OPEN GRADE RULES

HOURS OF PLAY

1.00 pm to 6:00 pm.

Each team shall bat for a maximum of  40 overs unless all out earlier.

In the event of a team batting failing to bowl 40 overs before 3:30 pm , or in the event of a late   start two and a half ( 2½) hours after the starting time, the over in progress at the time shall be completed and the team batting second restricted to the same number of overs as the team that batted first.

OVERS

            No bowler shall bowl more than 8 overs.

RETIREMENT

A batsman is obliged to RETIRE- NOT OUT at the end of the over in which he/she attains a total of one hundred (100) runs. The batsman may return to the crease at the fall of the penultimate wicket.

WIDES

(a)                A delivery that passes outside the lines on the batting crease shall be deemed a wide.

(b)               The extra lines are approx 25 mm thick and the inner edge is 87cm from the centre stump.

NO BALLS

            As per the rules of cricket, plus any ball that passes above shoulder height of the striker – standing upright shall be a No Ball

REDUCTION OF OVERS- Rain affected games

As for Umpires’ Cup with the following changes-

(i)                 a result is obtained if at least 16 (sixteen) overs have been bowled.

(ii)               the result is calculated by comparing run rates at the last of the completed overs as shown in the scorebook(s).

Example:

Team A bats first and scores 160 for 9 in 40 overs – a run rate of 4

Team B is 126 for 2 wkts at the end of 30 overs – a run rate of 4.2

Team B wins

TIES

                        As for Umpires’  Cup

POINTS

                        Win                 4 points

                        Tie                   2

                        No Result        2

                        Loss                 0