Bassetlaw and District Cricket League Handbook 2022

Section D P a g e | 48 2.9 Players who are selected in a County U12A squad in Spring for a summer squad or in another squad deemed by ECB Performance Managers to be of a standard above ‘District level’ or that season are eligible to play Open Age Cricket. This is providing that they are at least 11 years old, are in School Year 7 on 1 September in the year preceding the season. In allowing these players to play in Open Age Cricket it is essential that Clubs and Coaches recognise the ‘Duty of Care’ obligations towards these young players. This means boys and girls who are county squad players can play open age cricket if they are in a U12 age group and are a minimum of 11 years old on 1 September of the year preceding the season. District and club players who are not in a county squad must wait until they reach the U13 age group, be in Year 8 and be 12 years old on 1 September of the preceding year before being able to play in any open age group cricket. Any such breach WILL result in the player(s) being deemed as ineligible. 2.10 Registration data will be held electronically by the League Management Committee and made available to the ECB and other Leagues as required. 2.11 Registrations will be removed on an annual basis for all Category 1 Eligible, Category 2 and Category 3 players, and any player that has not played within the BDCL in the previous three seasons. In addition, registrations may be removed to maintain the integrity of the Player Registration database; clubs will be advised in such instances. Clubs that wish to retain the registration of such players will be required to re-submit as per these Rules. Any club playing a UK-born Category 1 player whose registration was removed under this rule, will be deemed as ‘Unregistered’ for all games subsequently played until the registration is accepted. All other players may be deemed as ‘Ineligible’. 3 Transfers 3.1 A player may be transferred from one club to another at their request. 3.2 A club approached by, or seeking to approach, a member of another club to move or transfer, must notify the player’s present club prior to entering any negotiations with the player concerned. Failure by a club to comply with either will result in a ban on registering any new players other than graduates from its own youth system, the length of ban to be decided by the League Management Committee. 3.3 A transfer must not be unreasonably withheld, or the request will be dealt with by the League Management Committee. 3.4 Transfers must be acknowledged on Play-Cricket by the existing club. 3.5 Professional and Overseas players cannot be transferred to another BDCL club in the same season.