Criteria fr Cricket Grupings IPSHA Cricket Laws Three frms f the game will be played. Traditinal Mdified - Super 8 T20 Blast Aims and Objectives Our General Aim is t prvide an pprtunity fr all players t develp as Cricketers, within a General Eths f a fair g fr all!. In general all players shuld be given an pprtunity t bwl, bat r keep wicket within any match. Sir Dn Bradman n his 80th Birthday quted a fine pem by Lrd Harris that sums up what every Official, Cach, Parent and Player shuld aim fr; Yu d well t lve cricket fr it is mre free frm anything srdid, anything dishnurable than any game in the wrld. T play keenly, generusly self sacrificingly is a mral lessn in itself, and the classrm is Gd s air and sunshine. Fster it my brthers s that it may attract all wh find the time t play it, prtect it frm anything that will sully it, s that it may grw in favur with all men. Playing Cnditins Lrd Harris - Captain Kent, Captain England, Gvernr Bmbay, India. Size f Field Based n schl facilities Guides are given belw Pitch Length Traditinal - 18 metres Mdified - Super 8 Cricket 16-18 metres T20 Blast - 14 metres Bundary t be marked with sft dmes Traditinal up t 50 metres Mdified up t 40 metres T20 Blast up t 30 metres Mdified 8/10/2017 Page 1 f 12
General Laws 2017 Traditinal Year 5 & 6 Super 8 Year 3 & 4 T20 Blast Players n Field 11 8 8 Overs 25 14 12-16 (4 pairs face 2-4 vers) Balls Per Over 6 6 6 Maximum 8 in Over Maximum 8 in Last Over Dismissals Out Out Equipment Maximum 8 in Last Over Mves t Nn Strikers End. Oppsing team is awarded 5 runs Ball 142g Leather / Cmmander Kkaburra Sftaball Junir Size Yellw Kanga Ball Batter Batting Helmet Pair f Pads Pair f Batting Glves Prtectr Batting Helmet Pair f Pads Pair f Batting Glves Prtectr Minimum pad n Frnt Ft Pair f Batting Glves Prtectr Wicket Keeper Pair f Pads Pair f Wicket Keeper Glves Prtectr Pair f Inner Glves (Recmmended) Helmet (Recmmended) Pair f Pads Pair f Wicket Keeper Glves Prtectr Pair f Inner Glves (Recmmended) Helmet (Recmmended) Pair f Wicket Keeper Glves Pair f Pads (Recmmended) Helmet (Recmmended) Mdified 8/10/2017 Page 2 f 12
Super 8 Cricket Laws General Laws Each game will be played between tw (2) teams f eight (8) players. A 9 th and 10 th man can be rtated int the game. These players CAN field and bwl, but CANNOT bat. A game shuld take n lnger than ne hur and frty-five minutes t cmplete. Year 5 and 6 Super 8 game cnsists f furteen (14) vers. Bwling All vers will be six (6) ball vers with exceptin f the final ver, which must have six (6) legal deliveries with a maximum f eight deliveries t be bwled in this ver. Bth teams shuld bwl frm ne end t maximize time. Year 5 and 6 Super 8 Kkaburra Sftaball t be used fr all games. Furteen (14) vers fr each team. Each member f the team may bwl a maximum f tw (2) vers each; with exceptin f the wicket keep wh is nt permitted t bwl. Batting Year 5 and 6 Super 8 Players will bat in the traditinal style f cricket. Once a player is dismissed he is ut fr the remainder f the innings and cannt return. A batsman shuld retire n a scre f twenty (20). He is allwed t return nce all ther batsman have been dismissed. Scring All scring shuld be cnducted in the traditinal style f cricket. Furs and Sixes are allwed. A wide and n-ball shall be cunted as ne (1) extra run t the batting team.. The team with the mst runs at the end f their innings will be declared the winner. Equipment Year 5 and 6 Super 8 All batsmen must wear a pair f pads, batting glves, a prtectr and a helmet. Wicket Keeper must wear a pair f wicket keeping glves, a pair f pads and a prtectr. A pair f inners and a helmet are recmmended. Mdified 8/10/2017 Page 3 f 12
T20 Blast Rules Overview - Year 3 C and D Eight-a-side cricket, each team bats fr 8 vers. Substitutes may be used in any cmbinatin prvided that n mre than eight individuals bat, eight individuals bwl and eight fielders are n the field at ne time. All players bwl ne ver. Fielders MUST rtate psitins at the end f each ver (there is n designated wicketkeeper) Players may bwl underarm (1 bunce befre batter therwise a n-ball). Yellw Kanga Ball is used. Batters bat in pairs fr 2 vers irrespective if they get ut. Players are t swap ends at the end f each ver and when dismissed (except fr run uts) If batters get ut the ppsing team will receive 5 runs. All vers are bwled frm ne end f the wicket. Wide a delivery ut f reach f the batter a free hit ff the tee is awarded t the batting team. They can nly be run ut. N Ball a delivery reaching the batter either ver the waist n the full OR abve the shulder after buncing a free hit ff the tee is awarded t the batting team. If a batter scres ff a n ball, they will receive an additinal tw runs. In additin, the batter n strike after the runs are cmpleted will receive a free hit ff the tee. In the event f a free hit the batter must hit ff the tee frward f the batting end stumps. Batters may nt run if it is behind the stumps. A missed swing cunts as a free hit. On a free hit fieldsmen cannt change the side f the wicket that they were fielding n and must be statinary until the ball is hit.. Byes runs cmpleted after the ball is missed by the wicketkeeper Leg Byes runs scred ff the legs r bdy Methds f dismissal - Bwled Caught Hit-wicket Run-ut (Umpires discretin) Stumped (Umpires discretin) A ball reaching the bundary = 4 runs A ball reaching the bundary n the full = 6 runs The Team with the highest scre is the winner (if scres are equal the team lsing the least number f wickets is the winner) Mdified 8/10/2017 Page 4 f 12
Overview - Year 4 Mdified and 3 A and B IPSHA Cricket Laws Eight-a-side cricket, each team bats fr 12 vers. Substitutes may be used in any cmbinatin prvided that n mre than eight individuals bat, eight individuals bwl and eight fielders are n the field at ne time. All players bwl at least ne ver. 4 players will bwl a secnd ver accrding t the caches discretin. Fielders MUST rtate psitins at the end f each ver (there is n designated wicketkeeper) Players may bwl underarm (1 bunce befre batter therwise a n-ball). Red Safety r Incrediball styled ball is used. Batters bat in pairs fr 3 vers irrespective if they get ut. Players are t swap ends at the end f each ver and when dismissed (except fr run uts) If batters get ut the ppsing team will receive 5 runs. All vers are bwled frm ne end f the wicket. Wide a delivery ut f reach f the batter a free hit ff the tee is awarded t the batting team. They can nly be run ut. N Ball a delivery reaching the batter either ver the waist n the full OR abve the shulder after buncing a free hit ff the tee is awarded t the batting team. If a batter scres ff a n ball, they will receive an additinal tw runs. In additin, the batter n strike after the runs are cmpleted will receive a free hit ff the tee. In the event f a free hit the batter must hit ff the tee frward f the batting end stumps. Batters may nt run if it is behind the stumps. A missed swing cunts as a free hit. On a free hit fieldsmen cannt change the side f the wicket that they were fielding n and must be statinary until the ball is hit. Please nte fr Year 4 Mdified A tee will nt be used and therefre there is n free hit. A wide and n-ball shall be cunted as ne (1) extra run t the batting team. A batsman can scre ff a n ball. Byes runs cmpleted after the ball is missed by the wicketkeeper Leg Byes runs scred ff the legs r bdy Methds f dismissal - Bwled Caught Hit-wicket Run-ut (Umpires discretin) Stumped (Umpires discretin) A ball reaching the bundary = 4 runs A ball reaching the bundary n the full = 6 runs The Team with the highest scre is the winner (if scres are equal the team lsing the least number f wickets is the winner). Mdified 8/10/2017 Page 5 f 12
Traditinal Cricket Laws Number f Players Each team shall cnsist f 11 players n the field. Up t 2 Substitute fielders can be rtated int games. Substitutes CAN bwl but CANNOT bat. Duratin f Game Generally games are played n Saturday mrnings. Traditinally between 8.00am 11.00am. By cnsensus they can be played utside these times. e.g. 7.30 start r midweek. Each game will cnsist f 25 Overs fr each team. Size / Type f ball 142g Leather r Cmmander style ball Laws 25 Over: One Day Matches 25 vers per innings. Maximum 4 vers frm a minimum f 7 bwlers, all t have bwled befre the 20th ver. It is recmmended that Year 4 teams play 12 cnsecutive vers frm ne end and 13 cnsecutive vers frm the ther end. This will reduce time in setting fields. Opens batsmen t retire at 50, and CAN fllw n. Under 11 batsmen t retire at 40, and CAN fllw n. Under 10 batsmen t retire at 30, and CAN fllw n. (If all batsmen are ut. They fllw n in the rder f retiring nte this is different t Super 8) Max 8 ball ver The final ver f an innings must cnsist f six legal deliveries. Teams have right t bat fr their full number f vers (cmmn sense shuld apply s that teams d nt bat n excessively.) Nrmal Cricket Laws therwise apply. Dress Schl Sprts Unifrm r Whites, Flppy Hat r Schl Cap and white rubber sled sandshes with rubber spikes are recmmended. Metal Spikes can be wrn n turf wickets nly. Sunglasses, Sunscreen and insect repellent are recmmended. Mdified 8/10/2017 Page 6 f 12
Equipment Cmpulsry fr all players using Leather and Cmmander balls Batters must wear - helmet a pair f pads a pair f batting glves a prtectr Wicket keepers must wear - a pair f pads a pair f wicket keeping glves a prtectr helmet recmmended Venues See als IPSHA Venue List The grund surface shuld be free f bstructin. Additinal Markings 10m Fielding Circles may be used. Safety Injuries Players shuld be encuraged t warm-up, befre they take an active part in the game. It is the respnsibility f each team s schl t ensure schl teams have a well-equipped medical kit including ice available at matches. Fielding When the ball is bwled, n fielder may stand clser than 10 metres frm the striker s wicket n the leg side r in frnt f pint n the ff side (i.e. fielders may stand within 10 metres in the ff side slips psitin nly.). Spectatrs and nn-fielding team players shuld be utside the playing area during the game. Bld A player wh is bleeding will leave the playing are until the bleeding has stpped and the wund securely cvered. Fielders can be substituted. Batters retired can resume play, accrding t nrmal Cricket Laws. Mdified 8/10/2017 Page 7 f 12
Officials Umpires - Please refer: IPSHA Cde f Cnduct. Caches - Please refer: IPSHA Cde f Cnduct. Caches are encuraged t develp the Captains skills fr field placements and team instructins. Caches are requested t minimise all disruptins. Spectatrs Spectatrs are nt allwed nt the playing area during the game. T avid cnfusing players, spectatrs shuld nt cach r give instructins. Definitins f Terms Items * were cpied frm, The Laws f Cricket (2000 Cde 2nd Editin 2003) It is recmmended that all IPSHA caches read the Laws f Cricket and cmplete a Caching and r Umpiring Curses. The Level 1 Cricket Cach requires Law understanding and a written take hme test. N-Ball The bwling f fast high pitches is unfair. Full Tss - a full tss which passes r which wuld have passed abve the waist f the batsman standing upright at the crease n the full will be called a n ball. Disregard bwler type and keeper psitin. Buncer - a delivery which bunces n the pitch and which then passes r which wuld have passed abve the shulders f the batsman standing in his upright stance at the crease will be called a n ball A N-Ball is als recrded when a Bwler versteps (Frnt Ft Law), ball pitches ff the wicket, (i) ball bunces mre than twice r (ii) rlls alng the grund befre reaching the batters crease. The umpire at the bwler's end shall call and signal N ball if a ball which he cnsiders t have been delivered, withut having previusly tuched the bat r persn f the striker, either (i) bunces mre than twice r (ii) rlls alng the grund befre it reaches the ppping crease. Runs resulting frm a N ball hw scred The ne run penalty fr a N ball shall be scred as a N ball extra. If ther penalty runs have been awarded t either side, these shall be scred as in Law 42.17 (Penalty runs). Any runs cmpleted by the batsmen r a bundary allwance shall be credited t the striker if the ball has been struck by the bat; therwise they als shall be scred as N ball extras. Apart frm any award f a 5 run penalty, all runs resulting frm a N ball, whether as N ball extras r credited t the striker, shall be debited against the bwler. Mdified 8/10/2017 Page 8 f 12
Wide If the bwler bwls a ball, nt being a N ball, the umpire shall adjudge it a Wide if, accrding t the definitin, in his pinin the ball passes wide f the striker where he is standing and wuld als have passed wide f him standing in a nrmal guard psitin. The ball will be cnsidered as passing wide f the striker unless it is sufficiently within his reach fr him t be able t hit it with his bat by means f a nrmal cricket strke Bye If the ball, nt being a N ball r a Wide, passes the striker withut tuching his bat r persn, any runs cmpleted by the batsmen r a Leg byes If a ball delivered by the bwler first strikes the persn f the striker, runs shall be scred nly if the umpire is satisfied that the striker has either (i) attempted t play the ball with his bat, r (ii) tried t avid being hit by the ball. If the umpire is satisfied that either f these cnditins has been met, and the ball makes n subsequent cntact with the bat, runs cmpleted by the batsmen r a bundary allwance shall be credited t the batting side as Leg Byes. Overs 8 Ball Over Law A minimum f six legal deliveries are bwled and up t 8 deliveries includes wides, n balls and legally bwled balls. Mankad Batsman nt Run ut The ball has nt subsequently been tuched again by a fielder, after the bwler has entered his delivery stride, befre the wicket is put dwn. Bwler attempting t run ut nn-striker befre delivery The bwler is permitted, befre entering his delivery stride, t attempt t run ut the nn-striker. The ball shall nt cunt in the ver. The umpire shall call and signal Dead ball as sn as pssible if the bwler fails in the attempt t run ut the nn-striker. Batsmen stealing a run It is unfair fr the batsmen t attempt t steal a run during the bwler's run up. Unless the bwler attempts t run ut either batsman see (Bwler thrwing twards striker's end befre delivery) the umpire shall (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) call and signal Dead ball as sn as the batsmen crss in any such attempt. return the batsmen t their riginal ends. award 5 penalty runs t the fielding side. infrm the ther umpire, the batsmen, the captain f the fielding side and, as sn as practicable, the captain f the Batting side f the reasn fr the actin taken. reprt the ccurrence t the cach. Mdified 8/10/2017 Page 9 f 12
Appeals Umpire nt t give batsman ut withut an appeal Neither umpire shall give a batsman ut, even thugh he may be ut under the Laws, unless appealed t by the fielding side. This shall nt debar a batsman wh is ut under any f the Laws frm leaving his wicket withut an appeal having been made. Nte, hwever, the prvisins f 7 belw. Batsman leaving his wicket under a misapprehensin An umpire shall intervene if satisfied that a batsman, nt having been given ut, has left his wicket under a misapprehensin that he is ut. The umpire intervening shall call and signal Dead ball t prevent any further actin by the fielding side and shall recall the batsman. Withdrawal f an appeal The captain f the fielding side may withdraw an appeal nly with the cnsent f the umpire within whse jurisdictin the appeal falls and befre the utging batsman has left the field f play. If such cnsent is given the umpire cncerned shall, if applicable, revke his decisin and recall the batsman. Limitatin f n side fielders At the instant f the bwler's delivery there shall nt be mre than tw fielders, ther than the wicketkeeper, behind the ppping crease n the n side. A fielder will be cnsidered t be behind the ppping crease unless the whle f his persn, whether grunded r in the air, is in frnt f this line. In the event f infringement f this Law by the fielding side, the umpire at the striker's end shall call and signal N ball. Hw can a Batsman get ut? Bwled Timed Out Caught Handled the Ball Hit the Ball Twice Hit Wicket Leg Befre Wicket Obstructing The Field Run Out Stumped Umpire's decisin An umpire may alter his decisin prvided that such alteratin is made prmptly. This apart, an umpire's decisin, nce made, is final. Mdified 8/10/2017 Page 10 f 12
Law 36 Leg Befre Wicket (LBW) The umpire will cnsider an lbw decisin if he believes the ball wuld have hit the stumps had it nt been bstructed by the batsman's pads. But the umpire als has t take ther factrs int cnsideratin. THE BATSMEN IS NOT OUT The ball pitches utside the line f leg stump, regardless f whether r nt the ball wuld have gne n t hit the stumps The ball hits the bat befre striking the pad The batsman is struck n the pad utside the line f ff stump having made a genuine attempt t hit the ball The bwler bwls a n ball One f the mst imprtant rules when making an lbw decisin is a batsman CANNOT be given ut if the ball pitches utside leg stump. It des nt matter if the ball wuld have gne n t hit the stumps, it cannt be given ut. Often an lbw decisin lks ut at first glance, but TV replays shwed the ball pitched utside leg stump, even thugh it wuld have struck middle stump. THE BATSMEN IS OUT The batsman is struck n the pad in frnt f the stumps and the ball has nt pitched utside leg stump (ie the ball has pitched in line with the stumps, r utside the line f ff stump) The batsman is struck n the pad utside the line f ff stump having nt made an attempt t hit the ball This is an imprtant part f the lbw law t remember as a batsman CAN be given ut playing n strke - even if they are struck utside the line f the ff stump - as lng as the ball is ging n t hit the stumps. A batsman can still be given ut lbw even if the ball has nt hit their pads. Fr example, a batsman can be given ut lbw if they have been hit n the helmet. Mdified 8/10/2017 Page 11 f 12
References The Laws f Cricket (1980 Cde), Secnd Editin - 1992. N.S.W.C.A. Super 8 s Cmpetitin Rules. Parent Bdy Cricket N.S.W. Cricket Assciatin Driver Avenue, Mre Park NSW 2021 Mailing Address Cricket NSW PO Bx 333 Paddingtn NSW 2021 Phne - Tel: 02 9339 0999 Fax: 02 9360 6877 Mdified 8/10/2017 Page 12 f 12