India will face New Zealand in the WTC finals at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton from June 18. The ICC announced the final conditions of the WTC play on Friday.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Friday announced the conditions for playing in the finals of the first World Test Championship.
India will face New Zealand in the WTC finals at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton from June 18. Both teams will be declared the winners in the event of a draw or a draw.
The Test will have an extra day (June 23) set to make up for any time lost during normal game days.
The ICC also announced these below mentioned changes.
- The match will be played using Grade 1 Dukes cricket balls.
- The final will also see the implementation of the following changes to international playing conditions that came into effect with the ongoing ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League series between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka:
- Short Runs – The Third Umpire will automatically review any call of a ‘short run’ by the On-field Umpire and communicate the decision to the On-field Umpire prior to the next ball being bowled.
- Player Reviews – The fielding captain or the dismissed batsman may confirm with the Umpire whether a genuine attempt has been made to play the ball prior to deciding whether to initiate a player review for LBW.
- DRS Reviews – For LBW reviews, the height margin of the Wicket Zone has been lifted to the top of the stumps to ensure the same Umpire’s Call margin around the stumps for both height and width.
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