ICC Match Officials’ T20I Playing Conditions Almanac 2020/21 (Incorporating the 2017 Code of the MCC Laws of Cricket – 2nd Edition 2019) Effective 1 August 2020 AUTO NO BALL TECHNOLOGY (ANB) CONTENTS 1 THE PLAYERS................................................................................................................................................. 4 2 THE UMPIRES ................................................................................................................................................. 6 3 THE SCORERS ............................................................................................................................................. 18 4 THE BALL ...................................................................................................................................................... 19 5 THE BAT ........................................................................................................................................................ 22 6 THE PITCH .................................................................................................................................................... 24 7 THE CREASES .............................................................................................................................................. 27 8 THE WICKETS ............................................................................................................................................... 28 9 PREPARATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE PLAYING AREA .................................................................. 29 10 COVERING THE PITCH ................................................................................................................................. 32 11 INTERVALS ................................................................................................................................................... 33 12 START OF PLAY; CESSATION OF PLAY ..................................................................................................... 34 13 INNINGS ........................................................................................................................................................ 41 14 THE FOLLOW-ON.......................................................................................................................................... 45 15 DECLARATION AND FORFEITURE .............................................................................................................. 45 16 THE RESULT ................................................................................................................................................. 45 17 THE OVER ..................................................................................................................................................... 50 18 SCORING RUNS ........................................................................................................................................... 52 19 BOUNDARIES ............................................................................................................................................... 57 20 DEAD BALL ................................................................................................................................................... 60 21 NO BALL ........................................................................................................................................................ 63 22 WIDE BALL .................................................................................................................................................... 73 23 BYE AND LEG BYE ....................................................................................................................................... 78 24 FIELDER’S ABSENCE; SUBSTITUTES ......................................................................................................... 79 25 BATSMAN’S INNINGS ................................................................................................................................... 85 26 PRACTICE ON THE FIELD ............................................................................................................................ 86 27 THE WICKET-KEEPER .................................................................................................................................. 88 28 THE FIELDER ................................................................................................................................................ 92 29 THE WICKET IS DOWN ................................................................................................................................. 98 30 BATSMAN OUT OF HIS GROUND................................................................................................................. 99 31 APPEALS ..................................................................................................................................................... 100 32 BOWLED ..................................................................................................................................................... 102 33 CAUGHT ...................................................................................................................................................... 103 34 HIT THE BALL TWICE ................................................................................................................................. 105 35 HIT WICKET ................................................................................................................................................ 106 36 LEG BEFORE WICKET ................................................................................................................................ 107 37 OBSTRUCTING THE FIELD......................................................................................................................... 108 38 RUN OUT ..................................................................................................................................................... 111 39 STUMPED ................................................................................................................................................... 112 i 40 TIMED OUT ................................................................................................................................................. 113 41 UNFAIR PLAY .............................................................................................................................................. 113 42 PLAYERS’ CONDUCT ................................................................................................................................. 138 Decision Review System (DRS) and Third Umpire Protocol .............................................................................. 141 1 General ........................................................................................................................................................ 141 2 Umpire Review ............................................................................................................................................. 143 3 Player Review .............................................................................................................................................. 153 4 Interpretation of Playing Conditions............................................................................................................... 164 Appendix A Definitions ......................................................................................................................................... 167 1 The match .................................................................................................................................................... 167 2 Implements and equipment ........................................................................................................................... 167 3 The playing area ........................................................................................................................................... 168 4 Positioning ................................................................................................................................................... 168 5 Umpires and decision-making ....................................................................................................................... 169 6 Batsmen ....................................................................................................................................................... 170 7 Fielders ........................................................................................................................................................ 170 8 Substitutes and Concussion Replacements .................................................................................................. 171 9 Bowlers ........................................................................................................................................................ 171 10 The ball ........................................................................................................................................................ 171 11 Runs ............................................................................................................................................................ 172 12 The person ..................................................................................................................................................