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PITCH INSPECTIONS

There is another area of the Handbook that needs some clarification.

Under Rule 8E , where a Captain can demand a Pitch inspection when he is informed that a home team wishes to cancel a match due to bad weather.

Please note the following:

1.    The AWAY Captain must immediately notify his opposite number that he intends to ask for this power.

2.    He must initiate the inspection before 10.30am after that the decision must be left until the scheduled start of the match.

3.    If the Administrator gets an Independent Umpire or Delegate to attend and make a judgement, the side requesting the inspection will be liable for  charge of £10 towards the Inspector's expenses.

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SATURDAY KO CUP

With the bad weather threatening the weekend's matches, we have decided on a course of action should the programme of 1st round matches for the Saturday Cup be badly affected.

The rules (p127 of the handbook) state that if there is no result through the usual means that a Bowl off should take place and if that is not possible, then the match is decided by the toss of a coin. However, it is obvious that  on some occasions it is so wet that the Captains agree to call off a match by telephone and that nobody actually attends the ground to even toss a coin.

In this situation, please proceed as follows:-

Home Captain either calls me or e mails me by Sunday at 6pm (earlier if possible) to state his preference of either Heads or Tails and I shall conduct the toss on his behalf and post the result/next round matches on the Play Cricket Cup site as appropriate. Both sides should then look at their Play Cricket site or the league web site to see where they are playing on 10th May. I hope this meets with everyone's approval and hope that it is not necessary in most cases.