Former India skipper Anil Kumble-led Cricket Committee will discuss issues relating to the World Cup final, including the controversial boundary count back rule, in their next meeting, International Cricket Council (ICC) General Manager, Cricket, Geoff Allardice said.
“The Cricket Committee will consider any issues arisingfrom the World Cup final when it next meets (in the first quarter of2020),” Allardice was quoted as saying by ESPNcricinfo.
“A Super Over has been used to determine a winner in atied match in ICC events since 2009 (replacing the bowl-out), and thetie-breaker after a tied Super Over needed to be derived from something thathappened in that particular match. So it has always related to the number ofboundaries scored in the match,” he added.
England edged past New Zealand on the boundary count to wintheir maiden World Cup earlier this month, leading to a massive uproar regardingthe rule. In the final at Lord’s on July 14, England were adjudged winners ofthe World Cup on the basis of their superior boundary count – 22 fours and twosixes – to New Zealand’s 17 after the the match ended in a tie after regulationplay and Super Over.
“Almost all the T20 leagues around the world also useboundaries as the tie-breaker in their Super Overs. We wanted to use the sameSuper Over regulations that are used across all professional cricket and that’swhy it was the way it was. Whether it should be different is something that ourcricket committee will consider at some point,” Allardice said.
On sharing the World Cup, he said that the ICC’s ChiefExecutives Committee did not deliberate on the matter at its annual conference.
“No, that wasn’t discussed. The consistent view hasbeen that the World Cup final needs a winner, and a Super Over was in theplaying conditions to decide a tied final in each of the last three WorldCups,” he said.
Allardice also hailed India skipper Virat Kohli’s commentson the World Test Championship. “It is very encouraging to hear thosecomments. I know players love playing Test cricket. For the first time there isa real context to the matches they play that extends beyond a particularseries.
“I know the Test rankings have done a good job over along period of time in the sense of identifying the best team, but to be ableto compete on a points table and play for a spot in the final will add a newelement to Test cricket and will make it more interesting to people from thecountries not involved in that particular match,” Allardice said.