Front-foot technology to be used throughout Women's T20 World Cup

The third umpire will monitor the front foot landing position after each delivery, with on-field umpires instructed not to call any front-foot no balls unless advised to do so by their colleague

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TV umpires will call front-foot no balls during the Women's T20 World Cup, the ICC has confirmed.

The technology will be introduced for the entire tournament in Australia, following successful recent trials in India and the Caribbean.

The third umpire will monitor the front foot landing position after each delivery, with on-field umpires instructed not to call any front-foot no balls unless advised to do so by their colleague.

Standing officials will still be resposible for calling all other no balls.

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The ICC revealed statistics from their recent trials, showing that 4,717 deliveries resulted in 13 no balls, across 12 matches.

General manager Geoff Allardice said: "Cricket has an excellent track record of introducing technology to support the decision making of our match officials and I’m confident that this technology will reduce the small number of front foot no ball errors at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup.

"No balls are difficult for umpires to call accurately, and even though the percentage of deliveries that are no balls is low, it is important to call them correctly.

"Since we first trialed this concept in the ODI series between England and Pakistan in 2016 the technology has improved significantly, enabling us to introduce it cost-effectively, and with minimum impact on the flow of the game."

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