Bassetlaw and District Cricket League Official Handbook 2021

Qualification & Registration of Players Document D P a g e | 1 The Bassetlaw & District Cricket League Shaded Areas denote additions or amendments from the previous publication. All subscriptions and sanctions determined by the League Management Committee are reviewed on a yearly basis and shown in Document H. All correspondence must be sent to match.admin@bdcl.org.uk . Qualification & Registration of Players 1 Qualification All Players 1.1 Before any player may play in a BDCL competition the player must be qualified as follows: • Qualified to play for England as defined in the ECB regulations governing the qualification and registration of cricketers (see Rule 1.19) or an Overseas Non-Professional in accordance with Rule 1.9 to Rule 1.16 or a Professional Overseas Player in accordance with Rule 1.17 and Rule 1.18. • Have formal membership of a BDCL Club. • Be registered with the club via Play-Cricket (see Rule 2). • Not be registered with another Saturday League Club. • Have no current disciplinary suspension from another cricket authority. • Have no outstanding commitments to another club. • If on a County ground-staff, be unregistered. 1.2 No player who has played Saturday cricket for another club, either inside or outside the BDCL, is permitted to play for a club in the BDCL after the third Saturday in August unless a transfer is registered on or before the third Saturday in July. This rule does not apply if the club that the player is registered to has fully withdrawn from the BDCL during the season. This rule does not apply to any player in Year 12 or below (Under 17 at Midnight on 31 August in the year preceding the current season). Therefore, this rule does NOT apply to anyone born after 31st August 2003.