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Law Revisions for the 2018 Season

The MCC have retrised the Laws of . Please familiarise yourself with the char€es on the MCC website:

www.lords.org/mcc/laws-of-cricket . The changes apply to all League cricket with Panel Umpires.

Click on 'The Laws'. There are eight sections detailing the plus an eLearning section which varies every time you go to it and a set of Animations- Please pay particular attention to:

THE SPIRIT OF CRICKET - Positive behaviour and respect. ,-x L! ilur$er cf Phyers - match shall continue if the number nominated players is reduced. lau 1.3, Captain not antabb to nondmte ptryers - any person associated with the team may act as his&er deputy. Law 1.3.3 Deputy for Captain at the toas - only a nominated player can act as deputy for the captain at the toss. t-* L3.l-5 CmulEtim trrl$ Ca@irs - the umFdres and captains shall comuft on tfie use of covers before fie toss. law 2.8.2 Suspension of play in dangerous or unreasonable circumstances - The Umpires shall immediately suspend play, or not atlow play to start or to recomtnence if ekher umpke considers that the corditioos of , weattter or light, or any other circum$ances are either dangerous or unreasonable. Change in the Laws from both umpires to either . Law 2.Xl Umpke s decislon - An umpire may alter any decision provided that such alteration is made promptly. This apa6 an urnpirds decisinn, once made, is final. law 5 The bat - The thickness of the edges (40mm) and overall depth (67mm) are defined. All bats in all forms of cricket must conform by the 2020 cricket season. Law 6.1 Area of pitch - lf the pitch is next to an artificial pitch which is closer than 5 feet/1.52m from the middle , the pitch on that side will extend only to the junction of the two surfaces. Lnt &3.4 Danies aimed at protecting player safety by limitins the distance that a can travel otr tfie sturpc *iS be a$ryed - These devices need the approval of the Governing Body for the match (either nationally or locally) and the ground authority. Lau Uf.6 Last ttrrfi d mddr - number oil oyers - ln a rain interrupted game which League Regulations say must become a timed match the last hour of the match will end either one hour after the original time for the last hour to start or after 20 overs have been . Example: lf the last hour was due to start at 5pm but did not start until 6.05pm because the in progress had to be completed the last hour will finish at 7pm, not 7.05pm as previously, or when 20 overs have been bowled unless a has been achieved earlier. Law 18.5 Deliberate short runs - The first and final warning when deliberate short runs have occurred has been removed, since this is considered as cheating and should, therefore, carry an immediate penalty without a warning. The umpire shall inform the scorers as to the number of runs to be recorded. Law 1!1.2"7 Bqmdaries - A person or animal coming onto the field of play while the ball is in play shall not be regarded as a unless tte umpires detemlne otherwise at the tirne that contact betrreen the ball and suclr a person or animal is made. The decision shail be made for each separate occurrence. lf in the opinion of the umpires the ball would have continued to the boundary they may award a 4 for a 6. tau 1!t3 nesmrag a banrdary - Before the toss, the umpires shall deterrnine tle boundary of the fieH of play, whkh shall be fixed for the duration of the match. lf a boundary is moved during play it shall be restored to its original position. Sightscreens will need to have an area marked out which covers every possible position of the sightscreen during play, so the boundary does not change when the screen is moved. Lay, mA.22 bd Bad - Erther urnpire shall call aod signal Dead baH wheo a possiUv serior.rs injury to a player or umpire occurs. Law 21 No ball - Underarm shall not be permitted. lf it occurs the bowler's end umpire shall call and signal No ball and carry out the procedures laid down for a ball that has been thrown. Law 27.7 Ball bouncing more t{ran once, rolling along the ground or phching off the pitch - The umpire shall call and signal No ball if a ball which he/she considers to have been delivered, without having previously touched bat or person of the striker contravenes one of the ball bouncing more than once, ball rolling along the ground or ball pitching off the pitch criteria. Iaw 21.9 Fielder interceptiqg a - lf a ball delivered by the bowler makes contact with any part of a fielderrs person before it either makes contact with the striker/s bat or person , or passes the strike/s wkket, the urnpire shall call and sfinal No ball and irnmediatefo call and signal . Lr, 2t-16 Ruos restdtiq from a ?{o ball - tror, scored - lf Byes or leg byes are scored off a No ball they will be credited as such rather than as No ball extras. For example if a No ball goes for four Leg byes it will be recorded as one No ball extra and four Leg byes. Previously this would have been recorded as five No ball extras. Lay 22 Ba[ - There is no change to the recording of all runs scored off a Wide ball. These will all be debited against the bowler, except for any award of 5 Penalty runs. ,-N 22 Wide BaI - a ball called and signalled Wide shall be considered to have been a Wide from the instant the bowler entered his/her delivery stride, even though it cannot be called Wide until it passes the strike/s . Law 24.1.2 A shall not bowl, bat or act as captain but may act as wicket-keeper only with the consent of the umpires. lN U2 FbHer abseat or leavirg the field of flay - There are new regulations covering fielders leaving the field of play. These are laid out in nine sections of Law 24.2 so please read them. lf a fielder is absent while his/her side is , unless in exceptional circumstances or if the absence was caused by an external blow during the match, that player will incur Penalty time equivalent to the total time spent off the field immediatelv. Unlike the previous Law there is no Ionger a no grace tlme of 15 minutes. Penalty time equivalent to the total time spent off the field, which is the time he/she will have to spend on the field before being able to bowl or, if the ended meanwhile, being able to bat. The player must'serve'the same time that he/she was absent to a maximum of 90 minutes. Unscheduled break time (rain) counts towards the Penalty time but scheduled time (tea) does not count. A player has to tell the umpire if he/she is ready to come back on the field during a rain break. lf they do not tell the umpire the Penalty time continues when pay re-starts. The Penalty time continues into the innings but will end early if the batting side lose 5 . LawEE$ftmfbactasakrwrorrunner-Onlyanominatedpbyermaybatoractasarunner.....eventhoughasubstittrtefieHerhas previously acted for him/her. ' las 25.5.2 A rtrrmr shall - not have any unserved Penalty time resulting from Law 24 and should be someone who has already batted but, if that is not possible, should be changed as soon as it does become possible. This would mean that, if one of the opening batsmen had a and his/her partner was dismissed first, the outgoing batsman would need to become the runner. a.ilt 25J Restrtttoo on the strite/s rurrer- The runner at square leg must have some part of his/er person or bat behind the popping until the ball reaches the striker which prevents the runner from ' backing-up' to gain an advantage. Runs will be disallowed if the runner leaves early. law 30 Eatsman out of his/her ground - lf the batman grounds the bat (held by the hand) or another part of his/her person within his,/her ground (the elbow when diving, for example), and provided that the batsman has continued forward momentum, and subsequently loses this contact with the ground when the wicket is put down, the batsman will be protected from being out. ln addition, the same protection will apply to a striker diving back into his/her ground to avoid being . LN a,.l Eatsmn l6rrklg the x,idcet coder a o*sapprcfiendm - An umpire shall intervene if satisfied that a batsman not havirE been given out, has left the wicket under a misapprehension of being out. The umpire intervening shall call and signal Dead ball to prevent any further actioo bV tle fieHeE side ard sirall recall the batsmao. A batsmar rrmy be recalhd at aqf time up to tle instant ryhen the ball coenes irto play for the next delivery unless k is the final wicket of the innings, in which case it should be up to the instant when the umpires leave the fie{d. Lew:13 Cartftt - The ball can now be after it strikes or becomes lodged in a helmet worn by a fielder or the wicket-keeper. Note: The ball is now still in play if it hits a helmet worn by a fielder or the wicket-keeper. Law !14.4 Runs permitted from ball lawfully struck more than once - lt is no longer possible to score runs from overthrows when the ball has been lawfully struck more than once. taw 37 ObstruAing the field - has now been merged into . This means there are now 9 methods of instead of 10. Can you name them? Law iB Buo out- A batsman can now be if the ball rebounds directly from a fielde/s helmet onto the stumps. Law 39 Stumped - A batsman can now be Stumped if the ball rebounds directly from the wicket-keepe/s helmet onto the stumps. Therc re sewral draqes to lau 41 (ere{riody law 42}. Pflease read revised Lil 41 carcfully including: Law 41.3 The match ball - changlng hs condltlon - The new Law states that any cloth used to dry the ball must have the approval of the umpires. When the umpires consider the condition of the ball has been unfairly changed, the opposing side will now have the option of the ball being changed or not. try tf14 De$berate attemptto distrectthe striker t.* 415 lle&craE Cstracdoq rlece6iolr or obetrudion of tetsrwr - 'Mock fielding', where a fielder feigns to field the ball and/or feigns to throw a non-existent ball in an attempt to prevent the batsmen running is now considered to be deception. The umpires shall immediately call Dead ball and award 5 Penalty runs to the batting side plus any runs scored including the run in progress even if the batsmen have not crossed. No batsman shall be dismissed, the ball will not count as one of the over and the batsmen can choose which one faces the next ball. law 41.6.3 Bowllng of dangerous and unfair short pitched deliveries - As soon as the umpire decides that the bowling of short pitched defiveries tras become danterorrs he/she shall take action as detailed in Law 41.6. l.aw 41.7.1 Bowllng of dangerous and unfair non-pitching deliveries - Any delivery which passes or would have passed, without pitching, above waist hekht of the striter sBrdng uprigtrt at the popprg crease, 'rs to e deemed &rgerous and unfair, $Mter or not tt is llkety to inflict physical iniury on the striker. The umpire shall call and signal No ball and give only one caution (previously two) to the bowler whether a fast or slow bowler before suspending the bowler for the rest of that innings for a second such delivery as detailed in Law 41.7. til tl18 Bqretg of de$berate fror*-fd no bail - tf the umpire considers the bmder has delivered a de$berate front-foot ilb bafl helshe shall direct the Captain of the fielding side to suspend the bowler immediately from bowling as detailed in Law 41.8. taf, 41.11 6 taw'11.15 Damagirlg 8re pitdt Law 41.16 ton striker leaving his/her groond early Law 4i2 (I{ew Law} - Pkayers'conduct. Please read this new Law car€fully including: leyel l ofuice irdrdee: First offence - Formal warning. Second offence - 5 Penalty runs and warn the Captain that any further offence at any level by that team shall result in 5 Penalty runs to the opposing team. lerd 2 oilfence forchrdes: No warning. 5 Penalty runs and warn the Captain that any further Level 1 offence by any member of his/her team shall result in the award of 5 Penalty runs to the opposing team. tevel 3 o{ftnce indrdes: 5 Penalty runs and direct the Captain to remove the offending player immediately from the field of play for a period of one fifth of the number of overs allocated to the current innings at its commencement. Examples: 10 overs in a 50 over per side game, 9 overs in a 45 overs game and 8 overs in a 40 overs game, The over in progress does not count as part ofthe suspension period. No substitute shall be allowed for the offending player. Any overs remaining to be served shall be carried over to the next innings of the match. Level 4 offence indudes: 5 Penalty runs and direct the Captain to remove the offending player from the field of play for the remainder of the match. No substitute shall be allowed for the offending player.