Farewell runners and hello controversy!

The ICC has changed the rules of Cricket and will be changed at 00:00 1/10/2011. There a significant changes like the abolition of runners and the reintroduction to the dreaded backing-up run out rule. The ICC have made the changes after consideration at London with the ICC Cricket committee members on May and the executive board meeting in Hong Kong in June . This will be interesting in how the teams will play cricket including the current big money tournament of the Nokia Champions League Twenty20 2011.


The rules in short (to avoid you getting bored when you read this):

1. 2 new balls are to be used in each innings and chosen by the fielding team (ODI only)
2. In powerplays, the mandatory Powerplay of the first 10 overs will stay put but the bowling and batting Powerplay (each five overs) must be taken after the 15th over and before the 40th over. This will change if the match is interrupted and the playing conditions change (All formats)
3. Runners aren't allowed to have a runner but there is the option of being Retired Hurt but bat later in the innings and if the team is 9 wickets down with the last batsnan being injured (All formats)
4. Obstructing the field law now states that if the batman has changed direction significantly and has prevented the chance of the fielding team to receive a run out, then subject to consultation with the umpires, the batman will be given out (All formats)
5. Each player has a penalty time in which they are given and if they are going over it, then they will be punished by the umpires according to the laws of Cricket. The new rule is that if the player has some unexpired penalty time from his previous absence, then the duration of the delay of the match will be deducted into his penalty time (All formats)
6. Before the new rule was implemented, the bowler could run out the non-striker if he runs the non-striker before getting into his delivery stride. Now he could run the non-striker out before doing the bowling action. This was to ensure that the batsmen won't get a massive advantage by coming up to halfway down the pitch while the bowler is bowling (All formats)
7. There will be the maximum of 15 minutes of extra time before the tea or lunch interval if the umpires feel the need to play this if it is vital for the match and with the captain's consent. The session following the extra time will have the session reduced by the duration of the extra time from the previous session (Tests only)
8. If a team is 9 wickets down before the Lunch interval, then the Lunch interval will be extended by a maximum of 30 minutes (Tests only)
9. The interval of the uninterrupted ODI match will be extended from 20 minutes to 30 minutes

The first test of these rules being effective when the first matches of these rules are played which is the crucial clash of Group B of the Champions League Twenty20 2011 between Somerset and South Australia.

The three arriving in the pitch won't be seen from tomorrow