Super Over
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A Super Over,[1][2] also known as a one-over eliminator[3][4] or a one over per side eliminator,[5] is a tie-breaking method used in limited-overs cricket matches. If a match ends in a "tie", it proceeds to a Super Over, in which each team plays a single additional over of six balls to determine the match winner. The team scoring the most runs in that over is declared the winner. Following a rule change in October 2019 for knockout and bilateral series matches, if the first Super Over also ends in a tie, another Super Over is played.[6]
History
[edit]A Super Over was first used in 2008 in Twenty20, replacing the bowl-out method previously used for breaking a tie match. The Super Over was introduced into One Day International (ODI) cricket at the 2011 Cricket World Cup, but was not required. For the following World Cup, a Super Over would decide only the final in the event of a tie. Ties in other knockout-stage matches returned to the previous rule where the team with the better group stage performance would advance. In 2017, the ICC instated Super Over in the knockout stages of that year's Women's Cricket World Cup and Champions Trophy.[7][8] The 2019 Cricket World Cup Final marked the first ever ODI to be decided by a Super Over, after the two teams tied on runs in their Super Over, England was declared the winner over New Zealand through the controversial boundary count-back rule, which has since been replaced with the rules above.[9]
Previous iterations and changes
[edit]If the teams have played a Super Over and the Super Overs also end in a tie, the original rules stated that the winner is determined by either the number of boundaries scored throughout the match and Super Over, the number of boundaries scored throughout the match but excluding the Super Over, or a boundary count-back conducted from the last ball of the Super Over (i.e. if each team had scored the same number of boundaries, then the final ball of the Super Over would be ignored and it would be checked if one team would thus be ahead on boundary count. If not, then the second-to-last ball of the over would also be excluded, the procedure repeated, and so on.) If the Duckworth–Lewis method was used during the match, the Super Over immediately goes to the count-back criterion.
Earlier, Super Overs ending in a tie had the winner first decided by the number of boundary sixes the teams hit in both innings, then by the sixes hit in the main match.[10]
After the tied Super Over in the 2019 Cricket World Cup Final, which England won on boundary count, the ICC was criticised by many former cricketers and numerous fans for the use of such a controversial tie-breaker. In October 2019, they changed the rule such that if a Super Over is tied in the group stage of a tournament then the match will be awarded as a tie, but in knockout matches, the Super Over will be repeated until a winner is determined.[11] In any bilateral series match also the super over will be iterated until one team wins. Each consecutive Super Over is to take place 5 minutes after the previous Super Over, with the side batting last in the previous Super Over batting first in the subsequent Super Over, and any batter dismissed in previous Super Overs being ineligible to bat.[12]
Rules
[edit]The International Cricket Council state the official rules for Super Overs in the Standard Twenty20 International Match Playing Conditions, in effect from 1 October 2012.[13][14]
Each team selects three batters, with the team's Super Over innings ending if two of their batters get out. The team who batted second in the match bats first in the Super Over, while the bowling team chooses the end to bowl from. If the Super Over is tied, then it is repeated until a winner is determined (though some tournaments may instead decide to conclude the match as a tie).[11] Each consecutive Super Over is to take place 5 minutes after the previous Super Over, with the side batting last in the previous Super Over batting first in the subsequent Super Over, and any batter dismissed in previous Super Overs being ineligible to bat.[12]
Variations
[edit]In the 2014–15 season, the Big Bash League began using a variation of the rules, allowing each innings the full amount of 10 wickets.[15]
Scoring
[edit]A Super Over is not considered part of the main match, so the runs scored and wickets taken by cricketers within them are not added to their career statistics.
Example
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The first use of a Super Over was in the tied Twenty20 match between the West Indies and New Zealand on 26 December 2008. West Indies scored 25/1 in their Super Over and New Zealand replied with 15/2.[16][2]
The 26 December 2008 Twenty20 match between New Zealand and the West Indies was tied after each side's 20 overs.[2]
- - Daniel Vettori was the "nominated bowler" for New Zealand.
- - Chris Gayle and Xavier Marshall opened the "mini-innings".
- - Marshall was run out without facing a ball, and Shivnarine Chanderpaul similarly remained at the non-striker's end.
- - Gayle hit 25 runs off the 6 balls he faced.
- The West Indies "Super Over" score was 25 for 1 from six balls.[17]
- - Sulieman Benn was the nominated bowler for the West Indies.
- - NZ opener Jacob Oram was caught on Benn's third "Super Over" delivery.
- - The third man in Ross Taylor hit a six but was then clean-bowled on the next ball. Oram's "Super Over" opening partner Brendon McCullum did not face a delivery.
- The New Zealand Super Over score was 15 for 2 (all out) from five balls.[17]
The West Indies thus won the Super Over.
Views on use
[edit]The Super Over is often used in the group stage of Twenty20 tournaments. Journalist Sambit Bal described this use as being unnecessary for situations outside knockout stages. He sees a tie being a satisfactory result both for the teams and in entertainment value.[18] Former New Zealand coach Mike Hesson also criticised the practice after his team lost two matches by Super Overs in the Super Eight group stage of the 2012 ICC World Twenty20.[19] After their loss in the 2019 Cricket World Cup final to England in a Super Over, New Zealand coach Gary Stead suggested that the ICC should have considered awarding the championship jointly to both teams rather than playing a tiebreaker.[20]
International matches decided by a Super Over
[edit]Men's One Day International
[edit]| Date | Venue | Winner | Score | Loser | Score | ODI | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 July 2019 | Lord's, London, England |  England | 15/0† |  New Zealand | 15/1 | World Cup Final | [21] |
| 3 November 2020 | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pakistan |  Zimbabwe | 5/0 |  Pakistan | 2/2 | 3rd | [22] |
| 26 June 2023 | Takashinga Cricket Club, Harare, Zimbabwe |  Netherlands | 30/0 |  West Indies | 8/2 | CWC Qualifier | [23] |
† England won due to having more boundaries in the match (26–17).
Men's Twenty20 International
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Women's One-Day International
[edit]| Date | Venue | Winner | Score | Loser | Score | ODI | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2021 | Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda | West Indies | 10/1 |  South Africa | 6/0 | 5th | [45] |
| 31 January 2022 | Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa | West Indies | 25/0 | South Africa | 17/1 | 2nd | [46] |
| 7 November 2023 | Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh |  Bangladesh | 10/1 | Pakistan | 7/2 | 2nd | [47] |
| 18 December 2023 | Hagley Oval, Christchurch, New Zealand | Pakistan | 11/0 | New Zealand | 8/2 | 3rd | [48] |
Women's Twenty20 International
[edit]| Date | Venue | Winner | Score | Loser | Score | T20I | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 February 2020 | Manuka Oval, Canberra, Australia | England | 12/0 |  Australia | 9/0 | 2nd | [49] |
| 11 December 2022 | DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai, India |  India | 20/1 | Australia | 16/1 | 2nd | [50] |
See also
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