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The ICC will soon empower TV umpires to take a call on front foot no-balls on a trial basis, the world body's General Manager (Cricket Operations) Geoff Allardice said.
The ICC will test the new system in a few identified limited-overs series over the next six months and if the experiment pans out to be a success, on-field umpires could lose the right to call no-balls for overstepping in future.
"Broadly, yes (the same technology as 2016 will be used," Allardice, told ESPNcricinfo.
The system was put to test before in the ODI series between England and Pakistan in 2016.
"The routine works well, with the third umpire judging the no-ball off a picture that is not always shown on the broadcast," Allardice said.
The ICC's decided to test the system again after its Cricket Committee recommended to use it in as many limited overs matches as possible.
"The Cricket Committee recommended that we do it in all ODIs and T20Is. In 2018 there were about 84,000 balls delivered around the world in those formats in men's international cricket. So to monitor the no-ball on each of those deliveries at all of the different venues is a big exercise,” said Allardice.
The ICC official said the world body needs to implement the system in all its official matches.
"Can this technology be implemented consistently across the 80 venues that hosted ODIs and T20Is last year? There are different levels of television coverage across these matches, so it will be easier to implement at some matches than at others," Allardice said.
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