Front foot no-balls during the forthcoming ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in Australia will be adjudicated by TV umpire and not the on-field officials.

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The third umpire recently played the same role in India-West Indies series and it will be used in a major tournament for the first time.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday (February 10) said the third umpire will monitor the front foot landing position on each delivery during the marquee event, slated to be held from February 21 to March 8.

The governing body cited that the technology was recently trialled across 12 games, during which 4,717 balls were bowled and 13 no balls were called. All deliveries were judged precisely.

"Cricket has an excellent track record of introducing technology to support the decision making of our match officials and I’m confident that this technology will reduce the small number of front foot no ball errors," ICC general manager for cricket, Geoff Allardice, said. "No balls are difficult for umpires to call accurately, and even though the percentage of deliveries that are no balls is low, it is important to call them correctly."

Allardice said the technology had improved “significantly” since it was first trialled during an ODI series between England and Pakistan in 2016, “enabling us to introduce it cost-effectively, and with minimum impact on the flow of the game.”