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West Indies vs England to take on each other in 5-match T20I series (File Photo: Twitter)
In a recent piece of news, the Cricket Governing Body finally decided to implement the new ‘stop clock’ rule in international cricket. Firstly, the rule will be implemented on a trial experiment; the rule be tried in the Men’s ODI and T20I matches of full-member teams, from December 2023 (ongoing month) to April 2024, which will include approximately 59 international matches.
The first experimental use of this ‘stop clock’ rule will be implemented in the first T20I of the upcoming five-match T20I series between West Indies and England in West Indies. The T20I series opener between both teams will be played on Tuesday, December 12 at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown Barbados.
We are continually looking at ways to speed up the pace of the game - GM, Cricket Governing Body
The new rule has been introduced by the Cricket Governing Body to reduce the time which is usually taken by the bowling side in between overs while changing the bowler. The new rule says that the bowling side will have to bowl the first ball of the next over within 60 seconds of the last ball of the previous over bowled.
In the same line of events, the General Manager of the Cricket Governing Body, Wasim Khan came up with a statement on this new rule and its importance in increasing the pace of game in the modern-day cricket, be it international cricket or its use by respective cricket boards in the franchise T20 Leagues.
“We are continually looking at ways to speed up the pace of play across international cricket. The stop-clock trial in white-ball international cricket follows the introduction of a successful new playing condition in 2022, which resulted in the fielding team only being allowed four fielders outside of the inner circle if they were not in a position to bowl the first ball of their final over in the stipulated time,” Wasim Khan was quoted as saying in an official press release from the Cricket Governing Body.
“The outcomes of the stop-clock trial will be assessed at the end of the trial period,” Khan added later.