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CTCL 20-20 League Aug-Nov, 2006. Rules & Regulations 1. The CTCL 20-20 League will be organized by the CTCL League Play Team (LPT). The decisions of this committee will be final and binding on all parties involved. Any rule clarifications or issues must be notified to the LPT.
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CTCL 20-20 LeagueAug-Nov, 2006 Rules & Regulations 1. The CTCL 20-20 Leaguewill be organized by the CTCL League Play Team (LPT). The decisions of this committee will be final and binding on all parties involved. Any rule clarifications or issues must be notified to the LPT. 2. LPT Members: Centraltxcricket@yahoo.com Michael Gale (Lead) Akbar Lalani Satish Patel Umesh Murthy Ravi Krishnamoorthy Version – 1.3
CTCL 20-20 LeagueAug-Nov, 2006 All games will be played according to ICC Laws of Cricket, 2000 code 2nd edition-2003. Apart from the ICC rules, below CTCL rules will be followed in this league. If the issue is explained in CTCL rules then it shall be followed or else ICC rules will be referred. All captains should have a copy of ICC rules and CTCL rules (provided by LPT) during game. Responsibility of captains: The captains are responsible at all times for ensuring that play Is conducted within the Spirit of the Game as well as within the Laws. Player's conduct: In the event of a player failing to comply with instructions by an umpire, or criticizing by word or action the decisions of an umpire, or showing dissent, or generally behaving in a manner which might bring the game into disrepute, the umpire concerned shall in the first place report the matter to the player's captain, and instruct the latter to take action. Umpire/captains shall report to CTCL depending on the issue. Fair and unfair play: According to the Laws the umpires are the sole judges of fair and unfair play. The umpires may intervene at any time and it is the responsibility of the captain to take action where required. Violence: There is no place for any act of violence on the field of play.
CTCL 20-20 LeagueAug-Nov, 2006 1. A match is played between two teams, each team shall bat for 20 over's. A team consists of 11 players and captain shall nominate his players in writing to the umpire before the toss. Team with 7 players can take the field. Players joining the game late can bowl/bat/field right away. 2. Neutral Umpire: a) One neutral umpire shall be appointed (who shall be the main umpire) per game by LPT. b) Umpire shall be present 20 mins before the start of the game to collect the roster from captains. c) Umpires shall toss 15 mins before the actual start time. d) Umpires shall be paid by CTCL, 40$ if the umpire is from same city as the game and 60$ in other city. Checks will be made out to the Team Captains the 15th of every month. e) Umpires need to attend/go through umpire clinic materials. f) Captains responsibility to send his players for umpiring during the allotted game. Umpires who doesn’t show up for the game, his team will be penalized with 3 pts.
CTCL 20-20 LeagueAug-Nov, 2006 • 3. Schedule and Teams: • 14 teams participating in 20/20 league is divided in to “A League” and “B League”. “A • League” has 6 teams, “B League” has 8 teams which is divided into Two Zones. Teams are • divided in Zones based on previous league performance and experience. • CTCL is very thankful to clubs for sharing their ground facilities. Start time: 9AM (if • both the teams are from same city) or 9.30AM(if one team is from different city). HCCG will • be used on Sundays only and for games involving HCCA teams only (per restrictions from • HCCA). CPCG available only on Sundays. RRCG/SCG/Alamo grounds available both days. • League will have 2-phases: Qualifying Phase: Each team will play 6 league games and 1 or 2 play off games. Total of 7 or 8 games will be played by each team. • Knock-Out Phase: The top 4 teams from each division will play semifinals & finals. Lower end semifinals and finals will be conducted to encourage all teams.
CTCL 20-20 LeagueAug-Nov, 2006 • 5. Point System: • Win – 6pts, • No Result – 3pts, • Umpire No-show Penalty – (-3pts) • Team No-Show Penalty – (-3 pts) • If the umpire does not show up, his team will lose 3 points. • If a team does not show ( and did not call to cancel the previous day ), the team will lose 3 points. • 6. Each team in the Zone will be ranked based on the following order. • Total Points. • Points from game’s within Zone. • Head2Head matchup • Net Run-Rate. • Toss of a Coin. • 7. League Fee: $500. Student discount of $200 will be given to appropriate teams. • 8. Balls & Clothing: White clothing. CTCL official red balls, CTCL will distribute 10 balls to each captain prior to the start of the league for the entire league. Each captain is responsible for preserving used match balls for replacing lost balls in future games.
CTCL 20-20 LeagueAug-Nov, 2006 9. All games are planned to last 4 hours. ( 9 – 1 or 9:30 to 1:30 ) 10. Late Start Penalty: Teams responsible for late starts shall be penalized 1 over for every 5 minutes, until the commencement of the game. The 1st delivery bowled shall mark the commencement of the game. The umpire shall decide on the number of overs to be batted by each side. If a team doesn’t show up or didn’t have 7 players even after 30 mins of the scheduled time then Umpire shall award the points to the opponent team with 7 players. If both team didn’t have 7 players, the game is considered as No Result. There shall be only 1 game played per day on any ground. 10. Weather rules Delays due to weather need the agreement from both the captains. Cancellations due to weather has to be agreed upon by both captains prior to the start of the game. In case of disagreement between the captains, the umpires decision is final. If no cancellation agreement has been reached, both teams are expected to come to the field. No team can be forced to stay an hour past the expected end time for the match. i.e. 2 p.m. for local games or 2:30 for games with an out-of-town team. Cancelled games shall NOT be rescheduled. If a game is cancelled due to weather, points will be divided in the Qualifying phase and toss will be done in the knock-out phase. Game shall be considered No Result, if minimum of 10 overs per team is not played. 11. Player Portability: This option should be used in the right spirit of the game. Max of 4 players are allowed to be ported per game per team. 2 restricted and 2 non restricted players. Restricted players will be decided by the CTCL from each team with the help of QOC & captain’s. 4 players shall be chosen as explained: [0-4]NR/0R:- a team can have 0-4 NR and 0 Restricted players or [1-3]NR/1R – 1-3 NR and 1 restricted, 2NR/2R – 2restricted and 2non restricted players. # of non restricted players shall be equal or greater than restricted players. The CTCL discourages portability unless used to prevent matches from being cancelled.
CTCL 20-20 LeagueAug-Nov, 2006 12. Two players outside the 30 yard circle for first 5 over's. For remaining 15 over’s, 4 players inside the 30 yard circle. 4 over’s per bowler. LBW is included in this league. 20 mins break time after the first innings. 13. Winning team will update the scoreboard on the website. CTCL QoC may contact captains and umpires to get more information to keep track of performance, which will be used in future, for playing QoC games and teams for CW cup and other Inter-League tournaments. Teams not updating the scorecard by Thursday 5 p.m. following the game can be assessed a 2 point penalty by the CTCL. 14. During play off games, teams with more points will get preference on the ground for their games in knock out phase, subject to the permission of the clubs owning the ground. 15. The Code of Conduct document shall be followed to encourage desired behaviors on the field. A CTCL-DC shall be appointed to handle any reports. 16. If the umpire doesn’t show up for the game, captains shall report to CTCL-DC and both captains shall agree to self-umpiring for the game.
CTCL 20-20 LeagueAug-Nov, 2006 17. Failure to follow any rules and regulations will result in penalty and offences. Umpires / captains can report any relevant incident to CTCL-DC using CTCL Report form. It is imperative that all captains/representative and umpires should read the Code of Conduct for players, captains & umpires, General rules and Amendments for this league. . 18. CTCL ET has the right to make changes to the rules and schedules during the season. It is not anticipated, but if this happened, we shall communicate to all captains. 19. For this league, CTCL-DC comprises of 3 of Guru Krish, John Thickett and Ram Narayan, Akbar Lalani and Majad Ahmed. 20. Trophies: League A – winner and runner League B – winner and runner Man of the match for each game. Best Batsmen, Best Bowler, Best All rounder and more.. There shall be a trophy ceremony after each final. Thank you for your participation.