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'I noticed you copied my style' - Fans react to CPL committee introducing red-cards to combat slow over-rates

For the first time in the history of CPL, red card has been introduced to combat slow-over rates that has plagued all formats of the game.

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'I noticed you copied my style' - Fans react to CPL committee introducing red-cards to combat slow over-rates

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Ahead of the Caribbean Premier League 2023 (CPL), the tournament's committee has decided to bring red cards for slow over-rate offenses. Over the years, slow over rates have not only plagued T20 cricket but all formats of the game. While the International Apex Council has brought monetary fines, CPL has brought red cards used in Football. Tournament's operation director, Hall said that the T20 game is getting longer and longer.

"We have been disappointed that our T20 games have been getting longer and longer each year, and we want to do what we can to arrest this trend," Michael Hall, the CPL's tournament operations director, said in a statement on the subject. "It is the duty of those involved in cricket to ensure that the game keeps moving and we have sensitised both the franchises and our match officials to this duty ahead of the tournament. Our hope is that these in-game penalties are not needed, but we believe they are proportionate and necessary."

He added that the over-rate will be monitored after every over. The time provided for every team to complete one inning is 85 minutes (1 hour and 25 minutes).

"Over rates will be monitored by the third umpire and communicated to the captains via on-field umpires at the end of every over, as well as to the crowd and TV audience, with graphics showing how far they are behind (or ahead of) the over rate," the statement said. "Dispensations will be given for injuries, DRS and time-wasting by batting side where appropriate."

The slow over-rate penalties in the CPL

  • If behind the required over rate at the start of the 18th over, one additional player must enter the fielding circle - for a total of five players inside the circle
  • If behind the rate at the start of the 19th over, two additional fielders must enter the fielding circle - for a total of six inside the circle
  • If behind the rate at the start of the final over, teams will lose a player from the field - selected by the captain - and have six inside the fielding circle
  • There will also be an onus on batting teams to keep the game moving. After a first and final warning from the umpires, the batting team will be slapped with a five-run penalty for each instance of time wasting

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