Britsports Indoor Cricket Tournament, 2000
Seacoast United Soccer Arena, Hampton Beach, NH


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TEAMS & FORMAT, 2000
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Dear contestants.
Welcome.

TEAMS
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Dartmouth College cricket club.
Riverside cricket club.
Worcester cricket club.
Commonwealth cricket club.
Gentleman of Philadelphia cricket club.
Seacoast United cricket club.

BASIC RULES and FORMAT:
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This is a quick overview of the rules and format we shall be talking next weekend for our indoor cricket tournament.
The first days play consists of two divisions playing 9 matches round Robin style to determine seeding places for second day knockout format
1. Each team has eight players, six players bat, eight players field.
2. Each team receives six overs, consisting of six deliveries, except for quarterfinals and final, which will be eight overs, time permitting.
3. Batting team, bat in pairs, each pair receives two overs, and then retire, therefore 3 batting pairs of Two, when we play six over innings and 4 batting pairs of two, when we play eight over innings.
4. When a player is out he does not retire he only loses five runs from teams score, and continues to bat, therefore batting pairs always receive two overs.
5. Bowlers receive one over each, wicket keeper does not bowl, in eight over matches captain chooses one player to bowl two overs.
6. Team with the most net runs wins, in quarterfinals and final, in the event of a tie, the team with the least outs wins.
7. The playing field is divided into two parts. The bowlers half, and batsman's half. Fielding team can only place 3 fielders in each half plus the Bowler and wicket keeper respectively.
8. There are no LBW
9. A wide is 12in from leg stump, 18in from off stump, a no ball is over shoulder height. All no balls and wides receive 3 runs, but not an extra delivery.
10. The ball is always in play until it reaches either the bowlers or wicket keepers hands.
11. Each team must provide one scorer and one umpire, too the match preceding there's. Therefore each match has two scorers and two umpires. Failure to produce umpires and scorers on time, for preceding match, will be penalized fifteen runs on their upcoming match. All umpires and scorers must be present 15 minutes prior to match they are to work.
12. Captains must meet 15 minutes prior to their match, to make the toss, and to arrange batting orders with umpires, and fielding placements. It is very important, that teams are ready to play as soon as they enter the field of play. Any team delaying start of match will be penalized one run for every minute of delay.
This is the Basic format with some basic rules of play, we will further detailed the rest on Saturday 26 February 2000 at 8.15 a.m. precisely.

Many Thanks
Bill Jones
BRITSPORTS
Phone 207 641 2640
E-mail britsports@cybertours.com
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