Cricket : ICC To Introduce Stop Clock to Regulate Pace of Play

In a radical step to regulate the pace of play, the ICC has said it will experiment with having a stop clock between overs. A penalty of five runs will be imposed on the bowling side if they fail three times in an innings to start the new over within a minute.

The move, which was approved by the chief executive’s committee, will be restricted to men’s ODIs and T20Is and will be tested on a “trial basis” for six months between December and April 2024.

The first instance where this will be used will be in the upcoming three-match ODI series between West Indies and England, which begins on December 3.

“The clock will be used to regulate the amount of time taken between overs,” the ICC said in a media release on Tuesday. “If the bowling team is not ready to bowl the next over within 60 seconds of the previous over being completed, a five-run penalty will be imposed the third time it happens in an innings.”