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Australia in India, 2007-08
ODI rule modifications could get early start
Cricinfo staff
September 25, 2007
The modifications to one-day international rules, as proposed by the ICC in June 2007, could be implemented early if the Indian and Australian captains and respective boards agree. The rules are supposed to come into effect on October 1 but the seven-ODI series between India and Australia starts on September 29.
Earlier in June, the ICC had ruled the following changes in ODI playing conditions:
The ICC had also increased the stipulated minimum boundary sizes for all international matches.
If Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Ricky Ponting agree to follow the new rules from Saturday's first one-dayer itself, they will save themselves the trouble of adjusting mid-series. The matter will be sorted out at the match referee's meeting before the first ODI in Bangalore.
The ICC, on its part, would have no objections if the two teams want to give the new rules an early start. As an ICC official said, "It's something for the captains, coaches and respective boards to thrash out among themselves."
There is a precedent for this: the ICC had not objected when England and Australia gave the Powerplays and Supersubs an early debut in July 2005, while the rules' trial was officially slated to begin from August 2005.
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