The new recommendations and amendments for the cricket has been made by ICC (International Cricket Committee) after its annual general meeting of the executive boards at Hong Kong. The first international cricket series between West Indies and Bangladesh which is being hosted by Bangladesh, will be furnished with the ICC’s revised and new rules for cricket, which is starting from 11th October 2011 but there is no Decision Review System being used during the series.

ODIs:

Powerplays

The teams can take the bowling and batting Powerplays at the start of an over after 15 overs of an innings have been bowled. They must complete the Powerplays by the 40th over, which means the 36th over is last one for fielding restrictions and the last 10 overs will be spared as for normal cricket. The first ten overs for mandatory Powerplay while any selected five overs will show batting and bowling powerplays. This condition will not apply to innings reduced to fewer than 40 overs due to any cause.

Two new balls per innings

Under the new rules, each umpire will be given two new balls, to be used in alternate overs, one at each end, for the fielding team. The ball will not change.

Duration of interval between innings

The minimum interval for an uninterrupted ODI cricket match has been increased from 20 minutes to 30 minutes.

Tests:

Umpireâ€™s authority for Extra time

If requested by captain, the umpires may decide to play for 15 minutes (a minimum time span of four overs) extra time or more time at the scheduled lunch or tea interval of any day, if in the umpires’ opinion, it would bring about a definite result in that session otherwise no extra time will be allowed. If extra time given then shall be deducted from the total number of hours of play remaining, also if a cricket team is nine wickets down at the time of the lunch interval, the break will be delayed by a maximum time.

All formats:

Obstructing the fielder throw

If a fielding team appeals and the umpire feels the batsman has significantly changed his direction, while running between the wickets and comes in the way of throw, according to new rules umpire can give batsman out for obstructing the throw. It is not relevant whether a run out would have been affected or not. The on-field umpires are allowed to consult the third umpire in making the decision. The other circumstances of cricket are still applicable.

Taking Runners

Any batsman will not be allowed to take a mate as a runner under any circumstances. The batsman can retire hurt and return to bat at a later stage in the innings after recovery.

Penalty time

If a player, who cannot bat or bowl because he or she off the field still has some unexpired penalty time remaining from a previous absence, is on the field when play is interrupted by any reasons so under the new cricket rules the duration of the stoppage will be deducted from the remaining penalty time.

Run out by Bowler before delivery

According to a new rules and cricket condition, the bowler is permitted to attempt to run out the non-striker end after his bowling arm passes the normal point of ball release. Whether the attempt is successful or not, the ball will not count as one of the over, it will be a dead ball.

Under Consideration:

Decision Review System

ICC has also considered the DRS in Tests and also said that it should be used in one-day internationals and Twenty20 but with one failed review rather than two. According to the other members, more work is needed for technology to fill the doubts.Â Still major resistance is funds which has been a major issue with host boards and broadcasters.

Pink Ball

ICC also preferred cricket boards to use the pink color ball in day-night first class cricket to test its durability and has called for its trial in the Intercontinental Cup of cricket later in the year. The pink ball was used in Pakistan’s first class season earlier this year, PCB pushed that it should be embraced by other boards in domestic cricket matches too.

More like new rules, the committee ICC is considering for experiments with newer ideas in domestic cricket, removing restrictions for the maximum number of overs for a bowler, no compulsory close-catchers, number of bouncers allowed per over, maximum fielders outside the 30-yard circles, captain suspension for one game on poor over-rates and day-night Tests.