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England’s dramatic super over victory in the Cricket World Cup final has led to a rule change, announced by the ICC on Monday.
Eoin Morgan’s men lifted the global tournament for the first time on boundary count after tieing the super over against New Zealand at Lord’s in July.
The rule change now means that in the event of a tie it will be repeated until one team scores more runs than the other.
Had that been in place this summer then England’s clash with the Kiwis would have gone to a second round of sudden death.
Cricket’s world governing body have announced it will come into effect in the semi-finals and finals of all ICC events.
Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler hit 15 off of England’s super over before Jofra Archer took the ball for New Zealand’s response.
Martin Guptill needed two off the final ball for victory but was run out attempting to come home for a quick second, ensuring the scores remained level and England took home their first major international trophy.
The ICC have decreed that a super over will no longer end in a tie. It will be repeated until one side has scored more runs than the other. Eoin Morgan’s side won their first global tournament on boundary count in July.
Had the new rules been in place for the 2019 final, England and New Zealand would have played another Super Over, rather than the game being decided on the technicality of England having scored more boundaries over the course of the final.
An ICC statement said that the change was “in keeping with the basic principle of scoring more runs than the opponent to win,” and added that both its cricket committee and the chief executives’ committee agreed the Super Over represented an “exciting and engaging conclusion” to a game.
The Super Over will also now be in place for every game in both 20-over and 50-over World Cups, having previously only applied in the knockout stages.
In the group stages of a tournament, if a Super Over is tied then the match result will be logged as a tie.—Agencies
