ICC Match Officials’ World Test Championship Almanac 2020/21 AUTO NO BALL (ANB) TECHNOLOGY Effective 1 December 2020 CONTENTS 1 THE PLAYERS................................................................................................................................................. 4 2 THE UMPIRES ................................................................................................................................................. 8 3 THE SCORERS ............................................................................................................................................. 19 4 THE BALL ...................................................................................................................................................... 20 5 THE BAT ........................................................................................................................................................ 23 6 THE PITCH .................................................................................................................................................... 25 7 THE CREASES .............................................................................................................................................. 28 8 THE WICKETS ............................................................................................................................................... 28 9 PREPARATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE PLAYING AREA .................................................................. 30 10 COVERING THE PITCH ................................................................................................................................. 34 11 INTERVALS ................................................................................................................................................... 35 12 START OF PLAY; CESSATION OF PLAY ...................................................................................................... 40 13 INNINGS ........................................................................................................................................................ 56 14 THE FOLLOW-ON.......................................................................................................................................... 57 15 DECLARATION AND FORFEITURE .............................................................................................................. 58 16 THE RESULT ................................................................................................................................................. 58 17 THE OVER ..................................................................................................................................................... 64 18 SCORING RUNS ........................................................................................................................................... 66 19 BOUNDARIES ............................................................................................................................................... 71 20 DEAD BALL ................................................................................................................................................... 74 21 NO BALL ........................................................................................................................................................ 78 22 WIDE BALL .................................................................................................................................................... 87 23 BYE AND LEG BY .......................................................................................................................................... 89 24 FIELDER’S ABSENCE; SUBSTITUTES ......................................................................................................... 91 25 BATSMAN’S INNINGS ................................................................................................................................... 97 26 PRACTICE ON THE FIELD ............................................................................................................................ 98 27 THE WICKET-KEEPER ................................................................................................................................ 100 28 THE FIELDER .............................................................................................................................................. 104 29 THE WICKET IS DOWN ............................................................................................................................... 108 30 BATSMAN OUT OF HIS GROUND............................................................................................................... 109 31 APPEALS ..................................................................................................................................................... 111 32 BOWLED ..................................................................................................................................................... 113 33 CAUGHT ...................................................................................................................................................... 113 34 HIT THE BALL TWICE ................................................................................................................................. 115 35 HIT WICKET ................................................................................................................................................ 117 36 LEG BEFORE WICKET ................................................................................................................................ 118 37 OBSTRUCTING THE FIELD......................................................................................................................... 119 38 RUN OUT ..................................................................................................................................................... 121 39 STUMPED ................................................................................................................................................... 122 i 40 TIMED OUT ................................................................................................................................................. 123 41 UNFAIR PLAY .............................................................................................................................................. 123 42 PLAYERS’ CONDUCT ................................................................................................................................. 148 Decision Review System (DRS) and Third Umpire Protocol ................................................................................... 151 1 General ........................................................................................................................................................ 151 2 Umpire Review ............................................................................................................................................. 152 3 Player Review .............................................................................................................................................. 162 4 Interpretation of Playing Conditions............................................................................................................... 173 Appendix A Definitions ......................................................................................................................................... 175 1 The match .................................................................................................................................................... 175 2 Implements and equipment ........................................................................................................................... 175 3 The playing area ........................................................................................................................................... 176 4 Positioning ................................................................................................................................................... 176 5 Umpires and decision-making ....................................................................................................................... 177 6 Batsmen ....................................................................................................................................................... 178 7 Fielders ........................................................................................................................................................ 178 8 Substitutes and Concussion Replacements .................................................................................................. 179 9 Bowlers ........................................................................................................................................................ 179 10 The ball ........................................................................................................................................................ 180 11 Runs ............................................................................................................................................................ 180 12 The person 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