Front foot no ball technology will be used in a major cricket tournament for the first time at the Women's T20 World Cup in Australia later this month.
The third umpire will monitor the front foot landing position after each ball and communicate to the on-field umpire if the delivery was a no ball.
The on-field umpires have been instructed not to call any front foot no balls although they will be responsible for calling all other types of no ball on the field.
Umpires in the field at the T20 World Cup will no longer have to keep an eye on front no balls. Photo: Photosport
The ICC's general manager Geoff Allardice said in a statement the decision to use the system was made after successful trials in India and the West Indies.
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The technology was recently trialed across 12 games, during which 4717 balls were bowled and 13 no balls (0.28% of deliveries) were called.
"No balls are difficult for umpires to call accurately, and even though the percentage of deliveries that are no balls is low, it is important to call them correctly.
Since we first trialed this concept in the ODI series between England and Pakistan in 2016 the technology has improved significantly, enabling us to introduce it cost-effectively, and with minimum impact on the flow of the game," said Allardice.
