Cricket Australia will herald third-umpire know-how for all Girls’s Massive Bash League matches and improve using DRS all through the competitors.
One 12 months on from know-how changing into a significant sticking level for gamers, a 3rd umpire will probably be obtainable for all 43 video games within the shortened season this summer season.
The third umpire will be capable of rule on stumpings, run-outs and contentious catches.
The transfer comes after third umpires had been solely obtainable for twenty-four of 59 matches final season, amid a raft of mystifying and game-defining calls that went unchecked.
DRS may even go from being obtainable in 24 video games to 33, which means a rise to 76 per cent of matches having the referral system obtainable.
“The gamers, match officers and our golf equipment have all been actually clear and constant of their view that we have to proceed to optimise using know-how and infrastructure round our WBBL competitors,” BBL boss Alistair Dobson mentioned.
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“It is nice progress this 12 months to have the ability to add a major quantity of preliminary matches that may add DRS, in addition to an vital base degree of know-how round run-outs and stumpings and the like.”
The adjustments come as a part of a rework of broadcast preparations for this season, which begins with Adelaide internet hosting Brisbane on October 27.
Whereas 23 matches will proceed to be simulcast on Seven and Foxtel, the latter has elevated the printed high quality of 10 of its standalone matches.
In flip, that has allowed for the rise in DRS availability to 33 video games, with the opposite 10 video games nonetheless produced externally.
There’s a hope DRS might ultimately be obtainable to all matches, nonetheless, challenges stay round set-up prices for less-used venues.
“One of many strengths of the WBBL is to take elite ladies’s cricket throughout the nation, in the perfect venues and the native iconic venues,” Dobson mentioned.
“It comes with some logistical challenges and a footprint that’s continuously one we glance to optimise and develop on.
“The flexibility to proceed to innovate our competitors round that advanced footprint is one among [our] key focus areas.”
Cricket Australia have additionally confirmed an innings timer will probably be in use for WBBL matches this 12 months, because it was for the lads’s final summer season.
If a crew has not began their last over by 73 minutes into the innings, one much less fielder will probably be allowed outdoors of the internal circle for the rest of the innings.
AAP