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Anil Kumble-led ICC Committee to discuss boundary count rule
The controversial boundary rule had come up for debate, after the World Cup final was tied between England and New Zealand
Former Indian skipper Anil Kumble-led Cricket Comittee will meet to discuss the controversial boundary count rule in their next meeting, ICC General Manager Geoff Allardice stated.
"The Cricket Committee will consider any issues arising from the World Cup final when it next meets (in the first quarter of 2020)," Allardice was quoted as saying by ESPNcricinfo.
"A Super Over has been used to determine a winner in a tied match in ICC events since 2009 (replacing the bowl-out), and the tie-breaker after a tied Super Over needed to be derived from something that happened in that particular match. So it has always related to the number of boundaries scored in the match," he added.
In the World Cup 2019 final earlier this month, England edged past New Zealand on boundary count to win their first World Cup title. After the match and the super over ended in a tie, the hosts were announced the winners on the basis of the boundary count - they had hit 22 fours and two sixes in their innings, while New Zealand hit 17.
"Almost all the T20 leagues around the world also use boundaries as the tie-breaker in their Super Overs. We wanted to use the same Super Over regulations that are used across all professional cricket and that's why it was the way it was. Whether it should be different is something that our cricket committee will consider at some point," Allardice said.
On sharing the World Cup in such a situation, Allardice stated that the matter was not discussed in the ICC's Chief Executives Committee meeting.
"No, that wasn't discussed. The consistent view has been that the World Cup final needs a winner, and a Super Over was in the playing conditions to decide a tied final in each of the last three World Cups," he said.
