Cricket’s new fielding law change: What is the boundary rule amended by MCC that will come into effect next week?

In a significant rule to buck the trend of fielders using their acrobatics to prevent boundaries and have a second attempt at a catch near the ropes, the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), custodian of the Laws of Cricket, has amended the boundary-fielding rules, which will be put into effect by the ICC next year.

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The MCC has chosen to amend the fielding rule after growing concerns over the fairness of catches taken beyond the boundary ropes. While a catch was previously deemed illegal if the fielder came in contact with both the ground and the ball at the same time beyond the ropes, irrespective of the number of times the played may have hopped to keep the ball in play, the new rule limits fielders to one jump behind the boundary. What is the new bunny hop rule