Player Guide Women’s Soft Ball Cricket

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Each batting team starts with a score and Fielding of 200 runs. Bowlers are encouraged to bowl Runs can be scored by players running overarm, but may bowl underarm. between the wickets (stumps) or by hitting the ball over the boundary. Fielders should position themselves at a safe distance from the batter Boundary scoring is four if the ball hits when the ball is bowled. What’s it all about? the ground before going across the boundary; six if the ball is hit over the The aim of soft ball cricket is to have fun. boundary without touching the ground. The rules are designed to enable that to A batter may still run and score if they Result of miss the ball or it hits their body. a Match happen and to help players develop a Each time a batter is out, five runs are deducted and the other batter of the pair The team with the highest score wins. sense of the game and of fair play. faces the next ball (except run-outs where A tied game is when game both teams batters will not need to change ends). have scored the same number of runs. A batter may be out in the following ways: Bowled (ball hits stumps). Caught (the ball is caught in the air off the bat, no matter how small the contact). Conduct Run out (the fielders hit the stumps before Players should play fairly and with Kit Teams the running batters can reach them). respect for one another at all times. Stumped (the wicket keeper hits the Remember it’s just a game! Bats. There should be six to eight people stumps with the ball when the batter Soft balls. in a team. is not behind their line or crease). Wickets (stumps). The batting side should be divided Hit wicket (the batter hits the stumps into pairs. with their bat or body). There is no Leg Before Wicket (LBW) out, The Pitch unless the batter deliberately blocks the Duration ball with a leg or foot. You can play outdoors or indoors, on Two runs will be awarded to the batting Each game should last no more than any suitable natural or synthetic surface. team for each wide, (a ball bowled wide an hour. There should be two sets of wickets of the wicket that can’t be reached by (stumps), roughly 20 metres apart Each team bats once. the batter). (roughly 28 steps). Each pair on the batting side will face Two runs will be awarded for a no-ball two or three overs, there are 6 balls in (where the ball bounces more than twice an over. before reaching the batter or arrives with Each player in the fielding side is the batter at shoulder height, or above, Beginning encouraged to bowl one over, without bouncing). but no more than three, per innings. Toss a coin to determine which team No extra ball will be allocated for wides will choose to bat or field first. or no-balls, except in the final over of each innings when, in addition to the two runs, an extra ball will be bowled.