Post date: May 6, 2011 2:42:01 PM
Please see DCL rule changes below;
A video on these are available to view via the Devon Cricket website (http://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIoSCGpvBto).
or http://www.woodburycc.co.uk/laws.htm
1. LAW 2 - The Innings. Normal pre-laws apply. Team sheets exchanged Captains Identified
Within 30 to 15 minute of play Law still applies * * Law change* * You MUST make your decision
immediately at the toss IN FRONT of the opposing team Captain AND UMPIRE(S)
• 2. LAW 3 - The Umpires. It is solely the responsibility of the UMPIRES to decide whether
play goes ahead No offering anymore so forget that. If the Umpire says NO then NO it is
• 3. LAW 17 - Practice on the Field. No practice on a distance of 2 STRIPS either side of the playing
pitch Look DO NOT practice on the square on the day of the match You can practice on the rest of the
playing surface
• 4. LAW 17 - Practice on the Field Bowlers. DO NOT under any circumstances when you are about to
start an over, change of bowler or any other circumstance bowl the ball INTO THE GROUND as this
is now considered DELIBERATE DAMAGE TO THE BALL therefore:
(i) change the ball forthwith. It shall be for the umpires to decide on the replacement ball. It shall, in
their opinion, have had wear comparable to that which the previous ball had received immediately
prior to the contravention
Additionally the bowler’ s end umpire shall
(ii) award 5 penalty runs to the batting side
(iii) inform the batsmen that the ball has been changed
(iv) inform the captain of the fielding side that the reason for the action was the unfair interference
with the ball
(v) inform the captain of the batting side as soon as practicable of what has occurred
(vi) together with the other umpire report the occurrence as soon as possible after the match to the
Executive of the fielding side and to any Governing Body responsible for the match, who shall take
such action as is considered appropriate against the captain and team concerned If it happens again,
the bowler will be removed (Don't care even if it is a new bowler) and he will not be allowed to bowl
again in the match and lots of other nasty stuff will happen as well
• 5. LAW 19 – Boundaries. A ball may be caught, subject to the provisions of Law 32, or fielded after it
has crossed the boundary, provided that
(i) the FIRST CONTACT with the ball is by a fielder either with some part of his person
GROUNDED within the boundary, or those final contact with the ground before touching the ball was
within the boundary
(ii) neither the ball, nor any fielder in contact with the ball, touches or is grounded beyond, the
boundary at any time during the act of making the catch or of fielding the ball. The act of making the
catch, or of fielding the ball, shall start from the time when the ball first comes into contact with some
part of a fielder’ s person and shall end when a fielder obtains complete control both over the ball and
over his own movement and has no part of his person touching or grounded beyond the boundary
In other words; if you are built like Olga Korbett and leap like a demented idiot over the rope and pat
it back to a god like creature, tough it will be 6 Runs.(The ball has already crossed the rope)
However if you are very agile and bat it back with a bit of you grounded (belly or or other parts) and
some other god like creature) catches it then you are okay
• 6. LAW 24.5 - No Ball. The bowler’ s front foot must land with some part of the foot, whether
grounded or raised on the same side of the imaginary line joining the two middle stumps as the return
crease. Basically (mainly for slow bowlers who have acute angle run ups) DO NOT put your FRONT
foot across the wickets
• 7. LAW 24.6 - No Ball (ECB LAW CHANGE)
The Umpire at the Bowlers' end shall call and signal NO BALL if a ball which he considers to have
been delivered, without having previously touched bat or person of the striker, either:
(i) Bounces more than TWICE or
(ii) Rolls along the ground before it reached the popping crease
• 8. LAW 28 - The Wicket is Down. The striker’ s bat in falling if he has let go of it, or by ANY PART of
his bat becoming detached is deemed out Tough luck chaps, lets say the ball hits your hand and you go
ouchy and drop it onto the wicket you are out. More importantly, let’ s say you bowl a ball (vice versa)
and your bat breaks and a chip hits the wicket. Sorry back to the pavilion with you
9. LAW 29 - Law 29 (Batsman out of his ground)
When out of his ground
(a) A batsman shall be considered to be out of his ground unless his bat or some part of his person is
grounded behind the popping crease at that end.
(b) Notwithstanding (a) above, if a running batsman, having grounded some part of his foot behind the
popping crease, continues running further towards the wicket at that end and beyond, then any subsequent
total loss of contact with the ground of both his person and his bat during his continuing forward
momentum shall not be interpreted as being out of his ground.
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10. LAW 42 - Fair and Unfair Play. If as a batsman you damage the pitch you will only get ONE
warning now and will apply throughout the innings to ALL batsman Any further warnings, all runs
cancelled (except penalties: wides, leg byes etc) batsman get returned to original ends, fielding team
awarded 5 penalty runs and you will be reported.