Modified Rules for Juniors
| HOURS OF PLAY |
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• Hours of play: Play shall be from 4.30 pm till 7.00 pm. Ten (10) minute break between innings |
| BATSMEN |
| • Players to bat in pairs and bat for 4 over are irrespective of how many times dismissed 5 runs added to oppositions score for each wicket lost. • Batsman is limited to a maximum of 20 balls before being compulsorily retired. No Balls and Wides do not count against the batsmen as balls faced • 30 runs (1& 2 DAY GAMES) this is referred to as a compulsory retirement. A player who scores 30 runs shall retire immediately • Coaches or team managers have the option to retire any player at any time during the game, providing the batsman has batted for a minimum of 4 overs. This is called a non-compulsory retirement and each player may have only one non-compulsory retirement per innings. • Compulsory retired players may resume their innings as per the Sequence of batters returning to bat below and may reach a maximum of 50 runs. • Non-compulsory retired players may resume their innings as per the Sequence of batters returning to bat below. • Dismissed batsman can also return to bat, if there are overs remaining in the innings as per the Sequence of batters returning to bat below. • No LBW • Cannot go out first ball • Retire at 30 runs • Retire immediately upon reaching 20 runs. (Not at the end of the over) • Leave the wicket when dismissed. • Cannot bat more than 4 overs. • Cannot be dismissed LBW. • Those who fail to score must bat a second time before any retirees return. • Retirees return in the order of retirement. • Lower order batsmen must not be retired merely to allow earlier retired batsmen to return to the crease. • Players bat in pairs for a fixed number of overs • Each time there is a no-ball/wide ball bowled; the batter is required to take a free hit a ball from the batting tee. The batters must hit the ball in front of the wicket • The batters must run if the ball is hit (i.e. tip-pity-run cricket), however a run out is only recorded as a 'dot ball' against the batter who hit the ball. e.g.: if either batter is run out, Regardless of who hit the ball or how many runs have been completed from the shot, no runs are scored. |
| BOWLERS |
| • Each player is to bowl two six-ball over's in any one innings. Wide and no balls not to be replayed but batters receive a free hit next ball and can't go out on a free hit except run out. • We use a 142 gram ball. Throwing is permitted but we will take them aside to teach them to bowl later outside of the game • Maximum of 8 balls per over • A bowler shall not bowl more than 3 overs nor less than 2 overs in any one innings. • If a bowler is deemed not to be capable of bowling over the full length pitch, then the bowler will be allowed to bowl over a shorter pitch as agreed by both managers. • Where Team Managers agree to bowl from one end to save time, they must change ends at the completion of each five over block. • Managers must consider the ability of the opposition batsman when choosing bowlers • Overs shared equally among players - one wicketkeeper is not required to bowl • All overs are bowled from one end. It is recommended that the bowling be rotated around the team one over at a time • Bowlers who struggle to get the ball to the batter or on the pitch should be allowed to bowl from a meter or two closer to the batter. |
| BALLS |
| • Modified ball with preference to 142g leather ball or equivalent if possible • The balls recommended for use are Kookaburra Softaball in Junior size |
| PITCH & GROUND |
| • Matches will be played on a standard pitch, however if pitch needs to be shorter e.g. 18 meters, coaches/coordinators to organize. (Moveable, freestanding stumps can be provided • A set of flags or cones is to be provided by the Home Club so as to mark a boundary not less than 30 metres from the centre of the pitch. • Ground Dimension (radius) 30m • Players play on a three quarter length pitch, batting only from the marked end |
| FIELDSMEN |
| • With the exception of wicket keeper and slips fieldsmen no fielders to be closer to batsmen's middle stump than a distance equal to half the length of wicket. No player is to enter this restricted zone till after the ball is bowled. • No player will be permitted within half pitch of the batsmen, except the wicket keeper. • Recommended that fielders be rotated around the field in a circular fashion with each bowling change |
| NUMBER OF PLAYERS |
| • A maximum of 15 players can be named, of which all can bat and all can bowl, however there can be only 11 players fielding at one time • There shall be no constraints on the number of players in a team save that no more than eleven players shall field at any one time. • It is recommended that players in a team 'take a number out of a hat' to determine the batting line up and that the bowling order be the reverse of the batting order |
| SCORING |
| • Official Scoring will cease when 10 team wickets have been taken, regardless of the number of players in each team. However clubs should continue to score for the benefit of their players • We score but no ladders • When a wicket falls, batters change ends and a FIVE run bonus is awarded to the bowling side • No balls and wides shall count in addition to the score as a penalty run |
