ICC to look into Lauderhill fiasco

The ICC will discuss the fiasco in Florida in its annual workshop for match officials next month. A 40-minute delay at the start of the India-West Indies T20I in Lauderhill on Sunday, for “technical” reasons, robbed the match of a result with rain arriving two overs into the second innings. Had the match begun on time – conditions at the ground were perfect at the regulation start time – the match would have been past the halfway mark of its second innings. Only five overs in each innings are required to be bowled for a result in T20 matches.

“At next month’s annual workshop, the match officials will be discussing a wide range of topics, including the second T20I in Florida,” an ICC spokesperson confirmed to ESPNcricinfo.

The ICC playing conditions have guidelines for delays for only three reasons: rain, poor light, unfit playing surface. The match referee and umpires were left to make a subjective call when the request to delay the match was made to them by the two “competing members”. The decision to delay the start was unprecedented, but the …

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