Lincolnshire County Cricket League Handbook 1973

c. current fee plus any expenses incurred. ln the event of no play being possible through the weather and the Umpires turn up, they shall also be paid half of the current fee plus any expenses incurred. 6 . PLAYING RULES (a) M.C.C. Laws of Cricket apply, as recommendPd by the League Cricket Conference. (b) Conditions of Play Time of starting will be 2.30.p.m. unless otherwise agreed by the teams involved and the umpires notified. Games sh all be 100, 90, 80, or 70 six ball overs duration, to be declared by the Captains before the match. Should a start not be able to be made before 5.p.m. through the weather, then 60 overs may be played. Failing agreement between the Captains, the matter shall then be decided by the umpires. Should the team batting first be still at the crease when half the number of overs agreed upon is expired, they shall declare their innings closed and their opponents shall then bat for an equal number of overs. In the event of the team batting first being all out or declaring before the expiration of their allotted overs, the batting time of their opponents shall be increased by the number of complete overs unused by the opposition.Should the team batting second be not all out when time is called, the result shall be a draw. (c) Method of Scoring Points (i) Ten points for an outright win. (ii) Seven points for a side batting first in a drawn game. (iii) Four points for a side batting second in a drawn game, if they score seventy- five per cent or more of their opponents' total (i.e. a good losing draw) . (iv) One point if the side batting second in a drawn game do not score seventy-five per cent of their opponents' total (i.e. a poor losing draw). (v) Nil points for defeat. (vi) Five points for each side in the event of a tie. 11