South West Slopes Cricket League By Laws and Regulations
As from the commencement of the 2016/17 season the South West Slopes Cricket League will be led by a
committee formed as follows in this document and the League will conduct its seasons cricket as per the rules
stated in these By-Laws. For all other matters not addressed in this document we will follow the MCC Laws of
cricket and in the “Spirit of the game”
For the purpose of this document a Division 1 player is a player registered in a Division 1 team and a Division 2
player is a player registered in a Division 2 team.
The Members of the League shall consist of :
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Associations playing under the banner of the South West Slopes Cricket League shall provide 2 delegates
to attend each and every meeting of the above mentioned League either in the form of a committee
member or simply a delegate.
The Committee formed shall consist of a President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and Publicity
officer.
Each delegate shall hold one vote on all matters affecting the League.
Rules and Playing Regulations
Law 1 – The Players
1.1 Nomination of players
Teams are expected to nominate to their relevant Cricket Associations a list of 12 players in order to be
considered a registered team for the South West Slopes Cricket League.
These nominations are expected to be received no later than 4 weeks prior to the commencement of the
season.
1.2 Player Eligibility
1.2.1
Junior Players
Players registered to participate in the South West Slopes Cricket League and any of its sanctioned
competitions, who are under the age of 16 as of the 1 of October 2016 are unable to be graded and
therefore can continue to play between all grades made available by the SWSCL primarily including the
Premier League and Division one ;
Players under the age of 16 throughout the season have no restrictions placed on them in relation to
moving up and down between the two available grades.
1.2.2
Senior Players
A player over the age of 16 as of the 1 October 2016, who usually plays Division One level can be
demoted to Division Two for various reasons. However if a Division One player is demoted to Division
Two the following restrictions are immediately placed on them :
May only score 50 runs when batting
- May only bowl five (5) overs when bowling.
Player is also not permitted to return at end of innings after retiring
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Once a Division One graded player has played more than five games in Division Two they are unable to
play Division Two, and therefore if not able to play Division 1 for any reason must then sit out that
weekends match. In the case that a player commences the season as a registered Division One player and
is deemed not at that playing standard he can be released via a formal permanent transfer to a Division
Two side.
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1.2.4
Finals Eligibility
A player must have played a minimum of four matches for a team in order to be eligible to play Finals
cricket for that team;
A player “new to town” must have played at least three (3) matches AFTER Christmas to be eligible to
play Finals Cricket for that team.
Washed out games do count as a game for a player on the provision that they were entered into the
online MyCricket system as part of the teams 12 players for that weekend by the Friday deadline.
MyCricket Team Nomination
Each ‘captain’ will be given a unique login to handle online information for his side in the South West
Slopes Cricket League.
The Captain, or a delegate appointed by the captain, must name twelve players to be his team for the
upcoming weekends games no later than 5pm Friday – this is to allow teams using the MyCricket Scoring
Application to download the teams at 5pm and be prepared to score the games on Saturday;
1.2.5
Failure to input the team onto MyCricket by the deadline could result in incorrect statistics used – and
therefore players missing out on the End of Season Awards. First offence will incur a warning, Second
and any subsequent offence will incur a 0.5 penalty on the competition ladder
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Player Uniform
A player is required to wear the SWSCL supplied team shirt for the team that they are playing with on
the day of participation (or a white cricket shirt in lieu of a SWSCL supplied shirt);
A player must wear white cricket pants (shorts are not allowed)
All players under the age of 14 must wear a helmet while batting, and or fielding within the 15 metre
circle.
All players must wear enclosed shoes eg : no thongs when on the field of play.
2.
Results sheets/Media Obligations
2.1
MyCricket Website
All match results, including ALL players scores must be entered into the MyCricket system within 24
hours of the match completion (6pm Sunday)
Failure to enter match results including players scores will see the same penalties applied as not entering
team lists 1 offence will be a warning, Second and any subsequent offence will incur a 0.5 penalty on the
competition ladder
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MyCricket Scoring App/Scorecards
Teams may use scorebooks in order to keep score throughout the match. However in the case of one
team using the scorebook, and the other using the MyCricket scoring app the official score will be that
which is displayed on the MyCricket Scoring Application.
2.3
Special Feats
All captains, or their delegates, must make use of the ‘Match Notes’ section on the MyCricket website to
inform the association of special achievements throughout the match. This assists in cricket write ups in
the papers, and for the website and television coverage.
2.4
Photography/Video
Teams are encouraged to use cameras either on their smart phone, or a digital camera to catch either
photographs and/or video footage of the match where possible in order to create a gallery of images for
the website and to assist in television coverage.
3.
Balls
Balls used throughout the season must be a red 156g Kookaburra Tuff Pitch ball (we are currently
working on a deal through Kookaburra and will supply order codes and details as soon as they are
available) These will be supplied via your individual Sportspower stores and will be branded with
SWSCL logo. Please ensure you liaise with your association committee as to how to correctly obtain
these balls to ensure we are able to redeem the rebate from Kookaburra.
4.
Umpire/Umpire Fees
Due to the lack of numbers in umpires, umpires will be reserved first and foremost for Premier League
matches at a total cost of $80 – with each team to pay $40 per match;
Teams from the Premier League Division who have the BYE – unless previously acknowledged or
arranged – are required to supply players to umpire Division One matches. These umpires are paid $80
per match with each team responsible for $40 of the umpire fee.
It should also be noted that we are looking to put as many people as possible through umpires courses to
ensure we have an ample pool of badged umpires available with a view to always have independent
umpires at all games.
5.
Alcohol
5.1 Alcohol is NOT to be consumed by any player on the field during the hours of play. No player will
be allowed to take the field if, in the opinion of the official umpire, they consider the player to be
intoxicated.
5.2 No Alcohol or cigarettes are to consumed on any school premises at all.
40 OVER COMPETITION CONDITIONS
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Duration of matches
Matches shall be of one day’s scheduled duration. The matches will consist of one innings per side and
each innings will be limited to 40 six ball overs. A minimum of 20 overs per side shall constitute a match.
Hours of play
Should a game be subject to bad light it will be the role of both captains and the umpire to determine
whether it is safe for play to continue.
Intervals for drinks
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3.1 One drinks break per session shall be permitted, after 20 overs have been bowled. An individual
player may be given a drink either on the boundary edge or at the fall of a wicket provided that no
playing time is wasted. No other drinks shall be taken onto the field without the permission of the
umpire.
3.2 Extreme heat
When temperatures are above thirty eight degrees drinks breaks may be taken more frequently at
the captains and umpires discretion.
Fielding Restrictions
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4.1 LEG SIDE
At all stages throughout the match no more than five fieldsmen shall be on the leg side of the
batsmen – if more than five players are on the leg side of the batsmen the umpire shall deem the
field setting to be illegal and call a No-Ball. At no time during the match can there be more than 2
fielders behind square leg.
4.2 Power plays
For the first twelve overs only two fieldsmen shall be permitted outside this fielding restriction area at
the instant of delivery. Following this ‘Power Play’ period no more than five fielders shall be
permitted to field beyond the thirty yard (27.43m) circle.
Bowling Restrictions
A bowler is limited to a maximum of ten bowling overs in a match. This rule is only altered in relation to
a Division One player playing in the Division Two competition in which a bowler is restricted to just five
overs.
No Balls
Any delivery, from any form of bowler (whether pace or spin), that is above the waist of a batsmen
standing his ground and in an upright position shall be called a no-ball with the only way of a batsmen
being dismissed is run-out.
ALL no-balls shall be immediately followed by a ‘FREE HIT’ delivery whereby the batsmen can only be
dismissed run out.
Wide Ball
Any ball bowled down leg side shall be deemed a leg side wide by the umpire.
Common sense, and now this rule book states that if a batsmen is unable to reach the ball from a regular
standing batting position on the off-side that the ball be deemed wide by the umpire. These rules will be
upheld in Division One. Division Two will be at the discretion of the umpire and team captains in
relation to a fair and reasonable delivery that is pitched in line.
Short Pitched Delivery
A bowler shall be allowed to bowl one fast short pitched delivery per over. The umpire at the bowlers
end shall advise the bowler and the batsmen on strike when one short pitched delivery has been bowled.
In addition, for the purpose of this regulation, a ball that passes clearly above the head height of the
batsmen, that prevents him from being able to hit the ball by means of a normal cricket stroke shall be
called a WIDE and will also count as the one allowable ball above shoulder height for that over.