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| March 21, 2006 | Tuesday | Safar 20, 1427 |
ICC scraps super-sub
LONDON, March 20: The International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Monday it would scrap the super-sub trial in one-day internationals and introduce a formal pitch-monitoring process for international cricket.
“This process, which has been adopted with immediate effect, includes potential sanctions ranging from a formal warning to a member board fine or even suspension of international status for venues that produce substandard pitches,” it said in a statement after meeting in Dubai.
The board’s decision on the use of super-subs follows last month’s recommendation by ICC chief executives, who felt the rule placed too much importance on winning the toss in one-dayers.
The intention of the substitution rule was to encourage teams to make greater use of all-rounders but in practice teams have used specialists to fill a void.—Agencies
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