Lancashire League Handbook 2018

47 This means that if play should start /re-start earlier or later than the designated time decided by the Umpires, the original calculation will remain unchanged. 3.4. In a game delayed or interrupted by ground and/or weather conditions providing time allows the side batting second to receive 20 or more overs (it being acknowledged that the Team may not need to receive the said number of overs to pass the first innings score and thereby win the match) the target score to be achieved by the side batting second shall be calculated on the Duckworth Lewis Stern method. 3.5. Any over not completed either through injury to the bowler or any other reason shall be completed by another bowler. Subject to the following numerical restrictions . Note that a part over bowled by a bowler will be considered as a full over in respect of that particular bowler’s allocation. Where an innings is interrupted, and overs are lost , the number of overs permitted to be bowled by an individual bowler will reduce as the available overs for that innings reduce. As follows. 40 – 44 overs remaining. One bowler may bowl 13 & other bowlers 11 35 – 39 overs 11 & 9 30 – 34 overs 10 & 8 25 – 29 overs 8 & 6 20 – 24 overs 7 & 5 15 – 19 6 + 4 10 – 14 5 +3 5 – 9 3 +2 2 – 4 1 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 and Umpires 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 5 Wickets 1 Point 6 Wickets 2 Points 7 Wickets 3 Points 8 Wickets 4 Points 9 Wickets 5 Points