SACRAMENTO ASSOCIATION - S TANDING RULES TABLE OF CONTENT Section Contents 0. General 1. Condition of Play 2. Penalties for Delayed Start 3. Drinks and Lunch Intervals 4. Ground Conditions 5. No-Balls, Wides & Dead Balls 6. Umpiring 7. Registration of Players 8. Competition Points/Score sheet/Bonus Points 9. Provision of the game 10. League Structure 11. Players Transfer 12. Dispute Resolution 13. Appendix A- Approved Cricket Balls 14. Appendix B: Points & Penalties 15. Appendix C: NRR Calculations SACRAMENTO CRICKET ASSOCIATION - S TANDING RULES (R EVISED 04/09/08) General 0.1 All games played under the jurisdiction of the SCA, Inc. shall be governed by the official (1980 code including Year 2000 rule changes any subsequent revisions) laid down by the Marylebone Cricket Club & ICC ODI rules & regulation, except as stated in the rules contained herein. SCA EC with Rules & Disciplinary Committee has the exclusive right to amend any rule when a situation arises during the league. The SCA teams are recommended to have a printed copy of these Standing Rules available for reference at all league games. Secretaries of all clubs shall forward to the Association Secretary at least twenty (20) days prior to the start of a season, a simple map and clear directions to facilitate location of their home grounds. 0.2 Ethics and Expectations: It is the duty of every player to play the game in the highest tradition of sportsman spirit. The Captain of the team is responsible for his players’ behavior on and off the field of play. It is the duty of the Captain of a team to resolve all problems on the field in an amicable manner. The umpires are required to have high moral grounds in doing their officiating duties. Personal prejudices or their own team benefits should never come into play in any their decisions. There needs to be a basic trust in the umpires and their decisions by both the teams on the field. teams should resist from excessive appealing and the batsmen should resist from trying to show up the umpire in case of a mistaken decision. Any complaints about anything must be lodged in writing by the Captain to EC. 0.3 All New clubs/teams joining the SCA league will be an Associate Member for first year. Upon successfully completing one year, next year they will get full membership. 0.4 Associate members don’t have voting rights. 0.5 All the games organized by SCA league cannot be played on Base ball grounds

Conditions of Play 1.1. Play (First ball to be bowled) shall commence at 9:00AM on the schedule date. The starting eleven for each team must submitted to the umpire prior to coin toss and coin toss in presence of umpire must take place by 8:50AM. All SCA league games will be played in daylight, NO day&night matches.

Note: Teams are encouraged to start at 8:30 AM during the hot July, August and September months.

1.1a. The home team has to do everything in its power to ensure that the ground is ready for play by the time the coin toss takes place. Delays can only take place if the umpires deem that the reasons for the delay were beyond the powers of the home team. For example, inspite of paying and reserving a field with the city, some other people had already the occupied the field. In this case, the home team has to prove that they had reserved the field and the delay incurred in clearing the field will not be held against the home team. 1.1b . The schedule date cannot be changed. Request for exceptions to this rule shall be notified to the Executive Committee in writing by Wednesday prior to the game. Exceptions shall be granted on a limited basis and only to clubs who provide written documentation from the school or park authority stating why the cricket facilities are not available at 9:00AM. 1.1c. Late start games will not have points deduction but the team responsible for late start would loose 1 over for every 5 minutes late from their batting. For Ex: Team A is responsible for 25 minutes late, when bowling they would be bowling 30 overs to the opposition Team B, but they will be asked to chase the score in 25 overs only. And also in that case the maximum overs a Bowler can bowl from Team A will be 5. Maximum late start allowed is 1 hour from start time after which the opponent team gets forfeit and full points with bonus. This clause is subject to delay exceptions noted in 1.1a 1.1d . Penalties for late start by the umpires will be as follows: 1 Point per umpire will be deducted on the first occurrence. 2 Points/umpire will be deducted on the second occurrence, 3 Points/umpire for the third occurrence and so forth. 1.2. All league games shall consist of one innings each side. An innings shall be the fall of ten (10) wickets or the completion of a maximum of Thirty (30) 6-ball overs, whichever occurs first. Each bowler will be allowed a maximum of 6 overs . 1.3. If a team forfeits three games during regular league season, then the CLUB (one or more teams from the club) will be disqualified from all SCA games for that season. Further, that club would be an Associate member for the next season. 1.4. The SCA EC intends to have time restrictions for bowling the stipulated over. The umpires must regulate the fielding team to bowl the stipulated overs including the drinks break at the latest by 2 ½ Hours. 1.5. In case of delay start, the object shall always be to rearrange the number of overs so that both teams shall have the opportunity of batting for the same number of overs (minimum fifteen (15) overs each team). A minimum of Fifteen (15) overs shall constitute a game. Under no circumstances will the teams and the umpires enter into an agreement to play less than the minimum 15 overs for each side. Results from any such agreement will Null and void. 1.7. If, owing to a suspension of play during the innings of the team batting second it is not possible for that team to have the opportunity of batting for the same number of overs as the team batting first, in this case, if the team batting second have neither been all out nor have passed their opponent’s score, the following shall apply. (a) If the match is abandoned after the side batting second has faced at least fifteen (15) overs, the result shall be decided on the average -rate throughout both innings. (b) If, due to suspension of play, the number of overs in the innings of the side batting second has to be revised, the target score shall be calculated by multiplying the reduced number of overs by the average runs per over scored by the side batting first. (c) In the event of the team batting first being all out in less that their full quota of overs, the calculation of the average run-rate shall be based on the full quota of overs to which they would have been entitled and not on the number of overs in which they were dismissed. (d) Matches in which one or both teams have not had an opportunity of batting for a minimum of fifteen (15) overs shall be declared “NO RESULT”. Points shall be awarded in accordance with Section 8-g. 1.8. No regular season league game shall be rescheduled unless it’s notified by Wednesday prior and approved by the Executive Committee prior to the schedule date. This will be purely an exception. Matches cannot be rescheduled due to ground unavailability’s or bad weather reasons beyond the weekend in which the game was scheduled to play. In former case the home team which cannot provide a ground will forfeit the game and in latter case (ex. Rain) the points will be shared 1.9. Result: (a) Win: Any team that score more runs than other team or any team that had same amount of runs but has lost fewer wickets. (b) Tie: If both team have identical score and identical numbers of wicket lost at the end of stipulated over (c) Walkover: Any team that fail to show-up at least 30 min after the agreed upon start time or fail to take the field as requested by umpire will abandon the match. (d) No Results: One or both teams did not have the opportunity to bat for the minimum fifteen overs. 2. Penalties for Delayed Start All the team members and the umpires are expected to reach the ground on time. If there will be any delay in the match, the decision will be taken by the umpires and the playing captains. NO EXCUSE WILL BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION FOR COMING LATE TO THE GROUND. All league matches shall start at the time designated unless both captains agree to a change of starting time at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the game. Automatic penalties for late start of a match shall be as follows: 2.1. Late start games will not have points deduction but the team responsible for late start would loose 1 over for every 5 minutes late from their batting. For Ex: Team A is responsible for 25 minutes late, when bowling they would be bowling 30 overs to the opposition Team B, but they will be asked to chase the score in 25 overs only. And also in that case the maximum overs a Bowler can bowl from Team A will be 5. Maximum late start allowed is 1 hour from start time after which the opponent team gets forfeit and full points with bonus. This clause is subject to delay exceptions noted in 1.1a 2.1.1 For umpires, penalties for late start will be as follows: 1 Point will be deducted on the first occurrence. 2 Points will be deducted on the second occurrence, 3 for the third occurrence and so forth. This applies to the umpires too. This clause is subject to delay exceptions noted in 1.1a 2.2 . In the event that neither team has seven (7) players on the ground thirty (30) minutes after the official starting time, the match shall be declared null and void and zero (0) points shall be awarded. 2.3 All exceptions and disputes with regards to penalties shall be submitted in writing to SCA EC within 1 week of match. Any delay after that will not be considered. SCA EC will consider all data before final ruling. SCA EC decision is Final and binding on all teams.

3. Drink & Lunch Intervals Unless otherwise agreed by the Captains, lunch intervals shall be taken between innings. Intervals shall be as follows: 3.1. The option of one interval for drinks at Thirteen in a Twenty Five (25) over match, or one interval after half of the stipulated overs are bowled, if the overs are reduced, shall be allowed by right to either side before the commencement of the game. 3.3. Drinks intervals shall not exceed Five (5) minutes except by agreement of both Captains & Umpires. 3.4. The agreed times for intervals shall be strictly adhered to except that if a wicket falls within one over of the agreed time, then the drinks interval shall be taken immediately. 3.5. The umpires may allow drinks to be consumed during play, providing they believe it will not waste time or delay the game. 3.6. At any time during the match the Captains may agree to forgo any drinks interval. Once having agreed to forgo a drinks interval, it may not thereafter be re-claimed except by agreement of both Captains. 3.7. Lunch intervals shall not exceed 30 minutes, between the innings except by agreement of both Captains & Umpires. 3.8. The Captains and team need to follow the timing rules. Umpire is expected to enforce the timing rule on the ground according to section 1.5. 3.9. Each team should take care of their own food requirements. 4. Ground Conditions (For information only, will be evaluated as the season progress) 4.1. The lying of an acceptable playing surface by the host team shall be required. 4.2. Ground and Umpire ratings must be completed and submitted via email to the appropriate individuals (as identified on the SCA) by the Wednesday following a league game. If the visiting team fails to send a report within this time, the ground shall be considered adequate by default. The Grounds Committee will make a judgment based on the ground rating sent in by both umpires and visiting captains as to whether the ground is substandard, including judgment of whether the rating is accurate or not. Benefit of doubt shall be given to the host team when appropriate. 4.3. In the event that a team’s ground is judged to be sub-standard by the Grounds Committee, the problem areas will be identified and the team shall be given a specified time frame in which to improve ground conditions. 5. No-Balls, Wides and Dead Balls 5.1. All Players and Umpires are reminded that at a Special General Meeting on May 6, 1998, the MCC approved a significant amendment to Law 42.9 (The Bowling of Fast High Full Pitches). This is an official change in the Laws of Cricket, and therefore applies to all matches under the purview of the SCA. The revised Law has the following stipulations: i) Any high full pitched ball (regardless of its pace) which passes, or would have passed, above waist height of the Batsman standing upright at the crease shall be called and signaled ‘No Ball’ by the umpire at the Bowler’s End. ii) If such a ball is fast, the Bowler’s End Umpire shall adopt the procedure of caution, final warning, and action as set out in Law 42.8 iii) If the Umpire at the Bowler’s End considers that such a fast high full pitched ball has been bowled deliberately at the Batsman, he shall call and signal ‘No Ball’ and direct the Captain of the Fielding side to take the Bowler off immediately. 5.2 A Free Hit will be declared after a foot-fault no ball... the delivery following a no ball called for a foot fault (ICC Law 24.5) shall be a free hit. Batsman cannot be out on this delivery except run out ( Same as NO ball rules ). If the same batsman is facing free hit ball, the field position from previous delivery cannot be changed. If other batsman is facing free hit delivery, the fielding position can change.

5.3. The following addition to Law 24 - No Ball shall apply to all matches played under SCA rules: i) NO bouncer (passes or would have passed above the shoulder height) is allowed in an over. Either Umpire shall call and signal "No Ball". If a bouncer is bowled and the first ball passes or would have passed above the shoulder, Umpire shall call it as a “NO BALL”. ii) The interpretation of Section 5.2 (i) above does not take precedence over, nor in any way abrogate the responsibility of the Umpires to call and signal "No Ball" and follow procedure under Law 42 - Unfair Play, for the deliberate bowling of fast, short-pitched balls with intent to intimidate or injure the Batsman. 5.4. For all matches played on pitches other than natural grass the following additions to Law 23-Dead Ball shall apply: i) Either Umpire shall call and signal "Dead Ball," when a ball delivered by the Bowler pitches outside the matting area or on the bound edge of the matting or other material used as a playing surface, on a fastening string or strap or on any spike or other device used to secure the playing surface whether it be on the playing surface or not, or it pitches in a hole or area of disrepair within the playing surface whether the edges are bound or not. ii) Either Umpire shall call and signal "Dead Ball," when a ball delivered by the Bowler having pitched on an edge or seam of a repaired part of the playing surface, it takes an unusual bounce which in the opinion of the Umpire was caused by the edge or seam. iii) The ball shall become dead at the moment of occurrence of any of the events in (i) and (ii) above, whether the Umpire calls "Dead Ball" prior to the Striker receiving the ball or after. iv) The bowler shall be allowed an additional ball for a "Dead Ball" called under 23.5 except when the Umpire has called "No Ball" or "Wide." A ball shall not be called "Wide" if, in the opinion of the Bowler’s-End Umpire the deviation wide of the Striker is caused by any of the events described in (i) or (ii) above. v) If the ball becomes dead under Law 23.5 after the Striker receives the delivery, i.e., the ball pitches after passing the Striker, "Dead Ball" shall be called but an additional ball shall not be allowed unless a "No Ball" or "Wide" has been called. vi) The penalty of one run for a ‘No Ball" or a “Wide" shall be scored from a ball subsequently called "Dead Ball" under 23.5 but no runs shall be scored otherwise. 5.5. If an Umpire adjudges a wide or no-ball for any reason under either the Laws of Cricket or the SCA Standing Rules and Regulations, any runs scored from that delivery will be scored in addition to scoring one penalty run for the wide or no-ball. Scoring will be as follows: i) If two (2) runs are struck from a no-ball, the batsman is credited with two (2) runs and extras are credited with one (1) no-ball, for a total of three (3) runs scored. Three (3) no- balls are recorded against the bowlers analysis. ii) If one (1) bye is run from either a no-ball or a wide, extras are credited with one (1) bye or legbye and one (1) no-ball or wide, for a total of two (2) runs. The bowler’s analysis is credited with one (1) no-ball or wide. iii) If one (1) leg-bye is run from a no-ball, extras are credited with one (1) leg-bye and one (1) noball, for a total of two (2) runs. The bowler’s analysis is credited with one (1) no-ball. 6. Umpiring 6.1 . Prior to the league starts, every team should send at least 6 names that will be umpiring during this season in the league. 6.2 . The Match Scheduling Committee shall designate non-participant (neutral) clubs to provide Umpires for each match. The clubs designated shall be responsible for the on-time attendance of their appointed Umpires. In the event of the only one certified umpires is available, the clubs designated shall send a noncertified umpires and such non-certified umpires shall stand as Striker's End Umpire only. Umpiring team has to send atleast ONE SCA certified umpire. 6.3 . If a team sends NON-certified & Non Approved umpires for umpiring for more than , then the offending team will be penalized with points as listed in Appendix B for every occurrence . 6.4 . Umpires provided by neutral clubs shall not be subject to veto by the Captains. 6.5. In the event that only one SCA-assigned Umpire is present, that Umpire shall officiate as Bowler’s End Umpire throughout the match. The Captain of the batting side shall be responsible for appointing an Umpire who shall stand as Striker’s End Umpire only. 6.6. The SCA EC shall define and implement a process for certifying Umpires. Except as noted above, only neutral Umpires shall be permitted to stand in a League or Cup game. 6.7. Failure to provide Umpires for regularly scheduled games shall result in a point penalty per umpire per game, as specified in Appendix B 6.8. In the event that the appointed neutral Umpires do not attend the game, the Captain of the both sides shall be responsible for the appointment of umpires (one from each side). Both Captains shall be responsible for the good conduct and completion of the game. 7. Registration of Players 7.1 . Before the first game of the league season a club must register at least eleven players per team, along with email addresses if available in the SCA Hitscricket online. 7.2. Players in any league game must be registered with the club for which they play. New players are allowed grace period of two games prior to registering with a club. New players may only register with a club for whom they have played the grace period. The Clubs must inform SCA Board of such new players before playing them in matches. No player will be allowed to switch teams after 50% (league, pre-playoff) games have been played by any one team. 7.3. All teams will have to submit the scorecards within 1 week after each game. All teams will be using the SCA. 7.4. No player can play in the play-offs or the post-season unless that player has played at least 4 games in the regular season. 7.5. Multiple team clubs (e.g RCC,FCC, DCC, TCC) should publish a list of 7 members who cannot play for ‘sister’ club. Players not in this list may play for their sister club team only. SCA EC has to approve the tied list. SCA EC has the right to ask the clubs/teams to change the tied players list and SCA EC’s decision is final. Before approving, SCA EC will try to follow the below: i. Batting/bowling/fielding averages of the tied player. ii. Captain & Vice-Captain of the team would be tied, provided, the same Captain&Vice- captain has played the previous season(s) for any team in the league and there is some average to look into. 7.6. Once in playoffs no changes allowed.

8. Competition Points/Score Sheet/Bonus Points 8.1 . Every team will get to play same amount of matches during the course of the round robin matches. Executive committee will take the decision on number of matches. 8.2 . Match schedule will not be changed after it is published and season starts without approval from EC 8.3. Every team should be provided with the standard SCA score sheet (approved by EC) prior to start of season. No other score sheet will be allowed. Teams need to print those with a carbon copy on back and provide the carbon copy to the opponent team after completion of the game. 8.4. The completed score sheet will be sent to the statistician within one (1) week from the date of the match and also submit the score sheet online within a week on SCA Hitscricket website. It’s primarily Team’s responsibility to send the score sheet accurately and in a legible manner. Names of all participating players must be provided. If an ineligible player is found to have been part of a team in a game, the match result will be amended to reflect the respective team conceding a walkover to the opposition. 8.4.a. Summary Results of all league games are to be notified via email by winning Clubs to the Statistician & SCA group within 2 days. Failure to follow these will result in penalty of points as per Appendix B. 8.4.b. It is mandatory to write all the playing 11 members names clearly on the score sheet and duly signed by atleast ONE umpire, who did the duties for that particular match. Failing so, 1 penalty point for the umpiring team and concerned team who failed to write the names. 8.4.d. Any name corrections (typographical) in the score sheets should be signed off by the umpire. Failing so, the person in question would not be counted against number of games played.

8.5. Bonus points will be given in the following conditions. i) The team bowling the opponent all out – 1 point ii) If a team scores with a run rate of 1.25 times than the opponent - 1 bonus points iii) If a team gets 10 wickets of the opponent – 1 bonus point. 8.6. After all the league games are over, the top 4 teams will move forward to the Semifinal/Final competition. If 2 teams end up with same points, then head-to-head result will be taken into consideration. If this also ends with tie, then net run rate will be the last resort. The net run rate will be calculated as follows:- A team's net run rate is calculated by deducting from the average runs per over scored by that team, the average runs per over scored against that team. The NRR is over 14 games. 8.7. In the event of a team being all out in less than its full quota of overs, the calculation of its net run rate. (Refer to Appendix-C) shall be based on the full quota of overs to which it would have been entitled and not on the number of overs in which the team was dismissed." In order to calculate the net run rate, the statistician needs to be given the accurate and clear score sheet from the teams. Any team failure to provide the accurate score sheet or the score sheet provided to the statistician is not readable properly, the total number of overs counted will be the total number of over a team is eligible, which in our case will be 25 overs. 8.8. The semi-final will be played between (Team 1 with Team 4) and (Team 2 with Team 3).The winners of the semi-finals will play in the final. The result of the final will decide the champion and the runner-up for the current year. i) Competition Points will be awarded as follows: i) Walkover or Forfeit = 8 points for the opponents of the team that walked over or forfeited. ii) Win = 6 points Plus bonus points (described above in 8.5) iii) Loss = 0 Plus bonus points iv) Tie = 3 points Plus bonus points v) No Result = 3 points each. (Weather and ground availability issues also) 9. Provisions for the Game 9.1. In all League games a dress code for the players is mandatory. All players should come in whites which means a white pant, white shirt and white shoes (collared shirt is strongly recommended but not mandatory. 51% of the shoes should be white ). White shirts or pants should only have a club logo or minimal colored stripes. Umpires decision is final in deciding if the uniform is considered white or not. Players not wearing whites shall not be allowed on field by the umpires. 9.1.1. Sleeveless shirts are NOT allowed for umpires or any team players. 9.1.2. Collared T-shirts will not be mandatory due to issues with its easy availability. 9.2 . The team fielding first should provide a new ball at the start of the game, and this shall become the game ball. The side fielding second should provide a new ball for the second innings and this shall thereafter become the game ball. 9.3. All League games shall be played with a match quality four piece ball, of a make and type shown on the SCA Approved Balls List as in Appendix A. 9.4. The Respective teams shall provide spare balls to be used if the game ball is lost. 9.5. If the home team's ground is unavailable for a league game, due to any reason, then any other league approved ground that does not have a SCA scheduled game is acceptable alternative. It is the responsibility of the home team to determine such a ground for that fixture. The home team must give the visiting team and the umpiring team at least 2 day (48hrs) notice of the new venue(s) of the fixture. The notice must be given no less than 48 hours from the scheduled start of the game the exact venue needs to be communicated to the opposite team and the umpires. If the home team cannot find any ground they forfeit the game and point will be awarded to opponent team. 9.7. Though not mandatory, the umpires shall wear a collared white/off-white shirt and dark colored trousers. 9.8) Teams should return perpetual (rolling) SCA trophies by the last Sunday of September. The teams that fail to meet this requirement will be penalized as described in Appendix B. 10. League Structure 10.1. After the league starts, if any of the team decides to drop off from the league, all matches with that team will be forfeited and the opponent will be getting the maximum winning points (which is 6 points) irrespective of whether the match was held, not held, win or loose. Rule (1.3) applies to forfeited club/team. 10.2. The SCA EC shall admit new clubs to the League Competition. New clubs must provide a new home ground that meets league standards. The Grounds Committee shall certify new grounds and submit the certification in writing to the Executive Committee before Start of the season the year in which the application is made. New teams are on probation for their first season in the league. At the end of the probationary period, the board, at the Annual General Meeting, shall review the facilities, standard of play and conduct of the club and approve their admission as full members or rescind admission to the league. New teams shall be placed at the bottom of the lowest division. 10.3. All existing teams must continue to meet the standards imposed on new teams. If a team fails to meet league standards, including failing to substantially meet their quota of league games, the SCA Executive Committee may elect to place them on probation, suspend them, or expel them from the league. If a team is expelled or has withdrawn for any reason during a season, any games they have played that season are considered null and void and no points shall be awarded to either team. Individual statistics shall, however, stand as is. An expelled team, or a team that has withdrawn for any reason, may re-apply to join the league under part (a) above, in which event they shall be treated as a new team. Rule (1.3) applies to forfeited club/team. 10.4. SCA member clubs are responsible for timely returns of the perpetual trophies presented to the team or its players. Such trophies should be returned to the Match secretary by the last Sunday in September. Failing which the team will be assessed a fine, as set forth in Appendix B. 11. Player Transfer 11.1. Any player changing clubs must have their release approved by their former club before they can play in the SCA Competition for another club. Such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. 11.2. Any player may only change club once per season. Any further change must be communicated to and approved by the SCA Executive Committee. The new club must submit the transferred player’s registration before they are eligible to play. This applies to two teams of the same club. An exception to this rule is decided by the EC. No player will be allowed to switch teams after 50% (7 games) have been played by any one of the teams transferring players. 11.3. If a team is found to have fielded a player who is ineligible in accordance with these rules, they will automatically forfeit the game in question and points will be awarded in accordance with Section 8. 11.4. In the case of a team disbanding, or being removed from the league for failure to meet their obligations, a player may join the club or team of his choosing, but may not play for them until his registration has been submitted by that club and accepted. 11.5. In the last games of the league season, to be eligible to represent a team, a player must be a bone fide member of the club and must not have played more than 7 games for another team. The team violating this rule automatically forfeits the game. 11.6. No player who has been suspended, by SCA, for disciplinary reason will be allowed to play in league games until (s)he has completely served out his(her) time. If (s)he is a part of a team that disbanded during the season, the games missed do not qualify as part of the sentence.

12. Dispute Resolution In the event that disputes arise on or of the field, the captain(s) and/or umpire(s) must submit a written report to the Executive Committee. Do not send a mail to the whole SCA group. This committee shall be responsible for taking appropriate action. The results of the investigation (if any) shall be forwarded in writing to the club secretary, umpires and players involved. Umpires decision will be the final decision on the ground and also Umpire will decide to distribute the points in case of game stops (due to any reason).

Appendix A: SCA Approved Cricket Balls The following Cricket ball are the only ones approved . Only balls with SCA logo should be used for all league games.

Appendix B: Home Ground for Play-offs Highest ranked team in the regular season will get the home ground advantage in the play- offs.

Appendix C: Power Play There will be 2 power plays, 1st power play of 8 overs mandatory in beginning of game and 2nd power play of 4 overs captain to decide when to take during game. If the 2nd power play is not taken, then automatically the last 4 overs becomes power play For 1st power play, there can be only 2 players outside 30 yards boundary. We will not have any field restriction for 15 yards circle in first power play.

For 2nd power play there can be only 3 players outside 30 yards boundary For remainder of the game when there is no Power Play, there cannot be more than 5 players outside the 30 yards circle ( Old ICC Rule ) For any power play violation with fielders, the umpire will call a NO ball. There will not be any free hit for this NO ball violation. If the game is played in reduce overs, the power play should be adjusted accordingly to get 40% of power play.

Appendix D: SCA Regional Team. For a player to represent SCA Regional team, he/she should have played at least 6 (SIX) games in the SCA league for any number of years.

Appendix E: Umpiring Classes. SCA should conduct at least 3 umpiring classes to all the club members and should be done one each in Davis, Sacramento, Folsom & Roseville areas.

Appendix F: Points & Penalties. Certified Umpires list: Teams should publish a list of at least 6 certified umpires at the beginning of each season. Umpiring fees: $40 per certified umpire. $20 per non-certified umpire. $50 per external certified umpire. External certified umpire is a certified umpire who may not be in the current list of certified umpires of SCA participating teams. Teams sending External Certified umpires should prove with a certificate by SCA EC 3 days before the game, that the said umpire is certified

Umpires Not Sent: One Umpire: 1 point deduction. Two Umpires: 2-point deduction. Scorecards, Umpiring Reports: One (1) point deduction due to late submission of score sheets to the statistician or failure to submit the score sheets online. Since primarily it’s Team’s responsibility to send the score sheet, the team will be penalized. One (1) point deduction for not using the SCA recommended score sheet. Ground Reports Not Sent: (informational only - will be evaluated during the course of the season) One (1) point deduction per week subsequent to the due date per report not submitted on time. This penalty will continue to be assessed until all three reports are submitted. Teams failing to return trophies, as set forth in Section 10 (c), will be assessed with the cost of replacing the trophy and in addition the SCA Board may assess dollar fine. If no member of the home team or visiting team shows up by game time and fails to communicate this to the umpires, match secretary and the other team's captain in advance, then the offending team will be deducted 2 penalty points. These penalties will be applied in addition to the other applicable penalties. Plus a full umpire fee of $40/$20 per umpire will be paid by each team.

No Points penalty for late start by playingteams, but, Rule (2.1) applies. Penalties for late start by UMPIRES will be as follows: 1 Point will be deducted on the first occurrence. 2 Points will be deducted on the second occurrence, 3 for the third occurrence and so forth. This clause is subject to delay exceptions noted in 1.1a

Appendix G: Calculation of Net Run Rate (NRR) Let's take as an example South Africa's net run-rate in the World Cup at the moment. South Africa's listing in the Group A points table published earlier in this edition is as follows: P W L T. Pts Net-RR For Against South Africa 3 3 0 6 +1.495 678/147.2 466/150 The columns we are looking at here are the last three: "Net-RR", "For" and "Against". The figure in the "Net- RR" column is achieved by subtracting the answer of the division in the "Against" column from the answer to the division in the "For" column. To use this example: FOR South Africa have scored, so far in this World Cup: Against India, 254 runs (for 6 wkts) from 47.2 overs Against Sri Lanka, 199 runs (for 9 wkts) from 50 overs Against England, 225 runs (for 7 wkts) from 50 overs Across the three games, South Africa scored 678 runs in a total of 147 overs and 2 balls (actually 147.333 overs), a rate of 678/147.333 or 4.602 rpo. AGAINST Teams opposing South Africa have scored: India, 253 (for 5 wkts) from 50 overs. Sri Lanka, 110 all out from 35.2 overs. England, 103 all out from 41 overs. In the case of Sri Lanka and England, because they were all out before their allotted 50 overs expired, the run rate is calculated as if they had scored their runs over the full 50 overs. Therefore, the run-rate scored against South Africa across the first three games is calculated on the basis of 466 runs in a total of 50 + 50 + 50 = 150 overs, a rate of 466/150 or 3.107 rpo. NET-RR The net run-rate is, therefore, 4.602 Run-rate for 3.107 Run-rate against ===== + 1.495 ANSWER =====