Super Over

At the ICC Annual Conference 2008 it was decided that the bowl-out should be replaced by a one-over eliminator (also called a "Super Over") in the 2008 ICC Champions Trophy (since postponed) and the 2009 ICC World Twenty20. In the eliminator over, the loss of two wickets by the batting side ends its innings. If the scores are equal then the team that has hit the most sixes combined from its two innings in the main match and the one-over eliminator is declared the winner. If the scores are still equal at that point then they will be separated by determining which of them scored the most boundaries — fours and sixes — in both innings. The first use of an eliminator over in international cricket was on Boxing Day 2008, when West Indies beat New Zealand 25–15 in a Twenty20 match (although this was an unofficial trial, and the match was officially declared a tie).