What's new - World Test Championship playing conditions
How will teams level on points be separated, what's the call on over-rate penalties, and other key questions answered
The WTC will feature a number of tweaked playing conditions • Getty Images
- When a side is bowled out in 60 overs or less, and the bowling team has not exceeded the over-rate limit, that innings will not be included in the bowling team's match over-rate calculation.
- When a side bowls out the opposition twice, and in doing so does not complete more than 120 overs in total, that team will be exempt from any over-rate penalties.
- When a team doesn't bowl more than 60 overs in a match, that team will be exempt from any over-rate penalties.
- For each over a team is found to be short, a Penalty Over will be incurred
- For each Penalty Over, there will be two WTC points deducted from the team's total
- All players will be fined the same as the captain for over-rate offences - 20% of their match fee per Penalty Over, up to a maximum of 100%
- There will be no escalation in penalties for repeat offences
- The player must be diagnosed with a concussion suffered on the field of play by a team medical representative
- A request for a substitute is put in within 36 hours of the incident
- Teams must name a like-for-like replacement, to be approved by the ICC match referee
- Once replaced, the concussed player may take no further part in the game