The Club Cricket Conference Yearbook 2020

- 14 - The following is a guidance note for clubs preparing to restart. If you like it, the Editor made the decision to include it; if you don't, it was sent to me by Howard Smith of the Kent Cricket League. Instructions for Kent 60+ players on resumption of cricket. 1. Players will arrive alone in their cars at 10.00am for a 1.00pm start. 2. They will come fully changed 3. If they wish to bring a wife or partner then that wife or partner must travel in the other family car. Motor bikes and sidecars will be accepted but must be completely sanitised. 4. Cars will be parked 6 feet from one another. Motor bikes will have their separate bays. 5. On disembarking from their motor the player will assemble in front of the Clubhouse forming a circle with their team mates but adhering to social distancing. 6. The opposition will do the same. 7. Scorers will distance themselves from these groups. 8. The Umpires, both wearing sanitised gloves, will call for both Captains to step forward. 9. On this instruction both Captains wearing sanitised gloves will step forward and proceed to the middle for a toss. I’m advised a toss when using sanitised rubber gloves is quite sensual. 10. On arriving at the wicket observing social distancing the foursome will see two white lines, one either side of the wicket which signify that the batsman will run outside of those lines. 11. The Home Umpire will take from his pocket a sanitized two pound coin and invite the visiting Captain to call. 12. If the visiting Captain wins the toss and decides to bat both Captains will wish each other all the best. The Home Umpire will return the sanitized two pound coin to his pocket and ask the visiting Umpire which end he would like. I’ve always been a bit worried about that request. 13. The dressing rooms are out of bounds except for inserting one’s protective equipment and donning one’s pads but only one player may do so at a time. 14. Men’s toilets are open on a one in one out arrangement. If the instructions in the toilet request you stay 6 feet away it does not mean you stand 6 feet from the urinal and try to reach from an impossible distance.