Bassetlaw and District Cricket League Official Handbook 2018

72  Any balls remaining in the over in progress at the time of suspension  shall not count towards the overs for which the player is suspended.  The calculation of the number of overs a player shall be removed  from the field of play is determined using the following table:  SO LS 36<39 8 40‐49  9  50 ‐00 10  Note:  SO ‐ scheduled number of overs to be bowled at the commencement of the match LS  ‐ Length of suspension  •  If the offending player is a fielder, no substitute shall be allowed for  him/her.  The offending player may return to the field of play after  serving the period of suspension and may bowl immediately if in  accordance with the ECB Fast Bowling Directives as laid out in Rule  3.1.4.  •  If a bowler is suspended mid‐over, then that over must be bowled  by a different bowler, who shall not have bowled the previous over  nor shall he/she bowl the next over (and must be eligible to bowl in  accordance with the ECB Fast Bowling Directives as laid out in Rule  3.1.4).  •  If the offending player is a not out batsman, he/she shall be replaced  by another member of the team.  The offending player may return  after having served the period of suspension only at the fall of a  wicket.  If no batsman is available to bat during a batsman’s  suspension, the innings is completed.  If the offending player does  not continue his/her innings for whatever reason, he/she is to be  recorded as ‘Retired – Not Out’.  •  If the offending player is a dismissed member of the batting side the  period of suspension will not start until the beginning of the next  innings.  Furthermore, in these circumstances, the offending player  shall not act as a runner during the innings when he/she was  suspended.  •  Any overs remaining to be served from a suspension shall be carried  forward to the next and subsequent innings of the match.  A part‐ over at the end of the innings shall not count the overs for which a  player is suspended.  7.10.2.4  The umpire shall warn the offending player’s captain that any future  Level 1 offence by any member of his/her team shall result in the award  of 5 Penalty Runs to the opposing team.