TIE DECIDERS OF TWENTY -TWENTY CRICKET

Tie deciders
If the match ends with the scores tied and there must be a winner, the tie is broken with a one over per side "Eliminator" or "Super Over":
• Each team nominates three batsmen and one bowler to play a one-over per side "mini-match", referred to as a "One In turn, each side bats one over bowled by the one nominated opposition bowler, with their innings over if they lose two wickets before the over is completed. The side with the higher score from their over wins:

The 26 December 2008 Twenty20 match between New Zealand and the West Indies was tied after each sides' 20 overs.
- Daniel Vettori was the "nominated bowler" for New Zealand.
- Chris Gayle and Xavier Marshall opened the "mini-innings".
- Marshall was run out without facing a ball, and Shivnarine Chanderpaul similarly remained at the non-striker's end.
- Gayle hit 25 runs off the 6 balls he faced.
The Windies' "Super Over" score was 25 for 1 from six balls.[22]

- Sulieman Benn was the nominated bowler for the West Indies.
- NZ opener Jacob Oram was caught on Benn's third "super over" delivery. The batsmen "crossed" before the catch was taken.
- Third man in Ross Taylor was clean bowled on the fifth ball. Oram's "super over" opening partner Brendon McCullum didn't face a delivery.
The Black Caps' Super Over score was 15 for 2 from five balls.[22]

The West Indies thus won the Super Over, and the match.
(This particular match was a trial of the Super Over concept, and the official result was a tie.[19]
• If the teams finish tied on runs scored in that one over, the side with the higher number of sixes in its full innings and in the one-over eliminator will be declared the winner. If the teams are still tied, the one with the higher number of fours in both innings will win.
• Tied Twenty20 matches were previously decided by a "Bowl-out".