Bassetlaw and District Cricket League Official Handbook 2014

40 2.5 Cancellation of Matches (i) A cancellation due to adverse playing conditions may be made by the home club ONLY WITH THE VERBAL AGREEMENT OF THE AWAY CLUB (email and text messages should not be used). It shall be the responsibility of the home club to inform the appointed Umpires of any cancellation. (ii) No such cancellation shall be made before 10.00am on the day on which the match is to be played. Failure by the home club to contact the away club to seek agreement that the game is cancelled due to adverse playing conditions, and the away team arrive at the ground believing the game is to be played, then the sanctions stated at Rule 2.5(vi) shall apply, although no points shall be deducted from the Divisional total of the home team. (iii) All such cancellations must be agreed by the two clubs and the appointed Umpires informed not later than two hours before the scheduled start time. (iv) Unless a match is cancelled under this rule, the visiting team shall be responsible for the payment of the teas provided for it by the home club. (v) If the away team has travelled, the appointed Umpires shall assess the ground conditions and allow play to commence unless it is deemed dangerous. The Umpires shall be the sole authority in such matters. Should there be no appointed Umpires the Captains shall have sole authority. If the Captains disagree, the match shall be cancelled and the League Secretary notified. (vi) Any club failing to fulfil a League engagement will be fined £10.00 and will have ten points deducted from the total of the team concerned. The game shall be counted as a win, with full bonus points, for their opponents. (vii) The LMC shall decide whether the non-offending club is entitled to claim the fine of part thereof. (viii) If in the opinion of the LMC, undue advantage is taken of this rule by any club, it shall deal with it according to its discretion. 2.6 Method of Scoring (i) A maximum of 20 points to be available to each team in all completed matches divided up as follows: a) 12 points for a win, 0 for a defeat. b) 10 points for a draw for the side batting first and 2 points for the side batting second. c) 6 points to each side when the scores are equal, irrespective of the number of wickets lost.