JOHANNESBURG, Feb 25: South Africa and Australia have decided not to use super-subs in their five-match One-day International series even though it remains an International Cricket Council (ICC) playing condition until March 21.

Captains Graeme Smith and Ricky Ponting agreed not to use super-subs in Friday’s Twenty20 match or the one-day series starting on Sunday but the ICC match referee for the series, Chris Broad, said the playing condition has to be adhered to.

“The super-sub trial is still effectively an ICC playing condition and it will have to be complied with during the series,” Broad said in a press release on Friday night.

“Both teams have agreed to name a starting eleven and a super-sub, however Graeme and Ricky have agreed that the super-sub will not be used in a playing capacity at any stage during the five-match series,” the statement said.

The ICC said after the chief executives committee meeting in Dubai last week that the super-sub trial would not be used in any One-day International series starting after March 21, though this decision still has to be ratified by its executive board.—Reuters