8 Players in a team. Note: both teams can play with 10 players by prior arrangement between managers. The number of players shall be confirmed at the toss.
Each team starts with 200 runs when batting.
Each inning will last for 16 overs if an 8-player match or 20 if a 10-player match.
Players bat for a total of 4 overs in pairs
5 runs deducted for each lost wicket – Batter should change ends on the fall of a wicket, (the Batter out does not face the next ball).
Wides and No Balls count as a penalty of two runs, in addition to any runs scored. No extra ball will be bowled except in the last over when Wides and No Balls count as a penalty of one run.
Bowlers are limited to a max of 3 overs.
Even if wearing a helmet, no player can field within 11 yards of the middle stump, except behind the wicket on the offside, until the striker has played the ball.
Managers may umpire, and some coaching is allowed.
A 4¾oz junior incredi-ball shall be used.
The boundary should be no less than 35 yards from the middle of the pitch which shall be 17 yards long. Stumps should be the junior type (27” x 8”).
The first time a batter is out, they remain batting. The second time they are dismissed they are out and may not return.
When a batter reaches or passes 25 runs, they must retire, (regardless of whether they have been out 1 or 0 times) but may return, in the same order in which they retired.
It is recommended, that all matches are live scored, so that the Results to be published on Play Cricket.
All fixtures to be played by the 1st September.