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1. Matches

Each club to play their match as arranged as fixed by the League. First named club shall be the home club. Any changes in fixtures must be confirmed in writing between the competing clubs and shall be subject to the League Fixture Secretary's approval.

2. Results

The method of rewarding points shall be as follows:

WIN	10 POINTS
TIE	5 POINTS
BATTING. FOR EVERY 50 RUNS	1 POINT (MAX. 5 POINTS)
BOWLING. FOR EVERY 2 WICKETS	1 POINT (MAX. 5 POINTS)

3. Bonus Points

BOWLING OUT OPPONENTS WITHIN 25 OVERS	5 POINTS (40 OVER MATCH)
SCORING UP OPPONENT'S TOTAL WITHIN 25 OVERS	5 POINTS (40 OVER MATCH)

Every match to be played of forty overs, unless it has been reduced by the umpire due to the bad weather or slow over rate.
In reduced Overs Match, Bonus points shall be awarded proportionately based on number of overs as follows:

22 Overs in 35 Over match
19 Overs in 30 Over match

16 Overs in 25 Overs (any game played less than 25 Overs is redeemed to abandoned match)

4. Forfeited

Match Cancelled Match & Cash Fines

Match cancelled or any side failing to turn up for the game without any prior written notice till Mid-day Thursday proceeding the match day:

Offending Side .....GETS 7 POINTS Deducted  Plus £50 - fine by league.

Opponents ...........GETS 19 POINTS Awarded No cash fine only to the offending side if match is cancelled with written notice to the league and to the opposition before the Thursday deadline or if the match is forfeited or cancelled by any other reason while the two sides reached the ground weather play took place on the day or not. In the event of a match being cancelled or abandoned due to the weather, each side gets 9 points. If the match is abandoned due to rain after the play is started, Bonus Points gained up to the abandonment (points for batting and wickets) will be added to the 9 points. Individual League matches are not allowed to be re-scheduled.

5. Unprepared Or Unfit Ground:

In such case, the visiting side will be awarded with 19 points. Home side can avoid penalty of seven (7) points if they can produce a written ground booking confirmation in the club's name from the relevant authority within 72 hours. Failing to provide written proof, the home side will be penalized by seven (7) points. The declaration of the ground being unfit can only be made by the UMPIRE under RULE 3.8 & 3.9 (2010 ) light or weather ( the old arrangement of the Captains agreeing to play is no longer in force. ).

6. Boundary Flags & Leg Umpire Coats:

It is compulsory for the Home Team to provide the above items. Failure to provide them shall be subject to deduction of 2 penalty points.

7. Match Balls

All clubs must note that the match (League or Cup) can only be played with cricket balls bearing the "logo” authorised by the league. These balls are to be purchased from the league and are to be provided to the umpire by the visiting team. Failure to provide two correct balls will result visiting side forfeiting the match.

8. Match Conditions

a) For a match to start, both teams must have a minimum of 9 qualifying registered players dressed in white.
    THIS CANNOT BE OVER-RULED.

b) All matches must start by 2.00 p.m. and not after 2.30 p.m. unless the start is delayed due to the bad weather, whereby the match is to be reduced accordingly. A team that is late will have its batting time reduced by one over for every Four minutes of lateness or part thereof the maximum number is Eight Overs by 2.30 p.m. The lateness of a team is determined from 2 p.m. or pre-arranged start time till the position of readiness to play (dressed in Whites) and not when a team arrives at the ground or begins changing. Any team arriving later than 1.45p.m automatically forfeits the Toss. If both teams arrive later than 1.45p.m then first arriving team wins the toss.

c) Once 2.30 p.m. is clocked and one of the teams is late, the match will be awarded to the team present. The umpire is to check that the team present have the required minimum of 9 players fully dressed in Whites ready to go on the field. In the event of they are being less than nine players match will be considered as cancelled and both teams loosing 7 points. Both teams to report to the Umpire 15 Minutes before the agreed start time and submit him a full list of qualifying registered players. Failure to do will result in the offending team forfeiting the toss.
NOTE:
ALL UMPIRES MUST NOTE THAT 2.30 P.M. IS A CUT OFF TIME FOR LATENESS AND THIS CANNOT BE OVER RULED. THE GAME STARTING AFTER 2.30 P.M WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED AS LEAGUE GAME.

d) If both teams are late then a match must be reduced accordingly, if both teams arrive later than 2.30p.m. The match must be cancelled, with both teams loosing 7 points. This cannot be overruled under any circumstances. However, the full payment to the umpire shall become payable by both teams.

9. Duration of Match

a) The normal duration of a match is 40 Overs.

b) In a normal match, all innings should be completed in 40 overs or by 4.40 p.m. which ever comes first. Hence, a full 40 over inning shall last 2 hours 40 minutes (Including drinks break if any).

c) In the event of slow over rate by the team bowling second 5 RUNS per over will be deducted from their actual SCORE. Thus reducing the target. (e.g. team batted first and bowling second scored 200 runs in their innings but bowls three overs short in their allocated time the target will be reduced by 15 runs to 185.) Therefore, the team batting second has only 186 to win within the overs allocated after penalty overs deducted. Should the side batting second waste time through foul tactics such as frequent pads and bats changing, water breaks and extra runners etc, the umpire will use his discretion to add further time to bowling time to make up the lost time through foul means. All sincere efforts must be made to complete the match if the bad weather factor does not interfere in which case the umpire has the final say.

d) Maximum amount of overs per bowler is 8 for League or Cup fixture. If the game is played with reduced overs then the overs per bowler are reduced accordingly.

10. Umpires

a) On a match day it is the responsibility of the two captains to make contact with the match umpire and to inform him of any problems or potential problems before the match commences.

b) If a league umpire is present, each captain must supply him with a list of players with their pictures by 1.45 p.m. and have his team together ready for an inspection by the umpire to ensure there are the correct minimum of 9 players dressed in whites ready for the play. FAILURES TO DO SO WILL RESULT IN THE OFFENDING CLUB FOR FORFEITING THE TOSS.

c) The batting team to supply two umpires in the event that no league umpire is in attendance. Members of the batting side may umpire.

d) It is the responsibility of both captains to collect the umpire's fee as directed by the league committee. If a club fails to pay its portion they will be fined and charged any costs incurred. PAYMENT TO THE UMPIRES MUST BE MADE DURING THE TEA INTERVAL.

e) Its umpires responsibility to notify the League if a team does NOT produce a team sheet

f) Descent in whatever form directed at umpires will not be tolerated and will be severely dealt with by the committee.

11. Notification of Results & Cash Fine

a) All team captains are required to text the result of the match to League’s General Secretary Zia Qaisrani by 9pm on the match day. Any team texting the results after 9pm will result in getting -2 points. The number to text is:

Mob: 07944 324 235

It would enable him to prepare summary of results in time to include into the weekly circular (email) and update the points table.

b) In addition, all teams are required to load their score card on website. Failing to so by every Thursday 5pm, will result in penalty of minus 2 points for each scorecard.

12. Declaration of League & Cup Champions

The winner of any division shall be the side with the most points on the completion of the league programme. In the event of more than one side with same number of points, the winner shall be the side with the greater number of wins. In the event of the sides still remaining equal, the winner shall be the side with the least number of defeats. In the event of the sides remaining equal, the winner shall be the side with highest batting run rate per over for the whole season. In the case of Cup-Competitions, should a game finish in A TIE score, the winners will be with the loss of lesser wickets. If the result still being equal, winner shall be the side with runs scored lesser in extras and more with the bat in the same match. If the sides still remaining equal, then the winner will be with the better run rate per over in their total previous matches during the same season.

13. Promotions & Relegations

The top two sides in Division-2 and Division-3 will replace the two bottom sides in the division above in the subsequent season. However, this rule is subject to change, should the league management committee decide otherwise to increase the number of divisions and enhance their strength. In the event of any side in the division two and three becoming A JOINT WINNERS OF THE CUP & THEIR DIVISION will qualify them to be promoted to the first division. In which case only one side from Division Two will be promoted to Division One.

14. Players

a) PRIOR TO THE START OF THE SEASON , Each Club can register maximum of 25 players with their ( PORTRAIT ) Photo for the season including 3 overseas classified ( see below ) Players . Any Players without photos will not be allowed to participate in any game of the season. These photographs should be recent and recognisable in order to avoid dispute over identification.

b) There will be a window for registering/de-registering the players mid season in which players can be registered or de-register by all the teams. The dates for this window are provided by the committee members every year. Please Note that this is the last chance to register/de-register any players. After the deadline, none of the teams will be able to carry out registration/de-registration of the player till the end of the season

c) A qualifying registered player may only play for one club in any one season, unless he has been released from registration of current club and then registered by the other club

d) In the event of a player arriving late , the 12th man may take the field for up to 30 minutes from the schedule starting time of the play provided the Umpire has been notified of the subsitution before the start of the play , after such time no changeds to the playing side can be made and 12th man can only field .
THIS APPLIES TO BOTH TEAMS AND CANNOT BE OVER RULED.

15. Young player's Safety Directive

The E.C.B. Helmet Safety Directives for the young players up to the age of 18 years will apply to all matches in the league and cup competitions of the championships. Captains are required to ensure that young players wear a helmet and other safety gear when batting and when standing up to the stumps to keep wickets.

16. Misconduct

The League condemns all violence or verbal abuse on or off the field, between any club members (own or opposition), towards umpires or involving scorers and supporters. In the event of such misconduct the League Committee shall not hesitate in taking serious action as it sees fit.

17. Overseas Players

Overseas Players come in the criteria below:
- Students (Except in full time education i.e. after spending 1 year in UK).
- Amateur/professional cricketers with or without work permit for less than12 months
- Asylum applicants/ holders having lived in UK less than 12 months prior to registration date.

18. Penalty For Un-Qualifying Or Registered Players

All clubs to carry a list of their opponent’s players and identify each player before the match has commenced. The team sheets must be checked before start of game and if there is any objection then it must be raised then with the umpire and two captains. If game starts without teams checking team sheets then as far as the league is concerned that all players are registered and game is on and any objections after the toss will not be entertained by the league.

19. Captains Responsibility

On the match day, it is captain’s responsibility to assist and control his team member’s behaviour. The league strongly advise the captain to not to take part in umpiring (Leg or Main). If there is an issue during the match while the captain of the offending team is umpiring, then based on to Umpires report, captain of the offending team may be penalised. This can result in suspended players (including captains) for duration of time or points deduction.

20. Ball condition before match

All captains please note that bowling of the warm up ball into ground is illegal for all the bowlers regardless of when they bowl during the innings. The bowler will be banned to ball for the next 30 minutes by the umpire.

21. Handling the Ball

Batsman can handle the ball with the permission of the fielders, but can be given out if handles without the permission.

22. Injured Batsman

If a batsman is injured during the inning ,he will not be allowed a runner. He may decide to retire or carry on .

23. ANNUAL Presentation Ceremony / Dinner

Each club must be represented by atleast 6 players at the ceremony at a subsidised rate.

24. Annual Subscriptions

If payment is not made to the league before the season commences, the clubs offending will loose their deposits and place in the league hence the league will forfeit all their games.

25. Child Protection

Elliot Davis London Cricket League fully recognizes its responsibilities for child protection.

Our policy applies to all players, coaches and volunteers working with the club. These are the main elements to our policy.

• The welfare of the child is paramount.



• All children, whatever their age, culture, disability, gender, language, racial origin, religious beliefs and or sexual identity have the right to protection from abuse.

• All suspicions and allegegations of abuse will be taken seriously and responded to swiftly and appropriately.

• All staff (paid and unpaid) working with the league have the responsibility to report concerns to the appropriate officer.

Policy Statement

Elliot Davis London Cricket League has a duty of care to safeguard all children involved in our training programme from harm. All children have the right to protection, and the needs of disabled children and others who may be particularly vulnerable must be taken into account. EDLCL will ensure the safety and protection of all children involved in our training scheme through adherence to the child protection guidelines adopted by the English Cricket board.

A child is defined as a person under the age of 18 (The children’s act 1989).
The aims of the Elliot Davis London Cricket League child protection policy are to promote good practice:

• Providing children with the appropriate safety and protection whilst in the care of the club.


• Allowing all staff/volunteers to make informed and confident responses to specific child protection issues.

Promoting good practice

Child abuse, particularly sexual abuse, can arouse strong emotions in those facing such a situation. It is important to understand these feelings and not allow them to interfere with your judgement about the appropriate action to take.

When the child enters the league having been subjected to child abuse outside the sporting environment, sport can play a crucial role in improving the child's self- esteem. In such instances the club must work with the appropriate agencies to ensure the child receives the required support.

26. Respect for Cricket

Last but not least, all the teams should respect their opponent, respect the umpires and all his decisions and most of all, respect cricket, as it is a gentleman’s game.