Lancashire League Handbook 2024

LCL Handbook 2024 88 16. Length of Innings. 16.1 In uninterrupted matches (ie. matches which are neither delayed or interrupted); 16.1.1 Each team shall bat for 20 overs (or such reduced number of overs agreed by the Captains under Rule 17) unless all out earlier. 16.1.2 If the team fielding first fails to bowl the required number of overs by the scheduled time for the cessation of the first innings Playing Condition 16.3 shall apply. 16.1.3 If the team batting first is dismissed in fewer than 20 overs, the team batting second shall be entitled to bat for 20 overs. 16.1.4 If the teamfielding second fails to bowl 20 overs by the scheduled time for the cessation of the second innings, Playing Condition 16.3 shall apply. 16.2 Delayed or interrupted matches. To constitute a match, a minimum of 5 overs has to be bowled to the side batting second (including any overs for which penalty runs may have been awarded under Playing Condition 16.3) unless a result has been achieved earlier. 16.2.1 Delay or interruptions to the innings of the team batting first. a. When playing time has been lost the revised number of overs to be bowled in the match shall be based on a rate of 3.75 mins per over in the total time available for play (that is, time already played added to time remaining though not including the time allocated to the interval). Should calculations regarding numbers of overs result in a fraction of an over, the fraction shall be ignored. In the event of a suspension occurring in themiddle of an over, the number of total overs to be bowled in the match will be calculated as if the over in progress at the time of the interruption had been completed. The innings of the team batting first will continue from the point of the interruption. The revision of the number of overs should ensure, whenever possible, that both teams have the opportunity to bat for the same number of overs. (Where this is possible, if the total number of overs in the match thereby calculated results in an odd number of total overs in the match, then one over shall be added and the new total divided in half). b The team batting second shall not bat for a greater number of overs than the first team unless the latter completed its innings in less than its allocated overs. To constitute a match, a minimum of 5 overs have to be bowled to the team batting second (including any overs for