This document will give you the complete laws of cricket and includes the latest updates (2000 Code 2nd Edition - 2003) which introduced 'The Spirit of Cricket' as a preamble to the laws.

 

 

This document which should be read in conjunction with the laws above and the Strand Motors League rules on the League pages. It includes the variations for the one day game.

 

Strand Motors League Regulations

The following regulations are taken from the Strand Motors Cricket League rules and regulations and are produced here for guidance only. For any problems that arise during the administration of the league or during a game then you should refer to the printed and numbered rules and regulations that are held by each club.

• The League
• Officers of the league
• League Governors
• League Meetings
• League Standing Orders
• General Rules
• Competitions
• Points System
• League Knockout Cup & League Plate

The League

• Annual General Meeting - Held before April each year and all member clubs shall be informed of the time and venue of the meeting by the league secretary. The only business to be discussed at an AGM will be
  • Minutes of the previous AGM
  • Election of officers for the forthcoming year
  • Changes to the rules or constitution of the league
• Extraordinary General Meeting - Called by the secretary at the request of the secretaries of at least 2 members clubs, the items for discussion must be circulated to all clubs at least 2 weeks before the EGM and only this matter shal be discussed at this meeting
• General League Meeting - Held at least once per month during the league season. Any business may be discussed except for changes to the rules or constitution of the league for which an EGM must be called
• Non attendance at meetings - Teams should have a representative at all meetings

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League Standing Orders

League meetings will be conducted according to the following standing orders:

• Voting - Only members of the committee shall be eligible to vote with the exceptions of AGMs and EGMs where all registered members of member clubs shall be entitled to vote
• Motions - All motions shall be passed by a simple majority, except for changes to the league rules or constitution where a 2/3rds majority shall be required

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General Rules

Players may transfer from one team to another providing that

• The team from which the player is leaving has been informed by the player concerned at least 6 days before his first game for his new club
• The player has no outstanding financial commitments with his previous club. Players in breach of this rule shall be suspended from all league compettions until his financial obligation is honoured. No player shall play for more than one club in any knockout competition
• To be eligible to play in the initial rounds of the knockout competitions, a player must have played in 1 league match for that season. To play in the finals thy must have played in 3 games in that season

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Competitions

• The league shall run 3 competitions, which will be known as the league competition, the league knockout cup and the league plate.
• No team is eligible to play in any of the league competitions unless it has paid its annual league registration fee, the amount of each fee will be decided at the AGM
• Teams playing in the cup and plate competition shall share expenses for those mathes. The home teams to book and pay for the pitch and match ball. The away team to pay half that fee on the day of the match
• The league shall cover expenses for the pitch and ball for the cup and plate final
• Teams playing at home in all matches shall provide a new match ball that match or an alternative approved by both captains
• The knockout competitions shall include the rules under league knockout cup and league plate

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Points System

All items not covered by these rules shall be referred to the league copmmittee whose decision on such matters shall be final.

• All matches shall be played according to the 'laws of cricket' as laid down by the MCC for limited overs matches and will be a maximum of 40 overs per game
• The winning team shall be awarded 10 points
• In the event of scores being level, the winning side shall be the one that has lost the least number of wickets, this to include those wickets short
• If scores and wickets lost are level each team shall receive 5 points
• The losing side shall receive nil points
• For games rained off, teams are not awarded points. The calculation of average points on the league table is not effected, as the number of games played is not increased
• The league table position is calculated by dividing the number of points won by the number of games played (not including rained off games) The team with a higher average for each game played, holds a higher league position than a team with a lower average for each game played
• Any team failing to turn up for the game will forfeit that game and this will count as a game played with nil points being awarded to the team failing to fulfil the fixture. The opposition will not receive nil points but the game will not count as a being played thus not affecting their league avereage. Any team that fails to fulfil a fixture will pay the opposition the cost of the pitch hire if they are the away side and if it was not possible to recover the cost of the pitch hire
• The maximum overs per bowler shall be 7 in all league competitions except in a re-played cup or plate match which shall be reduced to 20 overs with a maximum of 4 overs per bowler. There is no limit to the number of bowlers that may bowl in any of the league competitions.
• A side must have a minimum of 7 players to enable a match to commence. the numbers must be maintained at 7 throughout the game otherwise the game is forfeited. If the numbers go below 7 in the first innings, the offending team loses all points for the game and the other team received full points. If the numbers go below 7 in the second innings, the offending team loses all points for that innings and the other team received full points for that innings (first innings points stand). In both cases, individual performances stand

Performance Points are awarded as follows

Total	Points	Wickets	Points
0-49	0	0 or 1	0
50-74	1	2 or 3	1
75-99	2	4 or 5	2
100-124	3	6 or 7	3
125-149	4	8 or 9	4
150+	5	10	5

 

Total being chased	Number of wickets lost chasing total
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Points applicable to total and wickets lost
0-49	5	4	4	3	3	2	2	1	1	0
50-74	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	2	2	1
75-99	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	2
100-124	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	3
125-149	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4
150+	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

Players short shall count as a wicket down

In the event of a batsman retiring hurt, or being unable to bat due to an injury received in the match, he shall be entered in the score book as 'retired not out' and will not count as a wicket down unless the rest of the team are out. Their individual average will count as 'not out'

Each team shall provide a completed score sheet signed by each captain to the results secretary by the Tuesday following the match

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League Knockout Cup & League Plate

• The draw shall be made by the league committee
• The competition shall be open to all registered clubs
• The competition shall be run on a straight knockout basis
• The winning team shall be the team that at the end of a complete game

  • Scores most runs
  • If equal - Loses fewer wickets in attaining their total should scores be level
  • If equal - Has the faster run rate at the half way point (20 overs)
  • If equal - Loses fewer wickets at the half way point (20 overs)
  • If equal - The halfway points are then continually halved until a result is achieved i.e. 10, 5, 3, 2, 1 overs

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© J.C. 2008