South Yorkshire Alliance Works Midweek Cricket League Handbook 2023

(2) All new clubs must register with the Yorkshire Cricket Board (YCB) and on approval apply for a Play-Cricket site. (3) All players must register individually with Play-Cricket. On registration they apply to the club for whom they play as members of that club. On registering a player understands that his account is individual to himself and understands the League Data Protection policy. (4) Clubs cannot register anyone on behalf of a player (temporary registrations). (5) All player registrations must be linked for each club they play for in another League within the jurisdiction of the ECB. Separate accounts must not be generated for each club and if such accounts are generated, they will be regarded as null and void. (6) Each club will register their players with the League through the Play-Cricket system and so long as the playing criteria is met as per this clause, then a League Officer (usually the Publicity Officer or the League Secretary) shall approve the registration. (7) A player may not register with a club if he has previously been registered with another club and has not settled any financial commitments with the previous club. (8) It is the captains responsibility to ensure that all players are registered on the play-cricket system before the game commences. If a player is under 16, and the club is unable to complete the registration process before the game, then they shall be classed as registered if they have the relevant written permission signed by the players parent or guardian. The club should then ensure the play-cricket process is completed by no later than 12 noon on the day following a game. (9) No player may be registered to play in the League between 18th July and the last game of the season for the club with which he wishes to play with unless special dispensation is given by the League Secretary or the League Publicity Officer. Any such player shall not be allowed to play in any game that may affect a League title, promotion or relegation issue. (10) All players must be given a category within the Play-Cricket system and these are defined as follows: •Category 1 – A British or Irish citizen born in England and Wales and/or has been resident in England and Wales for the immediately preceding four consecutive years and is deemed ‘Ordinarily Resident’. He will only be treated as having been resident within England and Wales for the relevant consecutive period if he has spent a minimum of 210 days in each year within England and Wales (for which purpose ‘year shall mean a year ending 31st March) •Category 2 – 1) A member of a County Academy aged seventeen or over 1st September of the previous year. 2) A player engaged by a County Club on a ‘summer contract’ 3) A cricket registered with the ECB as a First-Class County Cricket Club who played for his club for two consecutive seasons immediately prior to his First-Class registration, the club being a member of this league. •Category 3 – 1) A club professional – a player receiving remuneration, financial 13