MasterstrokeMatch play and rules
Super over
A one-over-a-side eliminator used to decide tied limited-overs matches. Two wickets and you are done, and if it ties again, you play another.
A super over is a one-over-a-side eliminator played when a limited-overs match ends in a tie.
Each side picks three batters and one bowler. The team that batted second in the match usually bats first in the super over. An innings ends after six legal balls or the loss of two wickets, whichever comes first. The side with more runs wins; if the super over is also tied, another is played, and so on until there is a result. Under earlier rules a tied super over was decided by the number of boundaries hit, but that was dropped after the 2019 World Cup final.
A super over is a death over with nothing to protect. The batting side sends its best hitters, the bowling side its best yorker bowler, and a single wide can decide a tournament. For a manager it is a test of whether the squad has the two specialists it needs: a finisher who clears the rope on demand and a bowler who can land six in a row under pressure.
In Masterstroke: a tied league match goes to a super over, and the players you nominate for it are the ones you signed for exactly this.