Bowl-out
Abowl-out(sometimes termed abowl-off) was used as atiebreakerin various forms oflimited overs cricketto decide a match that would otherwise end in atie.Five bowlers from each side deliver one or two balls each at an unguardedwicket(threestumps).[1]If each team has hit the same number of wickets after the first five bowlers per side, the bowling continues and is decided bysudden death.
The bowl-out is no longer used as a tie breaker inICCmatches or domestic professional leagues, as batting has no effect on the result of the otherwise tied game. It has been replaced by theSuper Over.[2]
History
[edit]First match decided by bowl-out
[edit]A bowl-out was first used in theNatWest Trophyin June 1991 in a match betweenDerbyshireandMinor CountysideHertfordshireatBishops Stortford.Derbyshire bowled first andSteve Goldsmithmanaged one hit from his two deliveries.Ole Mortensen,Alan Warner,Frank GriffithandSimon Baseall missed with both of theirs. Hertfordshire's first bowler,Andy Needham,hit with his first ball but missed with his second.John Carrmissed with both of his, butBill Merrystruck middle stump with his second attempt to win the match.[3]
A second match was decided by bowl-out later that day asSurreybeatOxfordshire3–2.[3][4]
International cricket
[edit]TheInternational Cricket Council(ICC) introduced the bowl-out should scores be tied in the semifinals and final of the2006 ICC Champions Trophyor the2007 Cricket World Cup,although it was not required to be used in either tournament. At the ICC Annual Conference 2008 it was decided that the bowl-out should be replaced by a one-over "eliminator" (also called a "Super Over") in the2008 ICC Champions Trophy(postponed to 2009) and the2009 ICC World Twenty20.
Twenty20
[edit]International T20
[edit]Up until the introduction of the "Super Over"inInternational Twenty20cricket, if a match ended with the scores level (either because both teams reached the same score after 20overs,or the second team scored exactly the par score under theDuckworth-Lewis method), the tie was broken with a bowl-out. The first international bowl-out in a Twenty20 match took place on 16 February 2006, whenNew ZealandbeatWest Indies3-0 inAuckland.[5][6] A bowl-out was also used on 14 September 2007 whenIndiabeatPakistan3-0 during the2007 ICC World Twenty20inDurban,South Africa.[7]
Domestic T20
[edit]A bowl-out was first used to decide a domestic Twenty20 match when Surrey beat Warwickshire in July 2005.[8]In the2009 Twenty20 Cup,SomersetbeatLancashire5-1 to reach the semi-final stage.[9]
One-day
[edit]In some forms of domestic one-day cricket competition, a bowl-out is used to decide the result when the match is tied or rained out: for example, the quarterfinal of theMinor Counties Cricket Association Knockout Trophyin 2004, whenNorthumberlandbeatCambridgeshire4-2.[10]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Mott, OliverCCT20 Rules 2009Archived2011-09-28 at theWayback Machine,7 May 2009,ECB.Retrieved on 31 July 2009.
- ^"Bowl Out I Bowl Out In Cricket I What is a bowl out?".Cricketfile.22 February 2021.Archivedfrom the original on 2022-06-26.Retrieved2022-12-17.
- ^abStreeton, Richard (28 June 1991)."Bowl-out leads to minor upset".The Times.Retrieved1 November2024– via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^"Surrey v Oxfordshire, The Foster's Oval, Kennington on 27th June 1991".CricketArchive.Retrieved1 November2024.
- ^Kiwis defeat Windies in bowl out(BBC News,16 February 2005)
- ^Black Caps win first-ever bowl-off(Independent Online,16 February 2005)
- ^India defeat Pakistan in bowl-out(BBC News,14 September 2007)
- ^Surrey beat Bears after bowl-out(BBC News,18 July 2005)
- ^Somerset beat Lancs in bowl-out,30 July 2009,BBC Sport.Retrieved on 31 July 2009.
- ^Holders feel blue after bowl-out(The Telegraph,9 July 2004)