Bassetlaw and District Cricket League Official Handbook 2013

62 (vi) Any Junior Player in Year 7 or below (Under 12 at Midnight on 31 August in the year preceding the current season), under a directive provided by the NCB, cannot play in open age competitive cricket under any circumstances. Therefore, anyone born after 31 st August 2000 is NOT eligible to play in this League in 2013. (vii) Registration data will be held electronically by the Player Registrar and made available to the ECB and other Leagues as required. A registration will carry over from season to season and shall be effective until cancelled by the club. Not later than 10 days before the first match of the season, each Club Secretary/Club ECB Play-Cricket Administrator must ensure that all registrations relating to players leaving the club have been cancelled. (viii) All registrations are time stamped on receipt and acceptance. No unregistered player will be eligible to play. The sanctions for non-compliance shall apply. 5.2 Categories (i) Category 1 – Club Player a) A player who is an EEA national; AND They have not, within the 12 months leading up to April 1st immediately before the season in question either (1) played cricket for any Full Member Country outside the EEA at U17 level or above; or (2) played First-Class Cricket in any such Full Member Country except as an overseas cricketer under local rules similar to ECB Regulation 3 (Unqualified Cricketers) of the ECB Regulations Governing the Qualification and Registration of Cricketers, or in any other circumstances approved by the ECB; AND They make, whenever requested by the ECB, a declaration in the form set out in Annex A to the ECB Regulations Governing the Qualification and Registration of Cricketers. b) A player registered with the ECB by a First-Class County Cricket Club, who played for two consecutive seasons immediately prior to their First-Class registration. They will be re-classified as Category 2 if they play cricket for another recreational club. c) A player playing for a County Colts/Academy will remain a Category 1 player if they return directly to their club side. d) A Category 1 player subsequently engaged as a Club Professional by their club, or by any other club following a transfer, shall be re- registered under Category 2.