The 9 Most disastrous experiments in Cricket

5. Rain Rule:

In the 1992 World Cup, the organising committee came up with a new rule for the interruption in games due to rains. The new rule, called as the Rain Rule, stated that for every over lost, the target would get reduced by the lowest-scoring over from the first innings. This rule was introduced as the organisers felt that the earlier rule heavily handicapped the side batting first. The change was a disaster. In the league game between England and Pakistan in Adelaide, Pakistan escaped with a no-result. It proved to be even more disastrous for South Africa, whose target was not reduced in the semi-final against England in Sydney and they were left with the impossible task of making 21 runs off 1 ball.