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Dubai: The upcoming cricket World Cup final will be decided by a Super Over in the event of a tie, the sport's governing body announced on Thursday.
The move is a return to the playing condition in force at the last World Cup in 2011, abandoning a proposal to have "joint winners", made by the International Cricket Council (ICC) last year.
"The ICC Board reinstated the use of a Super Over in the event of a tie in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 final," an ICC release said.
The ICC said a Super Over -- in which both teams play one over of six balls -- was the best way to decide the winner if the sides cannot be separated by the regulation 50 overs each.
"This now replicates the arrangements for the World Cup 2011 final and other recent ICC events where a winner will be determined on the day of the final (weather permitting), and a Super Over was the most credible way to separate the two sides," the statement said.
Last year the ICC in its playing conditions for the 2015 tournament, co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand and starting on February 14, had decided to have a joint winner in case the final was tied or abandoned due to bad weather.
The ICC also approved a change to the application of code of conduct offences relating to slow over-rates, so that captains do not carry any prior minor over-rate offence "strikes" or suspensions from other series into a major tournament.
The board also reiterated its support for umpires clamping down on poor player behaviour, after a number of ugly incidents in the past year.
