Northerns Cricket Union 2017

2 DAY COMPETITION
2016/2017
1. The winning team of the competition will be determined in the following order of priority at the conclusion of the competition:
The team with the highest number of points; if still equal then
The team with the highest number of outright wins; if still equal the
The team with the highest number of cumulative bonus points; if still equal then
The team with the highest number of batting bonus points; if still equal then
The team with the highest number of bowling bonus points; if still equal then
The team with the highest runs to wicket ratio; if still equal then
The team with the lowest wickets to run ratio; if still equal
The team that hosted the higher percentage of their matches at their main venue.
2. Points Scoring:
Points will be allocated for each preliminary round match in accordance with the system described below:
2.1 For an outright win: 10 points
2.2 For a tie on a double innings: 6 points
2.3 No Match 5 points each
2.4 First innings points: Awarded only for batting and bowling performances in the first innings and retained irrespective of
the match result.
2.4.1 Batting bonus points: 1 point awarded on attaining 150 runs, and 0,02 of a point for each run scored thereafter.
2.4.2 Bowling bonus points: A maximum of 4 points to be awarded, one each at the fall of the 3rd, 5th, 7th and 9th wicket.
2.5 If play starts when less than 10 hours playing time remains, a one innings match will be played but no bonus points will
be scored. The side winning on the one innings to score 6 points.
1. LAW 1 - THE PLAYERS
1.1 Law 1.2 Nomination of players
The following shall apply in place of Clause 1.1:
If the late withdrawal of a player nominated to participate in a Sunfoil Series 4-Day, Momentum 1-Day Cup, Ram Slam
T20 Challenge match necessitates the promotion of a player nominated to a CSA Provincial 3-Day Challenge match,
such player shall by right, be permitted a replacement after the nomination.
(Refer to Clause 2.2 Law 2.3 Restrictions on the role of substitutes, as modified). Subject to the provisions of Clause
1.1, the replacement player shall by right be entitled to bat, bowl or keep wicket. If the promoted player is batting at the
time and he is required to leave the match, he shall retire “not out” and his substitute will be permitted to bat later in the
innings at the fall of a wicket, unless nine wickets have already fallen, in which case he shall be allowed to bat
immediately if available.
2. LAW 2 - SUBSTITUTES AND RUNNERS
2.1 Law 2.1 (a) (ii), 2.7 and 2.8 shall not apply.
A runner for a batsman when batting is not permitted.
Law 2.1 (b) shall be amended as follows:
The umpires shall have discretion to allow, for other wholly acceptable reasons, a substitute fielder to act for a
nominated player, at the start of the match, or at any subsequent time.
2.2 Fielder absent or leaving the field
If the player is absent from the field for longer than 8 minutes, the following restrictions shall apply to their future
participation in the match:
2.2.1 The player shall not be permitted to bowl in the match until he has either been able to field, or his team has
subsequently been batting, for the total length of playing time for which he was absent (hereafter referred to as
penance time), subject to a maximum cumulative penance time of 120 minutes. If any unexpired penance time
remains at the end of an innings, it is carried forward to the next and subsequent innings of the match.
2.2.2 The player shall not be permitted to bat in the match until his team's batting innings has been in progress for the
length of playing time that is equal to the unexpired penance time carried forward from the previous innings,
subject to a maximum cumulative penance time of 120 minutes. However, once his side has lost five wickets in its
batting innings, he may bat immediately. If any unexpired penance time remains at the end of that batting innings,
it is carried forward to the next and subsequent innings of the match. For the purposes of 2.2.1 and 2.2.2, playing
time shall comprise the time play is in progress excluding lunch and tea intervals, intervals be-tween innings and
official drinks intervals. For clarity, a player's penance time will continue to expire after he is dismissed, for the
remainder of his team's batting innings. However, in the event of a batsman or a fieldsman already being off the
field at the commencement of an interruption in play through ground, weather or light conditions or for other
exceptional circumstances, he shall be allowed to count any such stoppage time as playing time, provided that he
personally informs the umpires when he is fit enough to take the field had play been in progress. Similarly, if at the
commencement of an interruption in play through ground, weather or light conditions or for other exceptional
circum-stances, a player is on the field but still has some unexpired penalty time remaining from a previous
absence, he shall automatically be al-lowed to count any such stoppage time as playing time, provided he returns
to the field of play immediately after the interruption. The restriction in clauses 2.2.1 and 2.2.2 above shall not
apply if the player has suffered an external blow (as opposed to an internal injury such as a pulled muscle) whilst
participating earlier in the match and consequently been forced to leave the field. Nor shall it apply if the player
has been absent for very exceptional and wholly acceptable reasons (other than injury or illness).
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