"The playing conditions are applicable to international cricket and must be read together with the Laws of Cricket. Whilst a playing condition may affect the Laws of Cricket as they may apply to international cricket, these changes are not amendments to the Laws of Cricket themselves," an ICC release clarified.
In addition to the amendments to the playing conditions, a revised ICC Code of Conduct will come into effect on Wednesday.
Now five fielders allowed outside the circle in overs 41 -50. If Team 2 is batting and a match is close to conclusion at the time the scheduled interval is reached, either captain can make a request to the umpires to extend play by an extra 15 minutes/minimum 4 overs to obtain a result.
Once the interval is taken, the referee has also been given discretion to reduce the interval time if he feels a result is imminent.
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According to change to clause 3.2 of the DRS Playing Conditions, teams must request a Player Review within 15 seconds of the ball becoming dead, but one exception has now been added.
There have been no changes to the Women's Test, ODI or T20I playing conditions at this time.