Bassetlaw and District Cricket League Official Handbook 2019

52  5.3  Eligibility  5.3.1 Each BDCL club will be allowed to register one Category 2 or Category 3 Player.  Any such player shall be eligible to play for a club’s First Eleven, providing that  that team plays in Division 4 or above.  5.3.1.1  Therefore, NO Category 2 or Category 3 players will be permitted to  play for the following NPL clubs in BDCL teams:  •  Cavaliers & Carrington  •  Cuckney  •  Farnsfield  •  Papplewick & Linby  5.3.2 A Category 3 (Exempt) player may be employed by a club as a Category 2  Player.  They will be listed on the BDCL ECB Play‐Cricket Website as a Category 3  (Exempt) player but identified by the Player Registrar as a Category 2.  Rule  5.3.1 shall apply.  A Category 3 (Exempt) registered player will become a Category 1 registered  player once the residential rules have been satisfied as determined using  current ECB regulations.  5.3.3 A player who would ordinarily be registered within Category 3, but whose  exceptional circumstances, in the opinion of the LMC, merits inclusion within  the spirit of this rule, will be permitted to play on a purely recreational basis  in Divisions 4 or below, or a club’s second XI should they play in a higher  division (and the club does not have any additional teams), providing that they  do not contravene the second paragraph of Rule 5.2.1 above.  5.3.4 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 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, or a player who has not played a  match within the BDCL during the current season, shall not be eligible to play.   This shall not apply to fixtures up until the first Saturday in June.  5.3.4.1  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.).  5.3.4.2  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