Lincolnshire County Cricket League Official Handbook 2001

(b) Should a match be interrupted by the inclement weather the pitch shall be covered wicket to wicket. 6.7 Match results The home team shall advise the league's representative of all league and cup match results, by phone or fax or e-mail and by posting an official scoresheet. All results shall be advised by the following times: - (a) Phoned or faxed or e-mailed results of Saturday and Sunday matches to the league's representative by no later than 9.00 pm on Sunday evening. (b) Phoned or faxed or e-mailed results of Monday matches to the league's representative by no later than 9.00 pm on Monday evening. (c) Posting or faxing an official scoresheet within 24 hours of the match to the league's representative. All scoresheets shall be properly completed, detailing date, competition, time, competing teams, all players taking part, batting details, bowling details, points allocation and the opponents outstanding fielder. All scoresheets shall be signed by each teams captain and any umpires officiating. Fines, as per rule 8 shall be levied for each non-compliance. 6.8 Intervals The tea interval shall be 20 minutes. The interval between innings shall be 1 O minutes, but under no circumstances shall the 30 minutes be taken at one time. 6.9 General points (a) Umpires shall report any club not ready to start at the precise appointed time. The offending club and start time should be noted on the scoresheet. Offending Clubs shall be fined as per rule 8. (b) An over that cannot be completed because of incapacitation or suspension of the bowler shall be completed by another member of the fielding side, other than the bowler at the opposite end. (c) The outgoing batsman must meet the incoming batsman outside the pavilion. Umpires shall report any flagrant breach of this rule. (d) Teams shall use a standard cricket ball in all league and cup games. The executive committee shall agree the ball each year for the forthcoming season. A fine as per rule 8 shall be applied on each occasion that a team abuses this rule. Each fielding side shall provide its own ball. It shall not be compulsory to provide a new ball, but the ball provided shall be leather covered and approved as fit by the umpires and must be in their possession before the fielding side takes the field. 7. SCORING POINTS 7.1 General Points can be scored in two ways: (a) From the result of the match. (b) From collecting batting and bowling bonus points after reaching thresholds as written in rule 7.4 7.2 Definitions A tied match shall be defined as a match where the two teams finish with equal runs scored. An interrupted match shall be defined as one where because of interruptions by the weather, both teams have not received their allotted overs and no definite result has emerged. An outright win shall be defined as either: (a) The team batting first scores the most runs and dismisses the team batting second. (b) The team batting second scores most runs and dismisses the team batting first, or the team batting first declares. A win shall be defined as the team scoring the most runs irrespective of wickets lost. A cancelled game shall be defined as when a game has not started. 7.3 Points on result. (a) For an outright win - 20 points including bonus points. (b) For a win - 10 points plus any bonus points achieved. The team scoring the least number of runs will not gain any points apart from batting and bowling bonus points as described in rule 7.4.