'If necessary, we'll allow teams in Women's World Cup to field nine players'

 The ICC has corrected its playing conditions to guarantee the Women's World Cup continues without a hitch, accounting for the chance of a Coronavirus flare-up. In a mission to stay as adaptable as conceivable to guarantee the competition continues flawlessly, the board declared on Thursday that it would permit a group of only nine players to be handled as an exemption, and let two non-batting, non-bowling substitutes from the care staff, whenever required.

"Assuming it becomes fundamental, we would permit a group to handle nine players as a special case for this climate and on the off chance that they had female substitutes from inside their supervisory crew, we would empower two substitutes to play, non-batting, non-bowling, yet to empower a game to happen," ICC Head of Events Chris Tetley said.

Groups that will be at the masterpiece occasion in New Zealand from the following month have likewise been permitted the opportunity to go with extra holds, who can be gotten, in instances of Coronavirus crises.

"According to a COVID viewpoint, we should be somewhat adaptable, to the extent that the manner by which we deal with the game to consider these novel conditions.

"So first and foremost, we have permitted crews to increment in size. While the authority playing 15 is as yet set at 15 as would continuously have been the situation, we've permitted crews to bring extra voyaging holds with the goal that they can supplant on a brief premise as necessary in light of COVID, players all through the crew during the occasion.

"There's chance for players to contract COVID-19 however at that point to have the option to return. We actually must give our very best for attempt and augment potential open doors for the best players on the planet to show their abilities at a World Cup," Tetley added.

The ICC has likewise concluded that there will be a limitless number of Super Overs to choose tied matches. The World Cup starts off in Tauranga on March 4 with a game between the hosts New Zealand and West Indies, with the last occurring in Christchurch on April 3.