The Hundred To Have 25-Ball Powerplay, Five-Ball Over, DRS

With each innings of the match restricted to 100 deliveries, the maiden season of The Hundred will have the umpires signalling a five-ball 'over' as things will be measured in terms of balls,

At the end of each five-ball chunk, the umpire will call 'five' rather than 'over' and raise a white card. This is to help provide an obvious separation of the two five-ball chunks for those watching to avoid any confusion if a bowler bowls ten successive deliveries from the same end.

The Powerplay will be restricted to the first 25 balls of each innings during which only two fielders will be allowed outside the20-yard circle. After this period, the fielding team can request a Strategic Timeout of two minutes at any time in the remainder of the innings. This is not compulsory, however, and the batting team cannot request this.

To maintain gender neutrality, the term batter will be used instead of a batsman. the new batter will take strike once a batter gets out, even if the non-striker has crossed over.

In case of a tied game in the preliminary group stage, each team will be allowed one point. But in case of tie in an Eliminator or the Final, a 'Super Five' (instead of a Super Over) will be played and in case of a tie in the Super Five, the teams will contest over another five-ball set. And if even that ends in a tie, the team that finished higher in the standings in the Group stage will be declared winner.