Lincolnshire County Cricket League Official Handbook 2017

e) All matches will adhere to the ECB directive of young players under the age of 18 to bat and keep wicket with protective headgear. f) The tea interval shall be 30 minutes. The interval between innings shall be 10 minutes, but under no circumstances shall the 40 minutes be taken at one time. The visiting team shall pay acost for teas of £30. g) Players shall bowl no more than one third of the overs. Premier Division games of 50 overs per innings will have a bowler limit of 16 overs, Divisions 1,2,3 and 4 games of 45 overs per innings will have a bowler limit of 15 overs. Should the game's overs change then bowlers limit shall be calculated as the overs divided by 3 and then rounded down. 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 Atied match shall be defined as a match where two teams finish with equal runs scored. An incomplete 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 :- • The team batting first scores the most runs and dismisses the team batting second. • The team batting second scores most runs and dismisses the team batting first or the team batting first or the team batting first as declared • Awin shall be defined as the team scoring the most runs irrespective of wickets lost. • Acancelled game shall be defined as when a game has not started. • An abandoned game shall be defined as a game which starts but is not concluded due to adverse conditions. 7.3 Points on Result For an outright win - 20 points For awin - 10 points plus any bonus points achieved. The team scoring the least number of runs will not gain any points apart from any batting or bowling bonus points as defined in rule 7.4. For an interrupted match - 5 points for each team plus any bonus points achieved. For a tied match - 5 points each plus any bonus points achieved. For acancelled match - 5 points for each team. 7.4 Bonus Points Batting -A team attaining each specified score shall be awarded 1 Bonus Point. The specified scores shall be 120,140,160, 180 and 200 runs.The maximum number of batting bonus points available is 5. Bowling - Ateam attaining each specified number of wickets shall be awarded 1 Bonus Point. The specified wickets shall be 3, 5, 7, 9 and 10 wickets. The maximum number of bowling bonus points is 5. 7.5 Teams withdrawing In Mid-Season In the event of a team withdrawing during the playing season then all games involving the withdrawn team shall be deemed as invalid. Consequently, any points including bonus points earned by other teams with the withdrawn team shall be deleted. All personal performances or achievements by players in these matches will be included in statistics for League Trophies or Awards. 109