1. NO Tournament Fee! NO Sponsors!! NO Prize Money !!! 2. The idea is to play the winter friendly matches in the right spirit and in an organized fashion. 3. We reserve the grounds in advance, pay for it and play. 17$ an hour for county grounds. 25$ per game for few other grounds. We will decide what is more economical. 4. Maximum 8 teams and each team plays with other team once. 5. Weather permitting match every weekend. One match per team at a minimum but if the team is willing, there can be more than one. 6. League will end before Feb 2019 or any major league start date, whichever is earliest. 7. Each team to purchase new hard RED tennis balls. Beast balls should be used to keep it consistent. 8. Umpiring done by playing teams with the expectation of being nice and fair to each other. Remember, the main purpose is to keep Cricket going during winter and have fun. So, expect teams to be on board with this idea. 9. Rules:- More than anything good sportsmanship and basic cricket etiquette is expected from every player/team. Some of the frequently asked rules are outline in the rules section. 10.Team Roster Limit :- No Limit and you can keep adding as we know it is hard to make playing 11 in winter. But, a player from one team cannot play in other team. 11. Matches will be planned based on weather conditions. So, hopefully no rain/weather interrupted matches and if it were to be interrupted for any valid reason, the match will be replayed. 12. Use the worksheet, "Team Roster" to add your players and team name. 13. No WALKOVERS! Schedules will be made based on already agreed date/time. But, if one has to happen, based on advance notice, the match will be rescheduled. If this happens without advance notice, forfeiting team will lose 2 points as well as 50 runs total from their final score that is used to calculate NRR. 14. Team availability needs to be updated by EOD Tuesday every week and Schedule will be out by EOD on Wednesday.
FORMAT
1. Maximum 8 teams and single pool. 2. Classic Winter League (Nov 24th through Jan 13th) => Each team plays with other teams in the pool ONCE. So, 7 Round Robin Matches + Semi Final and a potential Final (8 Matches at a minimum and 9 Matches maximum for each team) 3. Top 4 teams based on Points/NRR will play one set of Semi Finals followed by Finals. Bottom 4 teams based on Points/NRR will play another set of Semi Finals followed by Finals. 4. Champions Winter League (Jan 19th through March 10th) => TBD.
DISCLAIMER:- FOR A GIVEN RULE/GUIDELINE THERE WILL BE A LOOPHOLE OR WORKAROUND. IF DURING ANY POINT OF THE TOURNAMENT, SHOULD SOMEONE TAMPER WITH THE RULES OR TAKE ADVANTAGE, A DECISION WILL BE MADE OUTSIDE OF THESE RULES. THE IDEA IS TO PLAY FAIR AS LONG AS OTHERS PLAY THE SAME GAME!!!. HOPE YOU ALL COME WITH A GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP AND ENJOY THIS PLATFORM THAT COSTS NOTHING BUT THE GROUND RESERVATION AND HARD TENNIS BALLS. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE!
MATCH RULES
Below are some of the rules that are of frequently asked by teams. Apart from these, we will follow standard cricketing rules:
1. 15 Over Matches except finals. First 3 Overs are Bowling Power play where a maximum of 2 fielders can field outside the inner circle. 11th and 12th overs are Batting Power play where 3 fielders can field outside inner circle. 2. No restriction on the number of fielders on either side of the wicket. 3. Wide marking is measured based on one and half bat from middle of the stump on either side of the batting wicket. For a right/left handed batsman, anything outside their respective leg stump without a physical contact is a wide. On the line marking is a wide on the other side on the off side of the batsman. 4. Free hit for a overstepping and free hit rule will be applied. 5. After first warning to the whole team, managing is allowed. 6. When a bowler pitches the ball outside the playing mat area, it is deemed as a dead ball. 7. No Leg Byes and LBW's 8. A batsman can retire at any time of the game with or without a cause and can return to batting at any point in time. 9. A bowler who steps out of the field for the number of overs need to wait for the same number of overs before he resumes his spell or to start a new spell. This rule does not apply to batsman. 10. An overthrow resulting from a ball hitting the edge of the pitch is still considered an overthrow. 11. If a player accidentally slips (in between running not a dive to make it) during running between the wickets and the fielding team gets him run out, it is not out. Please do not misuse this clause. This is from a moral standpoint. 12. If a team/player gets into verbal altercation, it is captains responsibility to control the team/players. Things happen but don't lose your cool. Take the time off and resume the match. 13. Sledging is allowed within limits of sportsmanship and until it does not get personal. Any abuse, be it explicit verbal or physical will disqualify the team without a warning. And law enforcement will be involved if things get physical. No kidding here. 14. Substitute Fielder: Can only field and run for a batsman. Since, we cannot really validate if a player is really injured or pretending to be injured, we will allow substitute to field and run for the player if he needs one during batting. However, if this is being misused, we will revisit this rule. 15. Given this is winter time, a match can be played with a minimum of 8 players should the teams fall short of players at any point in time.
********EVERY TEAM SHOULD SIGN A WAIVER FORM WHICH WILL BE E-MAILED OUT TO TEAM CAPTAIN**********
TOURNAMENT FORMAT 1. Maximum 8 teams and single pool. 2. Classic Winter League (Nov 24th through end of Feb 2019) => Each team plays with other teams in the pool ONCE. So, 9 Round Robin Matches + Semi Final and a potential Final, 3. Top 4 teams based on Points/NRR will play one set of Semi Finals followed by Finals. Teams ranked 5 through 8 based on Points/NRR will play another set of Semi Finals followed by Finals. Teams that are not part of top 8 towards end of round robin phase will not move to the next round. MATCH RULES Below are some of the rules that are of frequently asked by teams. Apart from these, we will follow standard cricketing rules: 1. 15 Over Matches except finals. First 3 Overs are Bowling Powerplay where a maximum of 2 fielders can field outside the inner circle. 11th and 12th overs are Batting Powerplay where 3 fielders can field outside inner circle. 2. No restriction on the number of fielders on either side of the wicket. 3. Wide marking is measured based on one and half bat from middle of the stump on either side of the batting wicket. For a right/left handed batsman, anything outside their respective leg stump without a physical contact is a wide. On the line marking is a wide on the other side on the off side of the batsman. 4. Free hit for an overstepping and free hit rule will be applied. 5. After first warning to the whole team, mankading is allowed. 6. When a bowler pitches the ball outside the playing mat area, it is deemed as a dead ball. 7. No Leg Byes and LBW's 8. A batsman can retire at any time of the game with or without a cause and can return to batting at any point in time. 9. A bowler who steps out of the field for the number of overs need to wait for the same number of overs before he resumes his spell or to start a new spell. This rule does not apply to batsman. 10. An overthrow resulting from a ball hitting the edge of the pitch is still considered an overthrow. 11. If a player accidentally slips (in between running not a dive to make it) during running between the wickets and the fielding team gets him run out, it is not out. Please do not misuse this clause. This is from a moral standpoint. 12. If a team/player gets into verbal altercation, it is captains’ responsibility to control the team/players. Things happen but don't lose your cool. Take the time off and resume the match. 13. Sledging is allowed within limits of sportsmanship and until it does not get personal. Any abuse, be it explicit verbal or physical will disqualify the team without a warning. And law enforcement will be involved if things get physical. No kidding here. 14. Substitute Fielder: Can only field and run for a batsman. Since, we cannot really validate if a player is really injured or pretending to be injured, we will allow substitute to field and run for the player if he needs one during batting. However, if this is being misused, we will revisit this rule. 15. Given this is winter time, a match can be played with a minimum of 8 players should the teams fall short of players at any point in time. ********EVERY TEAM SHOULD SIGN A WAIVER FORM WHICH WILL BE E-MAILED OUT TO TEAM CAPTAIN**********
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