IT'S OFF THE HOOK
That’s the official slogan of the T20 world championship. To find out more about this exciting format, read on...
That’s the official slogan of the T20 world championship. To find out more about this exciting format, read on...
TAKE your regular one-day game and deduct thirty overs from each side. Too complicated. In simple words, twenty overs is the maximum number of overs each team will be allowed to bowl with both sides playing one innings each. THE interval between the two innings will be of only fifteen minutes and in case of a reduced-over match the break will be shortened to just ten minutes.
THE field restrictions will be applicable only for six overs unlike the one-day format where it remains for fifteen overs. Whether these restrictions would make any noticeable difference in this ‘wham-bam’ format , wherein the batsmen will be gunning for the bowlers throats from the word go, remains to be seen. SIX is also the number of penalty-runs that will be imposed for every over that a team fails to bowl within the total allotted time. The teams better finish on time.
FIVE is the minimum number of overs both sides will have to play for it to constitute a match. And if the weather gods decide to open their account then the rules decided by that famous rain couple Duckworth & Lewis will be considered.
FIVE is also the number of runs that a team will get penalised if the umpire rules that the batsman is wasting time. The ‘men in black’ have been asked to strictly enforce this rule and so players go easy on adjusting that crotch guard
Each bowler will be allowed a maximum of four overs. In case of a delayed or an interrupted match, the total quote of each bowler will be restricted to no more more than one fifth of the total overs allowed unless such a number has been exceeded before the interruption. So the team’s strike bowlers will have to do the damage within that four overs and the batsmen simply have to ensure that they don’t fall victim in these four overs.
AFTER a dismissal, the new batsmen must be in position to take guard or his non-striking partner must be in position within one minute and thirty seconds of the fall of the previous wicket. Simplifying it, in case you still didn’t get it, from the moment a batsmen gets out, if the next batsmen doesn’t make it in ninety seconds, the batting team is in trouble. So in case the batsmen decide to take a visit to the loo, when they are next in line, it better be something that can be stopped.
TEAMS will have a total of one hour and fifteen minutes to bowl their twenty overs. And so mathematically speaking for the first innings the calculation for the number of overs shall be based on one over for every 3.75 minutes in the total time available till the close of play. No, don’t bang your head against the wall for not having paid attention in class or call your maths teacher. Simply put , total available time divided by 3.75 will give you the number of overs that can be bowled in each of the innings.
THREE stumps is what will decide the winner in case of a tie. Five bowlers from each side will have one attempt each, to try and hit the wickerwork. A toss will be used to decide who goes first. And the team which hits the stumps the maximum number of times will walk away with their heads held high. If the teams are still on level after these five attempts then the bowls will continue till one team has scored one hit more than the other. Each bowl has to be taken by a different player
FOR every front-foot no-ball bowled, the batting team will get a free hit off the next ball.A free hit simply implies that you will get all the liberties you would get in a no-ball. You can’t be bowled, you cant be caught, only a run-out or stumping is possible. While a lot of debate has risen over this being unfairly advantageous to the batsmen, ICC has stuck to their guns that this will help in reigning in the bowlers.
THE field restrictions will be applicable only for six overs unlike the one-day format where it remains for fifteen overs. Whether these restrictions would make any noticeable difference in this ‘wham-bam’ format , wherein the batsmen will be gunning for the bowlers throats from the word go, remains to be seen. SIX is also the number of penalty-runs that will be imposed for every over that a team fails to bowl within the total allotted time. The teams better finish on time.
FIVE is the minimum number of overs both sides will have to play for it to constitute a match. And if the weather gods decide to open their account then the rules decided by that famous rain couple Duckworth & Lewis will be considered.
FIVE is also the number of runs that a team will get penalised if the umpire rules that the batsman is wasting time. The ‘men in black’ have been asked to strictly enforce this rule and so players go easy on adjusting that crotch guard
Each bowler will be allowed a maximum of four overs. In case of a delayed or an interrupted match, the total quote of each bowler will be restricted to no more more than one fifth of the total overs allowed unless such a number has been exceeded before the interruption. So the team’s strike bowlers will have to do the damage within that four overs and the batsmen simply have to ensure that they don’t fall victim in these four overs.
AFTER a dismissal, the new batsmen must be in position to take guard or his non-striking partner must be in position within one minute and thirty seconds of the fall of the previous wicket. Simplifying it, in case you still didn’t get it, from the moment a batsmen gets out, if the next batsmen doesn’t make it in ninety seconds, the batting team is in trouble. So in case the batsmen decide to take a visit to the loo, when they are next in line, it better be something that can be stopped.
TEAMS will have a total of one hour and fifteen minutes to bowl their twenty overs. And so mathematically speaking for the first innings the calculation for the number of overs shall be based on one over for every 3.75 minutes in the total time available till the close of play. No, don’t bang your head against the wall for not having paid attention in class or call your maths teacher. Simply put , total available time divided by 3.75 will give you the number of overs that can be bowled in each of the innings.
THREE stumps is what will decide the winner in case of a tie. Five bowlers from each side will have one attempt each, to try and hit the wickerwork. A toss will be used to decide who goes first. And the team which hits the stumps the maximum number of times will walk away with their heads held high. If the teams are still on level after these five attempts then the bowls will continue till one team has scored one hit more than the other. Each bowl has to be taken by a different player
FOR every front-foot no-ball bowled, the batting team will get a free hit off the next ball.A free hit simply implies that you will get all the liberties you would get in a no-ball. You can’t be bowled, you cant be caught, only a run-out or stumping is possible. While a lot of debate has risen over this being unfairly advantageous to the batsmen, ICC has stuck to their guns that this will help in reigning in the bowlers.
