LWP Cricket Tournament Rules

1. All the matches will be played on Saturday (09/17) and Sunday (09/18) between 8:00 AM and 11:00 AM or till the scheduled matches are done.

2. Every team will play with each other in the round-robin stage.

3. We have two new rounds Eliminator (Round Robin Team 3 vs Round Robin Team 4) and Qualifier (Round Robin Team 2 vs Winner of Eliminator) this time

4. The final will be Round Robin Team 1 vs. Winner of Qualifier

5. We will have extra runs for wide and no balls.

6. There will be 5 fielders in total (excluding the wicket-keeper), so the fielding team can borrow one fielder from the non-playing teams.

7. The wicket-keeping will be done by players from the non-playing teams. The wicket-keeper is just to collect the balls and won't have any roles in caught behind, stumping, and runouts.

8. The last man batting will be there, and a non-striker runner (chosen by the batting team captain) will be present and normal run out rules apply.

9. Round robin matches will be 6 overs per innings and 2 overs max per bowler.

10. The final match will be 8 overs per innings, 3 overs max by 2 bowlers.

11. Ground run rules (related to curbs and boundaries) will be discussed and finalized before the 1st match between the captains and the main umpire.

12. A team needs at least 3 players to have a game. For a 3 players team the captain can select 2 players who can bowl 2 overs each and will also get an extra fielder (of his choice) from the non-playing teams. And they will bat with 3 players only, none of them will get extra batting.

13. The leg umpire will be from the non-playing teams selected by the main umpire. The captains will have no say regrading this.

14. Match scoring will be done using CricClubs app on an iPad/phone by us. Two players (one of the batting team and one of the non-playing teams) will coordinate the scoring.

15. IMPORTANT: Umpires' decisions will be final with no exceptions. The main umpire can solicit feedback/clarifications from the leg umpire (as required) for no balls, catches, and runouts.

16. IMPORTANT: In case of any disputes (related to runs, outs, etc.), the main umpire’s and leg umpire’s decisions will be final with no exceptions.

17. IMPORTANT: Any situations not covered by the above rules will be discussed/resolved through discussion and voting between the captains ONLY.

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