New Delhi, Oct. 21 -- International Cricket Council (ICC) held its board meeting in Dubai recently from October 12-14, 2019. A number of decisions and conclusions were achieved. Arguably, the decision that made the headlines in the cricketing world was the scrapping of a boundary count rule in the semi-finals and finals of the ICC events in case of a super-over tie to determine the winner.

According to the new rules, after the contest (applicable to semi-finals and finals) is tied at the end of scheduled overs, the Super Over will be repeated until one team has more runs than the other. In group stages, if the Super Over is tied, the match will be tied.

This is a welcome change after what transpired in the 2019 ODI World Cup final when ...