Bassetlaw and District Cricket League Official Handbook 2021

Rules & Playing Conditions – League Competition Document F P a g e | 3 6 No-Ball Law 41.6 (Bowling of dangerous and unfair short-pitched deliveries) shall apply with the following additions: 6.1 Regardless of how wide of the striker a delivery is, there shall be no more than one delivery per over that after pitching pass or would have passed clearly over shoulder height of the striker standing upright at the popping crease. 6.2 The umpire shall make it clear to the bowler (and any bowler called upon to complete an over) and the batsmen at the wicket when a delivery within the limit in Rule 6.1 has been bowled. It is unfair if the limit is exceeded and the umpire shall call and signal No ball on each such occasion and consider it as part of the warning sequence in Laws 41.6.3 and 41.6.4. 6.3 A different signal shall be used to signify a fast short pitched “No Ball”. The Umpire shall call and signal “No Ball” then raise the other arm across the chest. If the bowler exceeds his limit of short-pitched deliveries in an over not only must the Umpire call “No Ball” but he must invoke the procedures of Law 41.6.3 regarding cautioning the bowler. If a bowler is “No Balled” a second time in the innings for the same offence the Umpire is to invoke Law 41.6.4 and the bowler shall be removed forthwith and shall not be allowed to bowl again in that innings. Note: For the avoidance of doubt the warnings detailed in Laws 41.6.1, 41.6.2 and those above in Rule 6.1 and Rule 6.2 are cumulative. 6.4 Law 41.7 (Bowling of dangerous and unfair non-pitching deliveries) shall apply. 7 Law 22 – Wide Ball – Judging a Wide In all Championship and Division 1 matches, any ball, not being a No Ball, that passes the striker’s leg stump, irrespective of where that ball pitched, will be called, and signalled a wide. It will not be a wide if the ball contacts the striker, his person or equipment, or the bat in hand before it passes the line of the stumps, or the ball passes between the striker and the leg stump.