducted the same rule in Test cricket where the bowling team must bowl the first ball of their next over within 60 seconds from the completion of the previous over.
Failure to do so for the third time in an innings (following two warnings) will result in a five-run penalty imposed against the fielding team on each occasion. The two warnings will be cleared off to zero after the 80 over mark in line with the introduction of a new ball.
Number of Balls in an ODI inning
Two new balls will be used for the first 34 overs of the inning, after which the fielding team must choose one of the two to resume the rest of the 16 overs.
Boundary Catches
Any fielder along the boundary taking an airborne catch must land outside the boundary, stay with no contact with the ball. And the fielder who is beyond the boundary can be in contact with the ball once more. Having done so, they must land and remain wholly within the boundary. This applies even if another player completes the fielding.
This change will be implemented in international cricket before it is included in the MCC Laws of Cricket next year.
Concussion Protocol
Two changes have been made in the concussion protocol.
Any player who is diagnosed with a concussion must be aligning with the rule of stand down for the minimum of 7 days before returning to play. This change has been recommended by the ICC Medical Advisory Committee to support players’ safety and well-being.
Teams playing must nominate a concussion substitute for the match and this rule is added to curb the advantage of the home team which had a larger player pool to choose from.
Deliberate Short Runs
Apart from the existing five -run penalty for a deliberate short run, the fielding team will have to choose which of the two batters must remain and take strike for the next ball.
The DRS Wicket Zone
The DRS wicket zone now will be the physical outline of the stumps and the bails.
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