Bassetlaw and District Cricket League Official Handbook 2019

4 Constitution, Rules & Playing Conditions 51  Category 2 – Club Professional 5.2.6 Club Professional; a player, or a player whose family receives remuneration,  financial inducement, or benefit in any form from a club, its sponsors, its other  players, or any third party acting on the club’s behalf.  To include:  5.2.6.1  Inflated payments for coaching, work on the club’s ground or behind the  club’s bar or any other remuneration where the payments do not  represent a fair or proper reward for the hours spent by the player on  behalf of the club.  5.2.6.2  The provision of equipment without charge or at discounted value.  5.2.6.3  Payment of travelling expenses to matches.  5.2.6.4  Any other benefits in kind enjoyed by the player or their family where the  cost is borne by the club, its sponsors, its other players or any third party  on the club’s behalf and not by the player himself.  5.2.7 County Professional; a player with a First‐Class County Cricket Club who is a  registered cricketer with the ECB and does not qualify under Category 1.  5.2.8 Ex‐County Professional; a player who, although not currently registered with  the ECB by a First‐Class County Cricket Club, has been so registered in either  of the previous two years.  5.2.9 A player engaged by a County Club on a ‘Summer Contract’.  Category 3 – Overseas Player 5.2.10 Any players who meet the following criteria shall NOT  be deemed to be an  Overseas Player:  5.2.3.1  They are an EEA national whommeets the criteria for a Category 1 Player.  5.2.3.2  They have been resident in England or Wales for the immediately  preceding seven consecutive years (for which purposes ‘year’ shall mean  a year ending 1st April and in each ‘year’ they have spent a minimum of  210 days per year within England or Wales).  Category 3 (Exempt) – Overseas Player (Exempt) 5.2.11 A Category 3 player will qualify under Category 3 (Exempt) if they fulfil ALL of  the following conditions:  5.2.11.1  They have been resident in this country for a period of eighteen months  before the date of their request for registration.  5.2.11.2  They have not been out of this country for longer than 35 days  consecutively or 70 days in total during the previous two years.  5.2.11.3  Any remuneration they receive from playing cricket is not their main  source of income.  5.2.12 Clubs are unable to assign any player to this category.  Only the Player  Registrar can perform this task and only after receipt and acceptance of all  requested documentation.