Rodney Cricket Playing Conditions 2014-15
WAITEMATA CUP T2O COMPETITION AND POINTS

1.      HOURS OF PLAY: 12.30 to 3.30pm; 15 minute interval between innings; each side has 1.5 hours to bowl the required 20 overs

2.      THE TEAMS and THE TOSS:
Captains must toss for the choice of innings and exchange team lists on the field of play not less than 15 minutes before the scheduled start of play.

3.      LENGTH OF INNINGS:
Games consist of 20 overs per innings, with a maximum of 4 overs per bowler.

There are a maximum of 8 balls per over, with the exception of the last over of each innings were the bowler must bowl 6 legitimate deliveries

No drinks breaks are to be taken.


4.      FIELDING RESTRICTIONS.
For the first 6 overs of the innings only 2 players are all outside the 30 metre circle.


From the start of the 7th over there may not be more than 5 fieldsmen outside the 30 metre circle and no more than 5 fielders on the leg side.


Innings duration
Overs of Fielding Restrictions
19 - 20
6

15 – 18
5

12 – 14
4

10 – 11
3


5.      ACHIEVING A RESULT:
A minimum of 10 overs must be faced by the team batting first. The second team then has up to 10 overs to pass their total. The method of working out the required target is the same as the Championship rules.

6.      WIDES and NO BALLS

WIDES:
Any delivery which in the opinion of the Umpire does not give the batsman a reasonable opportunity to play a scoring shot shall be called a Wide. As a guide, on the leg side, a ball landing outside the leg stump and going further away shall be called a Wide. The above provisions do not apply if the striker makes contact with the ball.

There are a maximum of 8 balls per over, with the exception of the last over of each innings were the bowler must bowl 6 legitimate deliveries.

NO BALLS - SHORT PITCHED BOWLING:
One short-pitched ball shall be allowed per over. Any further such deliveries will be called as No Balls. A short-pitched delivery is defined as any ball which passes, or would have passed, above the shoulder height of the batsman standing upright at the crease. In addition, a ball that passes above the shoulder height of the batsman, must be below the top of his head/helmet to be considered a legal delivery. Any such delivery that prevents him from being able to hit it with his bat by means of a normal cricket stroke shall be called “WIDE” and shall also count as one of the allowable short-pitched deliveries in that over..

NO BALLS – FOOT FAULTS and FREE HITS :
The delivery following a no-ball called for foot fault shall be a free hit for which ever batsman is facing it. If the delivery for a free hit is not a legitimate delivery (any kind of no ball or wide) then the next delivery shall be a free hit for which ever batsman is facing it. For any free hit delivery, the striker can only be dismissed under the circumstances that apply for a no ball, even if that delivery is a wide. In the event of a free hit there can be no change to the fielding positions unless the batsmen have changed ends.

NO BALLS - High Full Tosses:
Any delivery which passes, or would have passed, above waist height of the striker standing upright at the crease shall be called and signalled No Ball.


7.ARTIFICIAL PITCHES – ADDITIONAL RULE
On artificial pitches, a delivery which pitches on the edge of the mat or off the artificial pitch shall be called No Ball (not a Wide), and that delivery shall immediately become a dead ball.
The batting side is credited with one run for the no ball but cannot score any further runs from the ball. The ball will be re-bowled.

8.POINTS
·        4 points will be awarded for a Win
·        2 points for a Tie
·        0 points for a Loss

9.      COMPETITION STRUCTURE:
The competition will be a 5 team round robin with the top two teams at the conclusion of the round robin becoming the finalists.

• At the completion of the round robin, the finalists will be the 2 sides leading on points. In the event of two sides being even on points, the finalists will be the decided by the winner of their round robin game. If three or more sides are even on points and the round robin games are inconclusive, the sides with the best net runs differential (runs per wicket ‘for’ minus runs per wicket ‘against’) will be the finalists.

• In the event of the final being washed out and an alternative date not found, the competition winner will be the team with the most points at the completion of the round robin. Should there be two sides even on points at the completion of the round robin; the winner will be the winning team of the round robin match between the two sides.