New Zealand's heartbreaking conclusion to the 2019 Cricket World Cup won't be repeated with the ICC scrapping the controversial boundary countback rule.
The Blackcaps lost the World Cup final at Lord's against England in July, following a tied Super Over, because the home side hit more boundaries across the duration of their innings.
After board meetings in Dubai, the ICC concluded that in semi-finals and finals in future world tournaments, if the teams score the same number of runs in their Super Overs, the process will be repeated to determine a winner.
An ICC statement said that the change was "in keeping with the basic principle of scoring more runs than the opponent to win."
They added that both its cricket committee and the chief executives' committee agreed the Super Over represented an "exciting and engaging conclusion" to a game.
The Super Over will also now be in place for every game in both 20-over and 50-over World Cups, having previously only applied in the knockout stages.
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