Super Over
Tie-breaking method used in cricket
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Key Takeaways
- Super Over , also known as a one-over eliminator or a one over per side eliminator , is a tie-breaking method used in limited-overs cricket matches similar to overtime in most other sports and extra innings in baseball.
- The team scoring the most runs in that over is declared the winner.
- History A Super Over was first used in 2008 in Twenty20 cricket, replacing the bowl-out method previously used to break a tie.
- For the following World Cup, a Super Over would be used only to decide the final in the event of a tie.
- In 2017, the ICC introduced the Super Over for the knockout stages of that year's Women's Cricket World Cup and Champions Trophy.
Super Over, also known as a one-over eliminator or a one over per side eliminator, is a tie-breaking method used in limited-overs cricket matches similar to overtime in most other sports and extra innings in baseball. If a match ends in a "tie", it proceeds to a Super Over, in which each team plays a single additional over of six balls to determine the winner. The team scoring the most runs in that over is declared the winner.
Following a rule change in October 2019 for knockout and bilateral series matches, if a Super Over ends in a tie, another Super Over is played similar to baseball and overtime in some sports.
History
A Super Over was first used in 2008 in Twenty20 cricket, replacing the bowl-out method previously used to break a tie. The Super Over was introduced into One Day International (ODI) cricket at the 2011 Cricket World Cup, but it was not required.
For the following World Cup, a Super Over would be used only to decide the final in the event of a tie. Ties in other knockout-stage matches reverted to the previous rule, where the team with the better group-stage performance would advance. In 2017, the ICC introduced the Super Over for the knockout stages of that year's Women's Cricket World Cup and Champions Trophy.
The 2019 Cricket World Cup Final marked the first-ever ODI to be decided by a Super Over. After the two teams tied on runs in their Super Over, England was declared the winner over New Zealand through the controversial boundary count-back rule, which has since been replaced with the current rules.
The first "double" Super Over was played in the 2020 Indian Premier League T20 Match between Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings. The first "double" Super Over in an international match was between Afghanistan and India in 2024.
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