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[caption id="attachment_4283" align="alignnone" width="580"] ICC oks rule change in LBW calls, defers Test shake up Image Source: File Pic[/caption] Internet Desk: ICC made the way easy for the bowlers in case of leg-before-wicket ‘Out’. The size of the zone inside which an out can be given, has been increased. The bowling team will get the help of this decision of ICC from 1st October or any DRS following tournament prior to that. Previously an ‘Out’ was given when half of the ball used to stay inside the zone covering the centre of the off and leg stamp and the bottom of the bails. Decision has been made to increase the area of the wicket zone. Now to get a wicket the ball has to be within the zone covering outside of the off and leg stamp and the bottom of the bails. Yesterday,  the annual conference of ICC concluded at Edinburgh under the chairmanship of Shashank Manohar. In this year’s meeting the supreme authority took the vital decision for the Decision Review System for LBW. In their statement ICC declared, “The size of the zone inside which half the ball needs to hit for a Not Out decision to be reversed to ‘Out’ will increase”. By the decision the bowling team will be helpful. During any match when their will be a situation of LBW ‘Out’, the bowling team takes the help of DRS now-a-days. As the third umpire takes the help of strong technology it will be very easy to follow the zone the ball passed through. Previously due to confusion of the zone several decisions went in favour of the batsman. There were several more decisions made during this annual conference. The ICC decided to go for a trial to ease the decision of ‘No Ball’. From the upcoming ODI series there will be a trial whether the third umpire can take the prompt decision of ‘No Ball’ through powerful cameras. Within fraction of seconds it will be communicated to the field umpire. During that delivery it will be clear to the players on the field that the delivery is a ‘No Ball’. The council also took the decision to communicate firmly with the Commonwealth Games Federation for the inclusion of cricket in the upcoming Commonwealth Games 2022. The appeal will be made to include women’s cricket into the games.