ICC new over rate penalties introduced for Sharjah tournament plus ODI rankings preview
The opening match of the Sharjah Cup between Pakistan and Zimbabwe on 3rd April 2003 will be the first played under the ICC Code of Conduct incorporating new penalties for slow over rates
ICC Media Release
02-Apr-2003
The opening match of the Sharjah Cup between Pakistan and Zimbabwe on 3rd April 2003 will be the first played under the ICC Code of Conduct incorporating new penalties for slow over rates.
Teams will still have three-and-a-half hours plus allowances given by the referee to bowl 50 overs and each member of the bowling team will be fined 5% of his match fee per lost over. However, under the amended playing conditions, penalties will be doubled for the captain of the bowling side.
If the shortfall in an ODI is more than two overs, the captain will also be charged with a Level Two breach of the ICC Code of Conduct for deliberate time wasting. This will result in a disciplinary hearing with possible penalties of a fine of between 50% and 100% of his match fee and/or a two ODI ban.
The penalty of reducing the overs for a team batting second that failed to complete its overs in the allotted time has been removed.
The principles of the new approach will also apply in Test Match cricket with the increased penalties coming into effect after five rather than two overs.
The amendment reflects a decision taken at the ICC Cricket Committee - Management (CC-M) meeting in Cape Town from 7th - 8th February 2003.
The CC-M meeting also approved the introduction of a process for a match referee to suspend play due to safety and security concerns and this too will come into effect from the opening match of the Sharjah tournament.
The new provisions can be viewed in full on the ICC website www.icc.cricket.org. The over-rate penalties are in section J of the ICC Code of Conduct (p20) and s12.4 of the ICC ODI Playing Conditions. The safety and security suspension provisions can be found in s3.6 of the ICC Test Match and s3.6 of the ICC ODI Playing Conditions.
Sri Lanka chasing third place in ICC ODI table
On the pitch, Sri Lanka can move into third place in the ICC ODI Championship table if it wins the Sharjah Cup from 3rd - 10th April.
Sri Lanka goes into the four-team tournament with a rating of 108, just two behind third-placed Pakistan.
Although Sri Lanka reached the semi final of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003, defeats to India and Kenya - both lower-ranked teams - plus two defeats to leaders Australia caused their ranking to fall during the tournament by two points.
Pakistan overtook Sri Lanka in the rankings in November 2002 and narrowly held onto third spot in spite of a poor showing at the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003. Under the new captaincy of Rashid Latif, the team will be looking to consolidate its third spot.
Kenya was the biggest beneficiary from the ICC Cricket World Cup, increasing its rating by 10. Victories over Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Zimbabwe helped Steve Tikolo's team close the gap to ninth placed Zimbabwe from 46 to 33 points.
Kenya's current rating of 30 is the highest it has been since the ICC ODI rankings were introduced in October 2002.
Zimbabwe's ICC CWC defeat to Kenya was the main reason their rating fell by three from 66 to 63 during the tournament. They will have a chance to avenge that defeat on 5th April.
The umpiring duties in Sharjah will be shared between Arani Jayaprakash, Billy Doctrove and Kevin Barbour from the Emirates International Panel of Umpires. The match referee will be Justice Ahmed Ebrahim from the Emirates International Panel of Referees.
ICC ODI Championship Table (correct at the end of the ICC CWC 2003)
Ranking Team Pld Rating (Rating on 8th Feb 2003) 1 Australia 46 136 (132) 2 South Africa 53 123 (126) 3 Pakistan 45 110 (114) 4 Sri Lanka 57 108 (110) 5 India 54 103 (99) 6 West Indies 35 99 (99) 7 New Zealand 45 98 (97) 8 England 34 98 (98) 9 Zimbabwe 40 63 (66) 10 Kenya 22 30 (20) 11 Bangladesh 19 6 (10)
Developed by David Kendix
How the ICC ODI rankings work:
The formula used by the ICC to determine ranking positions takes into account the following factors:
- results from all ODI matches played over the previous two to three years
- strength of opposition, with greater reward for beating higher ranked opponents
- greater importance is placed on more recent results, with older matches dropped every 12 months
- all matches have equal status, with no account taken of venue or margin of victory
For the full formula visit www.icc.cricket.org.
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