Super Over

A Super Over,^[1][2] also called a one-over eliminator^[3][4] or simply an eliminator,^[5] is a tie-breaking method used in limited-overs cricket matches. The super over is a reduced version of the match that consists only of one over (six balls) and two wickets for each team. The official result of the match would be a "tie" but within the context of the tournament or series, the winning team of the "Super Over" is declared the winner of the match and the victory is seen as equivalent of one earned in a regular match. Runs scored in super overs do not count towards a player's statistical record. The Super Over was first used in 2008 in Twenty20 cricket, replacing the bowl-out method that was previously used for breaking a tie. The Super Over is primarily used in Twenty20 cricket.

The Super Over was introduced into One Day International cricket at the 2011 Cricket World Cup knockout stage, where a game ending in a tie would have been decided via Super Over,^[6] but it was not used, as no 2011 knockout games were tied. For the following World Cup in 2015, only the final would be decided by a Super Over in the event of a tie. Ties in other knockout-stage matches returned to the previous rule where the team with the better group stage performance would advance.^[7][8]

Contrary to the tie-breaking methods used in other sports, the Super Over is often used in the group stage of Twenty20 tournaments. Journalist Sambit Bal described this use as being unnecessary for situations outside knockout stages. He sees a tie being a satisfactory result both to the teams and in entertainment value.^[9] Mike Hesson, the coach of the New Zealand national cricket team, also criticised the Super Over after his team lost two Super Overs in the Super Eight group stage of the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 and finished bottom of their group.^[10]

Rules

The International Cricket Council state the official rules for Super Overs in the Standard Twenty20 International Match Playing Conditions, in effect from 1 October 2012.^[11][12] A Super Over determines the winner of matches ending with the scores tied according to the following rules:

• Weather permitting, the Super Over will commence 10 minutes after the main match.Each team bats one over under the same restrictions as for the final over in a pool match.
• The team batting second in the main match will bat first in the Super Over.
• The bowler of the batting team can not both bat and bowl in the same super over
• Each side has three nominated batsmen, meaning that the loss of two wickets ends the Super Over.
• In the event of the scores being level in the Super Over, the first satisfied of the following criteria will determine the winner:
  1. If the regular match utilised the Duckworth–Lewis method, criterion 4 immediately applies.
  2. The team with the most number of boundaries combined from the main match and the Super Over is the winner.
  3. The team with the most number of boundaries from the main match (that is, not including the Super Over) is the winner.
  4. A count-back from the final ball of the Super Over shall be conducted. The team with the higher scoring delivery is the winner. Runs scored from illegal deliveries count towards the total for the following legal delivery.

Before 1 October 2010, Super Overs ending in a tie had the winner first decided by the number of boundary sixes the teams hit in both innings, then by the sixes hit in the main match.^[13]

This rule was applied on 5 May 2010 in a 2010 ICC Women's World Twenty20 match between Australia and England, won by Australia by scoring more sixes in both innings.^[14][15] In the 2014 Indian Premier League, a Super Over used in a tied match between the Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders was also tied as both teams scored 11 runs. The match was won by the Rajasthan Royals as they had hit more sixes during the main match.

Variations

In the 2014–15 season, the Big Bash League began using a variation of the rules, allowing each innings the full amount of 10 wickets.^[16]

Example

Chris Gayle scored 25 runs in the first Super Over

The first implementation of Super Overs was in the tied Twenty20 match between the West Indies and New Zealand on 26 December 2008. West Indies scored 25/1 in their super over and New Zealand replied with 15/2.^[17] This particular match was a trial of the Super Over concept, and the official result was a tie.^[2]

The 26 December 2008 Twenty20 match between New Zealand and the West Indies was tied after each sides' 20 overs.^[2]

- Daniel Vettori was the "nominated bowler" for New Zealand.

- Chris Gayle and Xavier Marshall opened the "mini-innings".

- Marshall was run out without facing a ball, and Shivnarine Chanderpaul similarly remained at the non-striker's end.

- Gayle hit 25 runs off the 6 balls he faced.

The Windies' "Super Over" score was 25 for 1 from six balls.^[18]

- Sulieman Benn was the nominated bowler for the West Indies.

- NZ opener Jacob Oram was caught on Benn's third "super over" delivery.

- Third man in Ross Taylor hit a six but was then clean bowled on the next ball. Oram's "super over" opening partner Brendon McCullum didn't face a delivery.

The Black Caps' Super Over score was 15 for 2 (all out) from five balls.^[18]

The West Indies thus won the Super Over.

Matches decided by Super Over

Twenty20 International

Date	Venue	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	T20I	Ref
26 December 2008	Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand	West Indies	25/1	New Zealand	15 all out	1st	[18]
28 February 2010	AMI Stadium, Christchurch, New Zealand	New Zealand	9/0	Australia	6/1	2nd	[19]
7 September 2012	DSC Cricket Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Pakistan	12/0	Australia	11/1	2nd	[20]
27 September 2012	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	13/1	New Zealand	7/1	Match 13	[21]
1 October 2012	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka	West Indies	18/0	New Zealand	17/0	Match 21	[22]
30 November 2015	Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates	England	4/0	Pakistan	3/1	3rd	[23]

Domestic Twenty20

Date	Venue	Tournament	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Scorecard	Ref
18 February 2009	Kingsmead, Durban	Standard Bank Pro20	Cape Cobras	6/1	Dolphins	3 all out	Semi-final	[24]
18 February 2009	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth	Standard Bank Pro20	Diamond Eagles	16/0	Warriors	5/1	Semi-final	[25]
23 April 2009	Newlands, Cape Town	Indian Premier League	Rajasthan Royals	18/0	Kolkata Knight Riders	15/1	Match 10	[26]
13 October 2009	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	Champions League Twenty20	Diamond Eagles	9/1	Sussex Sharks	0 all out	Match 11	[4][27]
26 January 2010	Colin Maiden Park, Auckland	HRV Cup	Otago Volts	14 all out	Auckland Aces	8/1	Match 28	[28]
21 March 2010	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	Indian Premier League	Kings XI Punjab	10/1	Chennai Super Kings	9 all out	Match 16	[29]
23 July 2010	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	Caribbean Twenty20	Barbados	16/1	Combined Campuses and Colleges	16/0	Match 4	[30]
18 September 2010	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth	Champions League Twenty20	Victorian Bushrangers	23/0	Chennai Super Kings	13/0	Match 13	[31][32]
13 January 2011	Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound	Caribbean Twenty20	Hampshire Royals	1/1	Barbados	0 all out	Match 7	[33]
1 July 2011	Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad	Faysal Bank Super Eight T20 Cup	Rawalpindi Rams	16/0	Karachi Dolphins	7/1	Final	[34]
27 August 2011	Edgbaston, Birmingham	Friends Life t20	Leicestershire Foxes	15/0	Lancashire Lightning	13/0	Semi-final 1	[35]
27 August 2011	Edgbaston, Birmingham	Friends Life t20	Somerset	16/0	Hampshire Royals	5/1	Semi-final 2	[36]
28 September 2011	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	Champions League Twenty20	New South Wales Blues	18/0	Trinidad and Tobago	15/1	Match 8	[37]
7 December 2012	Lahore City Cricket Association Ground, Lahore	Faysal Bank T20 Cup	Abbottabad Falcons	9/1	Quetta Bears	6/1	Match 37
11 January 2013	Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain	Caribbean Twenty20	Jamaica	4/0	Leeward Islands	2 all out	Match 10	[38]
29 March 2013	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore	Faysal Bank Super Eight T20 Cup	Rawalpindi Rams	10/1	Faisalabad Wolves	9/0	Match 11
7 April 2013	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad	Indian Premier League	Sunrisers Hyderabad	20/0	Royal Challengers Bangalore	15/0	Match 7	[39]
16 April 2013	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	Indian Premier League	Royal Challengers Bangalore	15/0	Delhi Daredevils	11 all out	Match 21	[40]
20 July 2013	National Stadium, Karachi	Ramadan T20 Cup	Khan Research Laboratories	17/0	Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited	15/1	Match 18	[41]
25 July 2013	National Stadium, Karachi	Ramadan T20 Cup	Habib Bank Limited	10/0	Pakistan International Airlines	7 all out	Final	[42]
29 September 2013	Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur	Champions League Twenty20	Otago Volts	13/0	Highveld Lions	13 all out	Match 14	[43]
30 December 2013	Pukekura Park, New Zealand	HRV Twenty20	Auckland Aces	13/0	Central Stags	6 all out		[44]
10 January 2014	Sydney Cricket Ground, Australia	Big Bash League	Perth Scorchers	4/0	Sydney Sixers	1 all out	Match 20	[45]
29 April 2014	Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi	Indian Premier League	Rajasthan Royals	11/0	Kolkata Knight Riders	11 all out	Match 19	[46]
5 January 2015	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia	Big Bash League	Melbourne Stars	19/0	Sydney Sixers	9/2	Match 17
21 April 2015	Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad, India	Indian Premier League	Kings XI Punjab	15/2	Rajasthan Royals	6/2	Match 18
15 January 2015	Adelaide Oval No. 2, Adelaide	Women's Big Bash League	Adelaide Strikers Women		Melbourne Renegades Women		Weekend 7	[47]
18 November 2015	Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand	Georgie Pie Super Smash	Auckland Aces	6/0	Canterbury Kings	5/2	Match 12

Other Twenty20 matches

Date	Venue	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Scorecard	Ref	Notes
1 June 2009	Lord's, London	Ireland	6/1	Netherlands	2 all out	Scorecard	[48][49]	2009 ICC World Twenty20 warm-up match
24 June 2012	Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad	India A	7/1	West Indies A	4 all out	Scorecard	[50]	2nd unofficial T20I

See also

• Tiebreaker
• Penalty shoot-out (association football)

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External links

• List of tied Twenty20 matches on ESPN Cricinfo
• List of tied Twenty20 International matches on ESPN Cricinfo
• Standard Twenty20 International Match Playing Conditions from the International Cricket Council