South Africa and Australia won't use super-subs
JOHANNESBURG, Feb 25 (Reuters)
South Africa and Australia have decided not to use super-subs in their
five-match one-day international series even though it remains an
International Cricket Council (ICC) playing condition until March 21.
Captains Graeme Smith and Ricky Ponting agreed not to use super-subs in
Friday's Twenty20 match or the one-day series starting on Sunday but the ICC
match referee for the series, Chris Broad, said the playing condition has to
be adhered to.
"The super-sub trial is still effectively an ICC playing condition and it
will have to be complied with during the series," Broad said in a press
release on Friday night.
"Both teams have agreed to name a starting eleven and a super-sub,
however Graeme and Ricky have agreeed that the super-sub will not be used in
a playing capacity at any stage during the five-match series," the statement
said.
The ICC said after the chief executives committee meeting in Dubai last
week that the super-sub trial would not be used in any one-day international
series starting after March 21, though this decision still has to be
ratified by its executive board.
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