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Unlike in the past - since the Cricket World Cup commenced in 1975 if there is no outright winner this much coveted trophy will be shared.

According to reports Cricket's World Cup final will not be subjected to the lottery of a bowl-out after organisers saw the agonies suffered by football players at France '98.

The events that led to the decision that there will never be a 'Sudden Death' at the Cricket World Cup, is, after event manager Michael Browning returned to London having been in the stands when Holland lost their World Cup semi-final to Brazil last summer.

The match went to a penalty shoot-out after the teams had been locked at 1-1 after extra time.

Crucial penalty misses by Ronald de Boer and Philip Cocu cost Holland a place in the final.

The drama left a deep impression on Browning, who vowed never to subject the world's best cricketers to such a sobering experience when Alec Stewart's England side slug it out with the 11 other finalists this summer.

As a direct result, Browning has banned sudden-death bowl-outs - the traditional method for ending cricket's limited overs deadlocked cup ties - from playing regulations laid down for the tournament which starts in May.