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TENNISBALL CRICKET ASSOCIATION P a g e | 1 2016 TCA Confidential| BAY AREA CHAPTER 2016 FLT+ Copyright © 2003-2016 by Tennisball Cricket Association. All rights reserved. 870 Corriente Point Dr, Redwood City, CA 94065 ICC 2000 Code 2nd Edition – 2003 are Copyright of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). No part of this document may be reproduced in any form without prior written permission of the copyright holder. The information contained herein and on the website and on other communique of TCA, including but not limited to member e-mails, e-mail aliases mentioned in this document are properties of TCA. Unauthorized use of this property or disclosure of any information without prior written approval of the TCA constitutes a criminal offense. TCA reserve the right to make changes to this document without notice and without incurring any liability. The information is provided in this document “as is” and is subject to change without notice. P a g e | 2 2016 TCA Confidential| REGISTRATION AND MEMBERSHIP Registration Deadline: Sep 4, 2016 (via web document) . Registration documents can be found here: http://tennisballcricket.com/2016-registration . Regular Mail: TCA, 870 Corriente Point Dr, Redwood City, CA 94065 . Email: [email protected] . FEE: $350/team (FLT+ tournament only) TOURNAMENT SUMMARY Format Max # of Teams: 48 Round Robin Grouping: 12 groups (A to L) of 4 teams each. Team will play across groups. Groups: A vs L B vs K C vs J D vs I E vs H F vs G After Round if the points are the same, the tie breaker will be Number of wins than Ties than Losses than DRR than Rank at start of round. Matches/club Scheduled Games (Round Robin): 4 + Playoffs (if team qualifies) Round Robin games: 2 Morning games: Start Time: 8:30am or 11:00am 2 Evening games : Start Time: 5:00pm or 7:30pm After Round Robin stage if the points are the same, the tie breaker will be in the order Playoff Criteria of Number of wins, Ties, Losses, DRR and Rank at the start of the round. Elite: 1-12 (overall) Royal: 13-24 (overall) Imperial: 25-36 (overall) Read playoff games schedule. Ranking NA P a g e | 3 2016 TCA Confidential| , Phases Round Robin: Sunday Sep 18, 2016 to Weekend of Oct 15, 2016. Pre-Quarter Finals: Saturday Oct 22. Quarter-Finals: Sunday Oct 23. Semi Finals: Saturday Oct 29. Finals: Sunday Oct 30. Innings # of Overs: 15 per innings Max # of overs/bowler: 3 overs Boundary 160 feet from the middle of the pitch in all directions (if possible) Length Awards MVP: Stats including Semi-Finals (Decided by Games Committee) Notes There will be a HOME/AWAY team concept this tournament. HOME teams will be responsible for setting up the ground prior to the start of the match. Schedule released and published by Games Committee. Note – Each team will be assigned 2 home games. In playoffs GC will pick the home team. Off Weekends NA (no games) Buffer weekend No buffer weekend NOTE GC can do document corrections if required. Updated guide will be uploaded on the website POWER PLAY Only 4 players will be allowed outside the inner circle (excluding Wicket-keeper) for all the non-power play overs. There are 5 power play overs (2 batting and 2 bowling) with 10th over of the innings as a mandatory power play over. The power play overs can be taken anytime beginning over #1 and over # 15. The 2 PP overs can be taken in consecutive overs or separate. Each power-play over MUST be bowled by different bowlers. o If an error is made after the over has started (same bowler bowling another PP over) than the over will be deemed DEAD and it will be restarted at the same point (end of previous over) with the new bowler. Everything will be reverted back to the stage at the end of previous over. P a g e | 4 2016 TCA Confidential| o If the error is caught after the over is completed then that will be considered a legitimate over and the game should be continued “as is”. All 11 fielders will be on the field with the following restrictions: Only 2 fielders will be allowed outside of the inner circle. Maximum 3 fielders are allowed on the leg side. If fielding teams break the fielding restriction then a No-Ball will be awarded (no free hit) to the batting side. All the no-ball rules will be in effect (except free hit). GROUPING AND SCHEDULE The Round Robin phase Groupings are done based on the Open 2016 (40%), League 2016 (35%) and Winter League 2015 (25%) rankings. The teams that did not participate in WL 2015, League 2016, and/or Open 2016, will be placed at the bottom of the rankings. Minimum 4 scheduled RR games. 2 Games will be scheduled in morning and 2 in evening. There will be two back-to-back game on same field. PLAY-OFFS GAMES SCHEDULE AFTER ROUND ROBIN STAGE: If the points are the same The tie breaker will be in this order: 1. Number of Wins 2. Ties 3. Losses 4. DRR(NRR) 5. Rank at the start of the round Elite: 1-12 (overall) – Evening games Royal: 13-24 (overall) – Evening games Imperial: 25-36 (overall) – May be played in the morning P a g e | 5 2016 TCA Confidential| Pre-Quarter Finals: EACH CUP: 5 vs 12, 6 vs 11, 7 vs 10, 8 vs 9 – Winner of game will take higher rank (winner of 5 vs 12 will be ranked as 5 for QF round) Quarter-Finals: 1 vs. 8/9 winner, 2 vs 7/10 winner, 3 vs 6/11 winner, 4 vs 5/12 winner – Winner of game will take higher rank (winner of 1 vs 8/9 will be ranked as 1 for SF round) Semi-Finals: 1 vs 4, 2 vs 3 – Winner of game will take higher rank (winner of 1 vs 4 will be ranked as 1 for Finals) Finals: 1 vs 2 NOTE: PLAYOFF ROUNDS INCLUDE PRE-QF, QF, SEMI-FINALS AND FINALS. PLAYOFF FORMAT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGES. SCHEDULE IS FIXED AND CANNOT BE CHANGED BY TEAMS ON THEIR OWN. ALL CHANGES REQUESTS (GAMES & UMPIRING) MUST BE SENT TO GAMES COMMITTEE FOR APPROVAL. RANKING GAMES SCHEDULE NA- No Ranking games for this tournament. NA PLAYOFF PLAYER(S) QUALIFICATION A player to play in the playoffs has to meet following criteria: Must have played minimum 1 (be part of playing 11) game during any part of the Round Robin stage of the FLT+ Tournament. Must have played for only 1 team during that process (penalties apply for playing for multiple teams) Who can teams allow to play in the playoffs? Each team must play minimum 9 players in a game who were part of the Round Robin games Two player exception (each playoff game): - A maximum of 2 players (per team) out of the playing 11 for a given game who were not part of any of the Round Robin stage games can play a playoff game. These 2 players (exceptions) can be different players in different playoff games however; rest of the 9 players MUST be part of the list of players who participated in the Round Robin stages. NOTE 1: If the winning team is found guilty of having played a game with players not meeting the above mentioned criteria then the result of that game will be considered as a FORFEIT and team would also be required to pay a P a g e | 6 2016 TCA Confidential| $100 fine. In case of a losing team violating that rule, the losing team will be required to pay a $100 fine. Monetary fines must be paid within 7 days after the penalty verdict is applied. If both the teams violated the rule then the result of game will be considered as a VOID/NO RESULT, and both the teams will be disqualified from the tournament. Their potential “would be” opponent (if the team(s) qualified) in the next playoff round would be given a BYE. Player list will be generated to determine the list of players who played in the Round Robin stages of the event. Player list information will be gathered from published round robin stage detailed scorecards. Violation of this rule can be reported by playing teams, umpires, member of the community, or any TCA volunteer. Note 2: TCA Games Committee can assign same team(s) to umpire if there are any schedule changes related to weather, ground or something else. These changes can be during Round Robin stages or during the playoffs. SYNC EMAIL Sync email will be initiated by Games Committee via website. Team management needs to login and see match sync in team profile and accept the game/umpiring. Automated full sync mail will be sent once all parties response on website match sync. Teams can always use communication feature to communicate with other team if needed. If in case there is an issue with the website sending sync email then a manual sync mail will be initiated by Games Committee or email address of teams will be shared with community and they will generate the manual sync mail. Both teams have to confirm the game by Thursday 12:00pm (noon) PST. If one team confirms the game and other doesn’t by Thursday deadline then it is considered as forfeit for the team which didn’t respond. Umpiring team should confirm the umpiring by Thursday 9:00pm PST . Note: If the sync email initiated by games committee later than Wednesday 12:00pm (noon) PST then deadline will be shift by 24 hours after the sync mail is generated.