Some New ODI cricket rules

Here are some new ODI rules that are going to be incorporated on an experimental basis October 1st onwards -
1. An additional fielder will be allowed outside the fielding circle during the second or third power play.
2. If an ODI innings is reduced, the numbers of overs making up each of the three Powerplays shall be reduced proportionately.
3. If a bowler bowls a front foot no-ball in a ODI, the following delivery will be deemed a free hit and the batsman cannot be dismissed by the bowler from that delivery.
4. There will be a mandatory change of ball after 35 overs of each innings in a ODI; the replacement will be a clean used ball.
5. The ICC had also increased the stipulated minimum boundary sizes for all international matches.
We can see that some 20/20 rules, like the free hit have been included in the ‘longer’ version of the game! The India-Australia series will be the first to test these out!

Rain stops play in India v Australia one-dayer

Rain stopped play when India were nine for one wicket after 2.4 overs in the first one-day international against Australia here on Saturday.
Heavy rains right at the start of the India innings forced umpires Suresh Shastri and Steve Bucknor to take the players off the field in the day-night game.
Gautam Gambhir was on four while Irfan Pathan was yet to open his account when play was halted.
Australia, electing to bat, made 307 for seven in 50 overs in what is the first of the seven-match series.

Shastri accepts NCA chairman post

Ravi Shastri, the former Indian allrounder, has accepted the offer to take over as chairman of the National Cricket Academy (NCA), the Board of Control for Cricket in India confirmed. Shastri, who had earlier agreed in principle to take up the assignment, informed the board of his decision after taking his media commitments into consideration.
"Ravi Shastri has accepted the offer to take over as chairman," Niranjan Shah, the BCCI secretary, told Cricinfo. "How he manages his media commitments and time is up to him. His primary role is to set up a structure for the functioning of the NCA and he will have a team under him to execute the process."
Shastri takes over from Ajay Shirke, who was made acting chairman of the Bangalore-based academy after Kapil Dev was sacked from the post for signing up with the Indian Cricket League. Kapil had refused to step down as chairman of the ICL's executive board even after the BCCI refused permission for the league.
Shastri took over as the Indian team manager for the tour of Bangladesh earlier this year. However, given his commentary commitments with television channel ESPN-Star Sports, he had declined the offer for an extension