LCCL) Playing Handbook
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Loudoun County Cricket League (LCCL) Playing Handbook Version: 1.1 Last Updated: March 30, 2011 Handbook Conceived & Written by: Gaurav Sharma (Knights Cricket Club, Leesburg, VA) for PRCS (Loudoun County Parks, Recreation and Community Services) LCCL‐Playing Handbook Page 1 Table of Contents 1 DOCUMENT REVISION HISTORY ............................................................................................... 3 2 INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................... 4 3 CONTACTS ........................................................................................................................................ 4 3.1 LOUDOUN COUNTY (PRCS) .............................................................................................................. 4 3.2 WEATHER HOTLINE AND OTHER COUNTY NUMBERS ......................................................................... 5 3.3 WEBSITE ........................................................................................................................................... 5 3.4 CAPTAINS GOOGLE GROUP ............................................................................................................... 6 4 CRICKET FIELDS ............................................................................................................................ 6 5 GENERAL MATCH FORMAT, TIMINGS AND PUNCTUALITY............................................. 6 6 20/20 CRICKET RULES ................................................................................................................... 9 6.1 OVERS ............................................................................................................................................... 9 6.2 FIELDING RESTRICTIONS ................................................................................................................. 10 6.3 POWER PLAY .................................................................................................................................. 10 6.4 BATSMAN ....................................................................................................................................... 10 6.5 BOWLER .......................................................................................................................................... 11 6.6 FREE HIT ......................................................................................................................................... 11 6.7 SUPER OVER/ELIMINATOR .............................................................................................................. 11 7 EQUIPMENTS/CRICKET GEAR.................................................................................................. 12 8 UMPIRING DUTY ........................................................................................................................... 13 9 GENERAL CRICKET RULES ....................................................................................................... 14 9.1 RUN OUT/STUMPING ....................................................................................................................... 14 9.2 WICKET KEEPER ............................................................................................................................. 15 9.3 BYES AND LEG BYES ...................................................................................................................... 15 9.4 LBWS ............................................................................................................................................. 16 9.5 DELIBERATE PADDING .................................................................................................................... 16 9.6 WIDE BALL .................................................................................................................................. 16 9.6.1 Scoring (Wide Ball) .............................................................................................................. 17 9.7 NO-BALL ...................................................................................................................................... 17 9.7.1 Scoring (Due to height) ........................................................................................................ 18 9.7.2 Scoring (Due to Overstepping) ............................................................................................. 18 9.8 DEAD BALL ................................................................................................................................. 18 9.9 SUBSTITUTION/ BATSMAN RETIRED HURT ...................................................................................... 18 9.10 PLAYING 11 ROSTER ANNOUNCEMENT (EACH GAME) ................................................................ 19 9.11 PLAYOFF & FINALS ROSTER ....................................................................................................... 20 9.12 RAIN/WASHOUTS/BAD WEATHER/BAD LIGHT .......................................................................... 21 9.13 BALL USAGE .............................................................................................................................. 22 9.14 GROUND SETUP .......................................................................................................................... 22 10 GENERAL GUIDELINES ............................................................................................................... 22 11 UMPIRING GUIDELINES ............................................................................................................. 23 12 CAPTAIN’S RESPONSIBILITIES ................................................................................................ 24 13 CODE OF CONDUCT/ DISCIPLINE ............................................................................................ 25 LCCL‐Playing Handbook Page 2 1 Document Revision History Season Revision ID Name Team Comments Represented Spring 1.0 – First Gaurav Sharma Knights Initial Document 2011 Version ([email protected]) based on past 4 LCCL seasons experience Spring 1.1 Gaurav Sharma Knights Added clarity on 2011 ([email protected]) “Substitution Vs Replacement” (Section 9.10.7) LCCL‐Playing Handbook Page 3 2 Introduction Loudoun County Parks, Recreation and Community services (a.k.a PRCS) of Virginia promoted a Hard-Tennis ball cricket league back in spring of 2009. After its successful first season, the league has attracted many new teams to participate season over season. The playing format of the league is based on ICC (International Cricket Council) Twenty20 (T20) format using a hard tennis ball. This handbook draws together the main rules and regulations that govern this cricket league including the playing conditions for Twenty20 cricket, as well as Code of Conduct, which regulates the behavior of players and officials. There is also contact information on the county officials including weather hotline numbers where captains of teams can call in to confirm about the field conditions prior to the game. It is hoped that the Playing Handbook can help provide an understanding of the international game that will enable everyone involved in the sport to uphold the unique spirit of Cricket. It is important that this publication is a resource that is relevant so if there is any useful information missing from the handbook or any details that have changed since publication, please drop an e-mail to [email protected] and necessary amendments or additions for next year can accordingly be made. Typically, every season PRCS organizes a captains meeting where all such topics of discussion happen and changes are accordingly made. PRCS does not host a website for this league, but there is a website, which is managed and hosted by one of the participating teams (Knights). This is where all team captains contribute with content. It is a gateway into the league and has content related to each team, their players, league schedules including match summary as uploaded by various teams representatives during the season. 3 Contacts 3.1 Loudoun County (PRCS) Name: Tim Lander (Adult Sports Specialist) Email: [email protected] Office: 703-737-8450 Cell: 571-233-3192 Fax: 703-771-5354 LCCL‐Playing Handbook Page 4 3.2 Weather Hotline and other county numbers Weather Hotline: 703-777-0456 (Line is updated at 4 PM daily) Sports on-call Phone: 571-233-0424 Sports Pager: 703-443-3926 ¾ If an umpire or both the umpires do not show up, alert the facilities attendant (Mark – He is typically on the field representing the county) 3.3 Website URL: www.lccl.us Note: This website is NOT managed by Loudoun County. Website Management Team 1. Name: Gaurav Sharma Email: [email protected] Cell: 571-230-2374 2. Name: Anupam Kulkarni Email: [email protected] Cell: 703-728-2255 Content Management Team Team captains are encouraged to participate in adding content (including their own team players details) to the website. For access to add content, please contact anyone from above website management team. LCCL‐Playing Handbook Page 5 3.4 Captains Google Group Email: [email protected] Captains Google Group Management Team 1. Name: Prateek Kumar Email: [email protected] Cell: 703-867-5125 2. Name: Gaurav Sharma Email: [email protected] Cell: 571-230-2374 3. Name: Anupam Kulkarni Email: [email protected] Cell: 703-728-2255