What is 3T Cricket? Rules of first ever 3TC match explained

 3T Cricket

A new chapter in the cricket world was added on 18 July 2020 when the South Africa Board organized the '3T Cricket Solidarity Cup' to raise funds for Covid-19 pandemic.

In this cup 3 teams are played which is why it is known as 3T cricket. Let us know the rules of 3T cricket in this article.

Football and cricket are considered the most popular sports in the world. This is the reason that many football and cricket charity matches are organized around the world. You must have seen charity matches of retired cricket players and football players before this.

A similar charity match was played by South Africa Board on 18 July. Which is called "3T Cricket Solidarity Cup". In this, Solidarity means participation and determination of all individuals to deal with COVID 19. The winning team was awarded the gold medal in this cup.

 

There are 3 teams who participated in this 3T Cup.

 

1. Kites: Quinton de Kock (Captain)

 

2. Kingfishers: Heinrich Klassen (Captain)

 

3. Eagles: AB de Villiers (Captain)

The result of the match has also been announced and the Eagle team of AB De Villiers won the gold medal by scoring 160/4, followed by the Kites team scoring 138/3 and Henrik Klassen's team scoring 113/5 with the silver medal, Won the bronze medal.

3T Cricket Rules: -

1. There will be no toss in the match and which team will play first, second, and third will be decided based on the draw.

 

2. In this match, 24 players from a total of 3 teams will participate, which means that there will be only 8 players in one team.

 

3. There will be only 36 overs of the entire match i.e. every team has to play 12 overs in an innings.

 

4. There will be 2 halves in the entire match and each team will play 6 overs in the first half, the remaining 6 overs will be played in the second half i.e. 18 overs will be bowled by 3 teams in each half.

6. The team that scores the most runs in the first half will get a chance to bat first in the second half and the team that scores the least runs will get a chance to bat at number three in the second half. 

If 2 teams have scored the first half, then the team batting in the first half will have to bat at number two in the second half.

7. This cricket has a different rule which is not applicable in current cricket. If 7 players from a team are dismissed in the first half and 'one player' is not out, then the not out batsman starts the innings in the second half.

If 7 wickets fall in the second half as well, then the 8th player can play alone, but he can only score in an 'even number' (2,4,6), like he can only score 2 runs, and he Can not score 1 run or 3 runs, however, he can also hit a six.

How to decide to win the match?

The team that has scored the most runs in both innings will be declared the winner and will be awarded the gold medal and the second highest scoring team will get the silver medal and the third team will get the bronze medal.

 

Possibility 1: - If all three teams score the same score, then all three will be declared the winner and will be awarded the gold medal.

 

Possibility 2: - What happens if two teams have scored 150-150 and one team has 100?

In such a situation a super over will be played between the teams with equal scores and the team with more runs in the super over will win the match.

 

Possibility 3: - If one team has scored 120 runs and the other two teams have scored 100-100 runs, then in such situation, the team scoring 120 runs will be given gold and the teams with 100 runs will be given silver medal.

So here was some information about the 3T cricket rule. 

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