1 Title

Thetitleofthecompetitionshallbethe

NatWestU19ClubT20.

2 Thisversionoftherulesiseffectiveinall

matchesintheCompetitionfrom1stApril

2015to30thSeptember2015.Exceptas

variedhereundertheLawsofCricket(2000

Code,5thEdition–2014)shallapply.

3 Management

ThecontroloftheCompetitionshallbe

undertakenbytheECBCricketPartnerships

CompetitionTeamandLocalCountyCricket

Boardalldecisionsrelatingtotheserulesor

tomatchesplayedintheCompetitionshall

befinalandbindingonallconcerned.These

rulesapplytotheNatWestU19ClubT20

Competitiononly.

TheECBmaydelegateanyoftheirpowers

andduties.

4 Entry

EntryintotheNatWestU19ClubT20shall

beopentoallaffiliatedclubs/teamsthat

areinvitedintoleaguesbytheparticipating

CountyCricketBoard’sin2015;otherwise

invitedbyECBCompetitionsDepartment.

Clubsmayusefineturfornon-turfpitches

fortheirhomematches.Shouldtheumpires

reportapitchasbeingunfit,theCCBshall

havetheoptionoforderingthematchto

bereplayedontheopponentsground,if

timepermits,orofawardingthematch

totheopposition.

Ifaclubfailstofulfiltheiradministrative

responsibilitiesoranyfixtureinthe

competition,otherthanduetobadweather,

therewillbeprocesswherebytheclubmay

bebannedfromenteringthecompetitionfor

thefollowingseasonandthepointsoffered

totheopposition.

5 Competitionstructure

EachCountyCricketBoard,inpartnership

withtheECB,willholdtheirownleague

competitions.TheCountywinnershall

bedeterminedbyaCountyFinal.

6 Eligibilityandagegroupdefinition

Anyclubthatfieldsanineligibleplayershall

bepenalisedandtheresultofthematch

overturnedinthefavouroftheopposition.

Acricketershallonlybeeligibletoplayinthe

NatWestU19ClubT20Competitionifthey

are18orunderatmidnightonthe31stAugust

intheyearprecedingthecurrentseason.

Althoughthereisnominimumage,

itisrecommendedthatwherepossible,

playersover15shouldbeselected.

Acricketershallonlybeeligibletoplayfora

clubinaNatWestU19ClubT20Competition

iftheyareabonafide,fullypaid-upmember

ofthatclub.Clubsmayhaveaspecial

membershipforU19ClubT20members.

ClubswithlimitednumberofU19playerscan

mergewith,orinviteplayersfrom,nomore

than2otherclubsfromEnglandandWales

tocreateasquad.

Acricketershallonlybeeligibletoplayinthe

NatWestU19ClubT20Competitionforone

clubinanyoneseason.

Acricketershallnotbeeligibletoplay

intheNatWestU19ClubT20Competitionif

theyreceiveremunerationforplayingcricket.

NatWestU19ClubT20CompetitionRules

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Bonafideclubmemberswhoarealso

registeredandcontractedwithaFirst

ClassCountycanplayprovidedtheyhave

notplayedaFirstClass,T20BlastorRL50

fixtureintheyearpriortotheseasonofthe

Competitionandduringthecurrentseason

atthetimeofthematch.Ifanyclubfields

anineligibleplayer,theywillbepenalised

asperruling6.1.

Acricketershallonlybequalifiedtoplay

intheNatWestU19ClubT20iftheyare

qualifiedtoplayasaCat1(ordinarilyresident,

pleaserefertoGenericRule3.6.7.1)andCat

3e(overseasplayerresidentinEngland&

Wales,pleaserefertoGenericRule3.6.8).The

processofclassificationisgenerallycarried

outbytheweekendleaguethattheclubis

registeredto.

Alloverseasplayers(Cat3)areineligiblefor

theNatWestU19ClubT20.

7 Balls

TheHomeandAwaysideshallprovideat

leastonenewcricketballforeachmatch

whenballsarenotprovidedbytheCCB.The

ballshallbeofthestandardlaiddownbythe

CCBandshallbegiventotheumpiresprior

tothecommencementofthematch.The

HomeandAwaysidewillalsoberesponsible

forsupplyingenoughspareballsofequal

standardfortheirfieldinginnings.Anewball

mustbeusedatthestartofeachinnings.

IftheNatWestU19ClubT20pinkballislost

duringaninningstheneveryeffortshould

bemadetoplaywithasimilartypeofpink

ballbutredballsmayalsobeusedasaspare

ifneeded.

ForeachCountyFinalstheCCBwillsupply

ballsforbothsides.

Itisrecommendedthateachclubuses

theGrayNicolls‘League’pinkcricket

ballswhichcanbeorderedfrom

www.gray-nicolls.co.uk

8 Clothing

PlayersinallmatchesintheCompetitionwill

wearclothingandequipmentinaccordance

withECBguidelines.

Itisrecommendedthateachclubpurchases

acolouredkit,orcolouredshirt,forthe

NatWestU19ClubT20thatcanbeanycolour

exceptpinkorred.Aselectionofcolouredkit

canbeorderedfromwww.gray-nicolls.co.uk

9 Umpires

Thehomeandawaysideisresponsiblefor

appointingoneumpireforeachfixture.The

umpiresshallbeappointedforthewhole

matchandmaynotplayinthematch.

UntiltheCountyFinalsstage,umpiresareto

bearrangedlocallybythetwoplayingclubs.

FromCountyFinalsappointmentswillbe

madebythelocalCCB.

10 Scorersandmatchresult

Eachteamshallprovidetheirowncompetent,

non-playingscorerinallmatches.Ifateam

failstoprovideascoreraplayerhastobe

nominatedfromtheteamtotakeuptheduty

fortheentiredurationofthematch.

Ifpossible,scorersshouldendeavourtoscore

thematchelectronicallyvialaptop,smart

phoneortabletdevice.ECBrecommend

TotalCricketScorerorCricHQasthese

applicationsconnecttoPlay-Cricket.com.

ItistheresponsibilityoftheHomeside

toentertheresultandfullscorecard

detailsontotheappropriatesideon

Play-Cricket.comwithin24hoursofthe

matchbeingcompleted.TheAwayside

shouldconfirmthatthesummaryresult

hascorrectlyenteredwithinthenext24

hours.Bothsidesmustensurethattheir

squaddetailshavebeenenteredinto

Play-Cricket.compriortoeachmatch

theyplay.

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11 Fixtures

Allmatchesaretotakeplaceonorbefore

thedatesprescribedinthetablebelow,

dependentonthenumberofteamsin

yourleague.

Stage Date

FirstLeagueFixtures DeterminedbyCCB

FinalLeagueFixtures By23August

CountyFinalsDay By27September

Leaguefixture–Matchescanonlybeplayed

aftertheprescribeddateifchangedby

mutualagreementoftheclubsandtheCCB

andmustbewithinthetime-scaleforthe

CountyFinalDay.Anyrearrangementmust

bewiththeagreementofthelocalCCB

beforehand.Matcheswherenoresultcan

beachievedonthescheduleddatecanbe

re-arrangedtobeplayedbytheclosingdate

forthatRound.There-arrangedfixturemust

beagreedwithin1weekofthefirstmatch.In

theeventofnodecisionbeingreachedinthe

matchbecauseofinclementweather,inability

tore-arrangeafixturebeforethedeadline

dateorforanotherreason,thentheresult

shallbedeterminedasa‘non-playeddraw’

(refertoPlayingConditions).

CountyFinals–Matchescanonlybeplayed

onorbeforethedateprescribedinthis

documentastherearenoreservedatesfor

weatheraffectedmatches.

Intheeventofnodecisionbeingreached

inthematchbecauseofinclementweather

itissuggestedthatratherthanthetossing

ofacoin,Clubsshouldplayamatchfor

evenaminimumof5oversperteam,

whereverpossible,accordingtothetimestill

availableorhaveabowlout(refertoPlaying

Conditions).Inthelastresort,thedecision

shallbemadebythetossofacoin.

12 Teamsheets

Eachsidemustprovidetheumpirewitha

teamsheetbeforethestartofthematch

identifyinganyplayerwhohasnotreached

theageof18onthedateofthematchand

showingthespecificagegroupofallplayers.

ItisrecommendedthattheECBTeamSheet

card(availablefromthelocalCountyBoards)

isusedwheneverpossible.

13 Helmetsand/orfaceguards

Anyplayerundertheageof18playinginthe

NatWestU19ClubT20Competitionshallbe

boundbytheECBDirective(seesection19of

thecurrentNonFirstClassRegulationsand

PlayingConditions).

14 CodeofConduct

Allplayers,teamofficials,clubsupportersand

umpiresshallbeboundbytheMCCSpiritof

CricketandtheECBCodeofConduct.

15 BlastPoints

IntheNatWestU19ClubT20Competition

therearepointsavailableforeachHome

siderelatingtotheMatchDayExperience

encounteredbytheAwayside.Awayside

captainsmustofferpointsrangingfrom

0–5totheHomesideattheendofa

completedfixtureasfollows.(Thesepoints

arenotallocatedtoleaguepoints,butto

aseparatecompetition)

5points–T20Blastatmosphere!Fantastic!

4points–Greateffortmadetoreplicate

T20Blastatmosphere

3points–Goodattempttogeneratealively

atmosphere

2points–Someeffortmadetogenerate

atmosphere

1point–Matchwasplayedwithapinkball,

butnootherdifference

0points–Matchwasexactlythesameas

atraditionalfixture

All‘Blastpoints’mustbeaddedto

www.ecb.co.uk/blastpoints.Countyand

NationalPrizeswillbeawardedtothesides

thataccumulatethehighestaverageBlastPoints.

TheNationalWinnerwillbedecided

byanindependentpanel,andtheprizewill

beawardedattheNatWestOSCAsinOctober.

Inaddition,everytimeanawaysideawardsBlast

Points,theywillbeenteredintoadrawtowin

aspotprize.Oneclubwillbeselectedatrandom

oncethecompetitioniscomplete.

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1 Duration

1inningsperside,eachlimitedtoamaximum

of20oversandaminimumof5overs.

2 Hoursofplay

2.1 Starttimesaretobeagreedbyparticipants

duringleaguefixturesandCountyFinals.

2.2Teamshave1hour15minutestobowl20

overs.(Thisisaguide)

3 Rearrangementofoversduetoinclement

weather

Theobjectiveofrearrangingoversistogive

thegreatestopportunityforamatchofequal

overswithoutrevertingtoabowlout.

IfintheviewoftheUmpires–bearingin

mindtheprevailingground,weatherand

lightconditions–itisconsideredtobemost

unlikelythatthefullquotaofoverswillbe

bowledinanymatch;itisrecommendedthat

apre-emptivedecisionismadetoreduce

oversinbothinningsequally.Thelevelofthe

reductionwillbemadeatthediscretionofthe

umpires.

4 Fieldingrestrictions

Powerplayfieldingrestrictionswith30yard

circlerequiredforeachmatch.

4.1 Forthefirst6oversofeachinningsonlytwo

fieldersarepermittedtobeoutsidethefield

restrictionmarkingattheinstantofdelivery.

4.2Fortheremainingoversofeachinningsonly

fivefieldsmenarepermittedtobeoutsidethe

fieldingcircleattheinstantofdelivery.

4.3Incircumstanceswhenthenumberofovers

ofthebattingteamisreduced,thenumberof

FieldingRestrictionOversshallbereducedin

accordancewiththetablebelow.Forthesake

ofclarity,itshouldbenotedthatthetable

shallapplytoboththe1stand2ndinningsof

thematch.

Totalovers No.ofoversforwhich

fieldingininnings

restrictionsinclauses

aboveshallapply

5–6 1

7–9 2

10–13 3

14–16 4

17–19 5

5 Boundaries

Boundariesshouldbeaminimumof50yards,

wherepossible.

6 Bowlingandbattingrestrictions

6.1 Bowlersmaybowlamaximumof4oversor,

ifthetotalnumberofoversisreduced,no

bowlermaybowlmorethanone-fifthofthe

amountofoversscheduledfortheinnings.

6.2Whenabatsmanreachesorpassesthe

personaltotalof50runstheymust‘retire’

andwillnotbeallowedtoreturn.Abatsman

cancontinuetheirinningsbeyond50iftheir

‘retirement’wouldendtheinningsbeforethe

agreednumberofovershavebeenbowled.

PlayingConditions

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7 Theresult(League/Groupstage)

7.1 Whenthereisnointerruptionafterplay

hascommencedandwhenbothsideshave

hadtheopportunityofbattingforthesame

agreednumberofovers,theteamscoringthe

highernumberofrunsshallbethewinner.

ThepointsfortheNatWestU19ClubT20are:

5forawin

4foratie

3foraloss

2foracancellationduetoinclementweather,

wherebothteamsfailedtobatfor5overs.

1foracancellationduetoinclementweather,

wherenoplayoccurredandthematchcould

notberescheduled.

7.1.1ForLeaguematches,iftiedatthe

completionofamatch,thematchshallbe

deemedatieandeachteamshallreceive

fourpoints.

7.1.2ForLeaguematches,ifthematchbegins

butcannotbecompletedforanyreason,

thematchshallbedeemedatieandeach

teamshallreceivetwopoints.

7.1.3ForLeaguematches,whereateam

concedesthematchforanyotherreason

apartfromweather,theopponentswill

beawarded5points.Theteamthat

concedeswillreceivenopoints.

7.2Intheeventofthesideinthe1stinnings

battingforlongerthanthesideinthe2nd

inningsthetargetscoreshallbedecidedby

averagerunratebasedonthenumberof

legitimateballsfaced.

7.3Inthegroupstages,ifteamsaretiedatthe

topoftheleague,theteamthatwonthe

head-to-headfixturewillprogressthrough

tothenextstageofthecompetition.Ifteams

arestilltiedthentheteamwiththehighest

netrunratewillprogressthrough

tothenextstageofthecompetition.

8 Theresult(CountyFinalsDaystage)

8.1 ForCountyFinals,ifamatchisabandoned

beforeithadbeenplayedtoaconclusionand

beforetheteambattingsecondhasreceived

itsallocatednumberofovers(providingthat

ithasreceivednotlessthan5overs),the

resultshallbedecidedbyabowlout.

Fiveplayersfromeachsidewillbowl

twooverarmdeliverieseachatawicket

(conformingtoLaw8)fromawicketpitched

atadistanceof22yardswith,ifpracticable,

bowling,poppingandreturncreasesmarked

(conformingtoLaw9).Theside,whichbowls

downthewicket(asdefinedinLaw18.1a)the

mosttimes,shallbethewinner.Ifthescores

areequal,thesameplayerswillbowloneball

eachalternativelytoachievearesultona

‘suddendeath’basis.

IfabowlerbowlsaNoballitwillcountas

oneofthetwodeliveriesbutwillnotcount

towardsthescoreoftheteam.Players

includedinthebowloutmayonlybeselected

fromthe11playersselectedtoplaythematch.

Ifabowloutisnotpossible,theresultwill

bedeterminedbythetossofacoin,withboth

captainspresent.Intheeventofthecaptains

notbeingabletobepresent,

thetossingofthecoinshallbereferred

totheCCB.

8.2Intheeventofthescoresbeingtiedina

CountyFinal,theteamsshallcompetein

aoneoverpersideeliminatortodetermine

thewinner.Thefollowingprocedurewill

applyshouldtheprovisionforaoneover

persideeliminatorbeadoptedinanymatch.

8.2.1Subjecttoweatherconditionsthe

oneoverpersideeliminatorwilltake

placeatatimetobedeterminedby

theumpires.Innormalcircumstances

itshallcommence10minutesafterthe

conclusionofthematch.

8.2.2Theoneoverpersideeliminatorwill

takeplaceonthepitchallocatedforthe

match(thedesignatedpitch)unless

otherwisedeterminedbytheumpires

inconsultationwiththegroundauthority

andtheumpires.

8.2.3Theumpiresshallstandatthesameend

asthatinwhichtheyfinished

thematch.

8.2.4Inbothinningsoftheoneoverperside

eliminator,thefieldingsideshallchoose

fromwhichendtobowl.

8.2.5Onlynominatedplayersinthemain

matchmayparticipateintheoneover

persideeliminator.Shouldanyplayer

(includingthebatsmenandbowler)

beunabletocontinuetoparticipatein

theoneoverpersideeliminatordueto

injury,illnessorotherwhollyacceptable

reason,therelevantLawsandPlaying

Conditionsastheyapplyinthemain

matchshallalsoapplyintheoneover

persideeliminator.

8.2.6Eachteam’soverisplayedwiththe

samefieldingrestrictionsasapplyfor

anon-FieldRestrictionOverinanormal

NatWestU19ClubT20match.

8.2.7Theteambattingsecondinthematch

willbatfirstintheoneovereliminator.

8.2.8TheUmpiresshallselectaballfromthe

boxofspareballswhichshallbeused

forbothoversoftheoneoverperside

eliminator.Theballtobeusedshall

notbeanewballandshouldhavethe

apparentwearcharacteristicsofaball

thathashadbetween5and20oversof

usage.Fortheavoidanceofdoubt,aball

usedinthemainmatchshallnotbeused

intheoneoverpersideeliminator.

Iftheballneedstobechanged,then

playingconditionsasstatedforthemain

matchshallapply.

8.2.9Thelossoftwowicketsintheoverends

theteam’soneoverinnings.

8.2.10Intheeventoftheteamshavingthe

samescoreaftertheoneoverperside

eliminatortheteamwhosebatsmen

hitthemostnumberofboundaries

combinedfromitstwoinningsinboth

themainmatchandintheoneoverper

sideeliminatorshallbethewinner.

8.2.11Ifthenumberofboundarieshitbyboth

teamsisequal,theteamwhosebatsmen

scoredmoreboundariesduringits

inningsinthemainmatch(ignoringthe

overpersideeliminator)shallbethe

winner.

8.2.12Ifstillequal,acount-backfromthefinal

balloftheoneovereliminatorshallbe

conducted.Theteamwiththehigher

scoringdeliveryshallbethewinner.

Ifateamlosestwowicketsduringits

over,thenanyunbowleddeliverieswill

becountedasdotballs.Notethatfor

thispurpose,therunsscoredfroma

deliveryisdefinedasthetotalteam

runsscoredsincethecompletionofthe

previouslegitimateball,i.e.including

anyrunsresultingfromwides,noball

orpenaltyruns.

Example:

Runsscoredfrom: Team1 Team2

Ball6 1 1

Ball5 4 4

Ball4 2 1

Ball3 6 2

Ball2 0 1

Ball1 2 6

Inthisexamplebothteamsscoredan

equalnumberofrunsfromthe6thand

5thballoftheirinnings.However,team

1scored2runsfromits4thballwhile

team2scoredasinglesoteam1is

thewinner.

8.2.13Ifstillequal,thenanotheroneover

persideeliminatorshallbeplayedin

accordancewithrule8.2

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9 Freehitafterafoot-faultnoball

9.1 Thedeliveryfollowinganoballcalledfor

afootfaultshallbeafreehitforwhichever

batsmanisfacingit.

9.2Ifthedeliveryforthefreehitisnota

legitimatedelivery(anykindofnoballor

awideball),thenthenextdeliveryshall

becomeafreehitforwhicheverbatsman

isfacingit.

9.3Foranyfreehit,thestrikercanbedismissed

onlyunderthecircumstancesthatapplyfor

anoball,evenifthedeliveryforthefreehit

iscalledwideball.

9.4Fieldchangesarepermittedforfreehit

deliveriesprovidingalleffectivefielding

restrictionsareadheredto.

9.5Theumpiresshallsignalafreehitby(after

thenormalnoballsignal)extendingone

armstraightupwardsandmovingitina

circularmotion.

10 Law25–WideBall–JudgingaWide

PleaserefertoGenericPlayingCondition7.

11 Law42.6–DangerousandUnfairBowling

Law42.6(i)(a)BowlingofFast,short-pitched

balls,willapply.

12 Law42.6(b)Bowlingofhighfullpitchedballs,

tobeamendedtoreadasfollows:

Anyhighfullpitchedball(regardlessofits

pace)whichpassesorwouldhavepassed

abovewaistheightofthestrikerstanding

uprightatthecreaseshallbecalledand

signalledNoballbytheumpireatthe

bowler’send.

Inaddition,ifthehighfullpitchedballisfast,

itshallbedeemeddangerousandunfairand

theumpireatthebowler’send,inadditionto

thecallandsignalofNoball,willadoptthe

proceduresofLaw42.7.

13 Law42.7–DangerousandUnfairBowling–

actionbytheumpire

Law42.7appliesexceptthatthereferenceto

Law42.6istheamendedLaw42.6asabove.

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