Bassetlaw and District Cricket League Official Handbook 2017

60  (iv) On all dates, no player shall be eligible for a team more than one lower than  that for which most, or equal most, appearances have been made during the  current season.  Additionally, in a fixture played after the third Saturday in August, on a Bank  Holiday Monday, on a Sunday, or any other date that a more senior team has  no fixture, or a fixture cancelled, a player who has only appeared at a higher  level than the match being played, shall not be eligible to play.  The 1st part of the rule applies all season and restricts players from  dropping down by more than one team (i.e. 1st to 3rd, 2nd to 4th etc.).   Players have to move down 1 team at a time (i.e. 1st to 2nd to 3rd etc.).  The second part of the rule adds extra restrictions after the 3rd Saturday  in August, non‐Saturday fixtures, when a higher team has no scheduled  fixture and when a higher team has a fixture cancelled.  This part of the  rule restricts teams from artificially inflating lower teams when players  from higher teams are, or become available.  This part of the rule states that any player that has only played for a  higher team is not eligible to play for a lower team.  For example, players  that have only played for a club’s 1st XI would not be eligible to play for  any of the clubs other teams.  The same applies to players that have only  appeared for both a clubs 1st/2nd XI as they would be ineligible for a  clubs 3rd XI.  Under this part of the rule, where a player has played for a clubs 1st and  2nd XI they are eligible to continue to play for both the 1st and 2nd XI.   Where a player has played for all a club’s teams, the player would be  eligible to play for any team, so as long as they do not go from 1st to 3rd  team (would have to go 1st to 2nd to 3rd).  Any such breach will result in the player(s) being deemed as ineligible.  The  sanction will be determined by the LMC.  5.4 Movement  (i)  Category 2 and Category 3 players may not play for more than one BDCL club  in a season.  (ii)  No player may play for a club if they have already played Saturday cricket for,  or are registered with, another Saturday club, either inside or outside the BDCL,  unless application is made to the Player Registrar via the BDCL ECB Play‐Cricket  Registration System for a transfer.  The application must be accompanied by written evidence from the player’s  previous club that there are no outstanding financial issues and/or any  disciplinary matters.  Players will be transferred by the Player Registrar on receipt of such written  confirmation.  Neither club needs to remove or submit a registration.