3:24 AM GMTNagraj GollapudiNews editor, ESPNcricinfo CloseNagraj Gollapudi is news editor at ESPNcricinfoFacebookTwitterFacebook MessengerPinterestEmailprintSatisfied with the recent “successful” trials, the ICC has decided to take the big step of leaving the adjudication of the front-foot no-balls solely to the third umpire for the upcoming Women’s T20 World Cup, starting February 21 in Australia. This will be the first global tournament where the on-field umpires will not monitor the front-foot no-balls.Having discontinued early trials in 2016, the ICC opted to reintroduce the system of allowing the third umpire to exclusively call the front-foot no-balls for the first time during the T20I series between India and West Indies in late 2019, followed by limited-overs series between West Indies and Ireland in the Caribbean in January 2020.In a media release on Monday, the ICC said the trials were initiated in 12 matches and out of the 4717 deliveries bowled, the third umpire called 13 no-balls (0.28% of total deliveries). “All deliveries were judged accurately,” the ICC said.According to Geoff Allardice, ICC’s general manager of cricket, front-foot no-balls were “difficult” for the on-field umpires to call “accurately”, albeit that percentage being low. However, Allardice said it was pertinent that the no-balls be called accurately… Read full this story
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