Lancashire League Handbook 2013

48 3.5. Any over not completed either through injury to the bowler or any other reason shall be completed by another bowler. 3.6. The interval between innings shall be 25 minutes. This will be reduced to 10 minutes in any match affected by ground or weather conditions provided that the two Captains agree to take tea during stoppage in play during the first innings of the match and so inform the umpires before taking tea. In these circumstances the Teams will not retake the field until the expiration of the said 10 minutes, even if the Umpires in the meantime deem conditions fit for play to resume. 3.7. Up to but no more than two drink breaks of no more than 2 minutes duration shall be allowed in any one innings provided always that this has been agreed between the Captains andUmpires before the start of the game. 3.8. In the second innings bonus points shall be awarded to the losing team as follows:- Bowling -Wickets taken 5Wickets 1 Point 6Wickets 2 Points 7Wickets 3 Points 8Wickets 4 Points 9Wickets 5 Points Batting - Points will be awarded for gettingwithin somany runs of the first innings total as follows:- 50 1 Point 40 2 Points 30 3 Points 20 4 Points 10 5 Points At the close of the first innings, the Umpires shall check and agree with the scorers the total scored by the team batting first and the target score required by the team batting second. In rain affected games bonus points will be awarded from the amended total and not the original total. 3.9. In a completed game, in addition to any bonus points earned by the losing side in the second innings, the following points shall be awarded:- Win 10 points or Tie 7 points (scores tied irrespective of number of wickets taken/lost) and to any side bowling out the opposition 2 points In any uncompletedGame 3 points only shall be awarded to each team 3.10. Deduction of Points a) Fielding sides are expected to bowl their overs at an average rate of 16