Several new ICC rules to come into effect from October 1, complete ban on saliva use

The ICC on Tuesday announced several changes to its playing conditions which come into effect from October 1. Interestingly, T20 World Cup 2022 will be played according these new rules.

NO MANKAD

According to the new rules Mankad would no longer be considered as unfair play but it would be called a ‘Run-Out’. 'Mankading' was often seen as an unfair method of running out the non-striker and many bowlers opted against it. However, it has now been moved from the 'Unfair Play' section to the 'run out' section.

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BAN ON SALIVA

The saliva ban that was implemented for the past two years due to covid-19 as a precaution has now been made permanent. As a result, players would not be allowed to use saliva to shine the ball.

BATTER RETURNING WHEN CAUGHT

If a batter is out caught, the new batter coming in will take the strike. Earlier, if the batter and the non-striker crossed before the catch was taken, then the non-striker would face the next ball and the the new player coming in.

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Apart from these 3 new rules, a number of other changes would also come into effect. If a bowler throws the ball at the striker’s end in an attempt of run-out before delivery, it will be considered as a dead ball.

If the fielding side takes any unfair movement while the bowler is running to bowl, umpire could award the batting side 5 penalty runs and even declare the delivery as dead ball.

The new coming batter need to get ready to face the ball within two minutes of him reaching the pitch. The 90 seconds rule for T20 cricket stays in act.